South Korea’s first medal of the Paris Olympics could come Saturday, the very first day of competition after Friday’s opening ceremony, with swimming world champion Kim Woo-min scheduled to compete in the men’s 400-meter freestyle.

The heats for the…

Samsung Card Co. on Friday reported its second-quarter net profit of 184.9 billion won (US$133.5 million), up 27.4 percent from a year earlier.

The company said in a regulatory filing that operating income for the April-June period rose 29.1 percent…

Lee Sang-in, acting chief of South Korea’s state broadcasting regulator, voluntarily stepped down Friday ahead of the National Assembly’s planned vote on his impeachment motion.

The main opposition Democratic Party, which has the majority of seats i…

Police arrested the ‘Bungalow Gang’, a gang of 18 people riding motorcycles, using samurai swords and baseball bats, and attacking a rival group of teenagers, seriously injuring three of them, and some of them had their cheeks and ears almost cut off…

Metropolitan Police detectives have busted a motorcycle theft and registration fraud gang, seizing a large amount of evidence.

More than 40 officers from the Metropolitan Police Bureau and the Top G Investigation Unit raided a community in Village …

Kia Corp. on Friday reported its second-quarter net income of 2.95 trillion won (US$2.1 billion), up 5 percent from a year earlier.

Operating income for the April-June period was 3.64 trillion won, up 7.1 percent from a year ago, the company said in…

Kakao Corp., South Korea’s biggest messenger operator, is confronting a major crisis after founder Kim Beom-su’s arrest Tuesday for alleged stock price manipulation related to last year’s takeover of K-pop powerhouse SM Entertainment.

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A man in his 30s has filed a complaint against actor Yoo Ah-in, claiming the actor raped him while he was asleep, police said Friday.

The Seoul Yongsan Police Station has booked Yoo for investigation on charges of imitative rape after the complaint …