Hospitals started hiring about 7,700 trainee doctors on Monday, although some medical professors have warned of boycotting their training programs in protest of the government’s push for accepting the resignations of striking trainees.

Monthslong st…

Kim Min-ki, a singer, composer and playwright who nurtured countless talented artists while operating an iconic theater on Seoul’s vibrant Daehangno theater street for more than 30 years, died Sunday after a battle with stomach cancer. He was 73.

Ki…

Industry Minister Ahn Duk-geun on Monday expressed gratitude to Ivan Jancarek, the Czech ambassador to Seoul, for Prague’s selection of the South Korean consortium as the preferred bidder for the European nation’s nuclear plant project.

Ahn made the…

Nakhon Ratchasima, Warning as the rainy season begins, “Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease” outbreak is on the rise. Parents are advised to screen their children for symptoms before going to school, wash their hands frequently, and if they are sick or have…

South Korea’s exports rose 18.8 percent on-year in the first 20 days of July, data showed Monday, on the back of the robust performance of chips and cars.

Outbound shipments reached US$37.17 billion in the July 1-20 period, compared with $31.2 billi…

Belarus’ foreign minister will visit North Korea this week amid deepening ties between Pyongyang and Moscow, the communist state’s state-run media reported Monday.

Maxim Vladimirovich Ruzenkov will pay an official visit to Pyongyang from Tuesday to …

Alibaba.com, China’s largest online marketplace, said Monday it will open an exclusive website for South Korean companies next month, reflecting a growing demand from B2B buyers for Korean-made products.

Korean products have been available at the Ch…

Police have referred eight people to the prosecution for indictment on charges of disclosing the personal information of rapists behind a notorious gang rape case in the southern city of Miryang 20 years ago.

The identity disclosures were seen as an…