Provinces across the country held a ceremony to bless holy water to His Majesty the King on the auspicious occasion of his 72nd birthday.

The sacred water blessing ceremony in Chiang Mai Province, which collected water from 3 sacred water sources, A…

Prime Minister Han Duck-soo on Sunday instructed officials to take emergency containment measures as authorities confirmed more cases of African swine fever (ASF) at a pig farm in a southeastern county.

The instruction came after this year’s sixth c…

North Korea’s state media on Sunday called for loyalty to its leader Kim Jong-un ahead of the death anniversary of the founder of the country, Kim Il-sung, later this week, amid tensions over the North’s weapons testing and defense pact with Russia.
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The government borrowed over 91 trillion won (US$65.8 billion) from the Bank of Korea (BOK) in temporary loans in the first half of the year to fill its fiscal shortfall, data showed Sunday.

According to the BOK data submitted to Rep. Yang Boo-nam o…

Bangkok, The Meteorological Department warns the upper part of Thailand to prepare for heavy rain in some areas, which may cause flash floods and forest runoff.

The Meteorological Department revealed that the monsoon trough is passing through the up…

Hyundai Motor Co., South Korea’s leading automaker, saw its sales hit a record in India in the first half of this year, according to industry data Sunday, as it has filed for an initial public offering for its India unit.

According to data from the …

Prosecutors have notified the former leader of the main opposition Democratic Party Lee Jae-myung and his wife to appear for questioning over allegations of corporate credit card misuse when Lee served as the governor of Gyeonggi Province, sources sa…

The government is expected to announce measures to deal with trainee doctors who refuse to return to hospitals in protest of medical reform as early as this week, officials said Sunday.

The government is set to announce its measures on the junior do…