SEOUL, Hundreds of doctors took to the street nationwide Thursday to protest the government’s recent decision to dramatically hike the annual medical school admission quota.
The Ministry of Health and Welfare announced its decision last week to incre…
SEOUL, Kakao Corp., the operator of South Korea’s dominant mobile messenger app, said Thursday its net loss widened in the fourth quarter from a year earlier due to an increase in non-operating costs.
The company said in a regulatory filing
SEOUL, North Korea appears to be idolizing leader Kim Jong-un, modeling him after his grandfather and national founder Kim Il-sung, in an effort to strengthen internal unity amid prolonged economic difficulties, South Korea’s unification ministry said…
SEOUL, Seoul shares opened higher Thursday, tracking overnight gains on Wall Street.
The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) gained 14.7 points, or 0.56 percent, to 2,635.12 in the first 15 minutes of trading.
Overnight, the U.S. sto…
SEOUL, First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Hong-kyun held phone talks with the new U.S. deputy secretary of state Thursday and discussed ways to bolster the alliance, the foreign ministry said.
In his first talks with Kurt Campbell, Kim addressed various…
SEOUL, It has been several years in the making, but the southeastern port city of Busan will finally host the world championships in table tennis starting this week.
Busan, 320 kilometers from Seoul, will hold the International Table Tennis Federatio…
SEOUL, The top court finalized a suspended prison term for former Justice Party lawmaker Lee Eun-ju on Thursday on charges of election law violations.
Lee was charged with receiving illegal political funds totaling 3.12 million won (US$2,339) in late…
SEOUL, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has supervised the test-firing of a new surface-to-sea missile and ordered a tighter defense posture near the western maritime border, state media reported Thursday.
North Korea test-launched the new missile, na…
The Inter-Ministerial Commission for the Facilitation of Travel and Transportation of Tourists and Passengers at the International Border Gate and International Gateway Nationwide held here on Feb. 15 its first plenary meeting allowing the participant…
SEOUL, Kakao Corp. on Thursday reported a net loss of 1.66 trillion won (US$1.24 billion) for the fourth quarter of 2023, staying in the red year-on-year.
The company said in a regulatory filing that it posted an operating profit of