WASHINGTON: The world’s first baseball team of young North Korean defectors will arrive in the United States this week, a non-profit organization said Tuesday, in a program that would enable them to experience first-hand the land of freedom and opport…

Maha Sarakham, Officials rushed to repair Huai Chiang Kham Reservoir in Borabue District, Maha Sarakham Province after the reservoir burst, causing a mass of water to overflow and flood agricultural areas, affecting people in 4 sub-districts.

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Bangkok, Police have released evidence that no outsiders were found entering the hotel where six people were killed, and have revealed that one of the six was the one who poisoned his fellow countryman after inviting him to invest and making an appoi…

SEOUL: A prominent North Korean defector is likely to be named as the new head of the presidential advisory council on unification, people familiar with the issue said Wednesday.

Tae Yong-ho, a former North Korean deputy ambassador to Britain, has co…

WASHINGTON: South Korea’s top envoy to the United States has visited Milwaukee, Wisconsin, for engagement with people close to former President Donald Trump amid the Republican Party’s National Convention there, a diplomatic source said Tuesday.

Earl…

SEOUL: [as of 11:30 am]

Today (%) Previous Session(%) Change (BP)

1-year TB 3.191 3.181 +1.0

2-year TB 3.113 3.102 +1.1

3-year TB 3.044 3.035 +0.9

10-year TB 3.127 3.137 -1.0

2-year MSB 3.098 3.089 +0.9

3-year CB (AA-) 3.503 3.496 +0.7

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SEOUL: South Korea’s industry ministry said Wednesday that Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power (KHNP) has been selected as a preferred bidder to build two nuclear power units in the Czech Republic.

If the remaining procedures are successful, it will mark…

SEOUL: Gyeonghui Palace, one of Seoul’s five grand palaces built during the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910), and its vicinity will be reborn as a large historical and cultural park about 10 times the size of Seoul Plaza, the Seoul city government said Wedn…