TOKYO/SEOUL, The Japanese government summoned Seoul’s top envoy to Tokyo on Wednesday to lodge a protest after the bereaved family of a South Korean victim of Japan’s wartime forced labor received compensation from Hitachi Zosen Corp. earlier this wee…
SEOUL, Scheduled surgeries have been reduced or delayed at five major general hospitals in Seoul, with signs of strain in medical services looming, as more than 70 percent of trainee doctors submitted their resignations against a plan to boost the
SEOUL, President Yoon Suk Yeol vowed Wednesday to make sweeping changes to regulations governing the use of “greenbelt” zones, or land protected from development to preserve the environment, to secure more plots to build cutting-edge industries.
Yoon…
SEOUL, South Korea will push to designate July 14 as an official day for North Korean defectors, Seoul’s point man on Pyongyang said Wednesday, in a move to provide better support to the people who have fled the North and
SEOUL, South Korean stocks finished lower Wednesday with investors waiting for the release of the minutes of the U.S. Federal Open Market Committee’s (FOMC) January meeting. The local currency rose against the U.S. dollar.
After starting marginally h…
SEOUL, Major South Korean shipbuilder Hanwha Ocean Co. said Wednesday it swung to profit in 2023 amid a surge in sales.
Consolidated net profit stood at 160 billion won (US$119.8 million) last year, a sharp turnaround from a loss of
SEOUL, Patients vented frustration and complaints over delayed or postponed treatment schedules Wednesday as general hospital trainee doctors in Seoul and elsewhere stayed away from their jobs for the second day in protest of the government’s plan to …
SEOUL, A joint team of South Korean and British soldiers and security personnel placed first in an international cyber defense competition last week, officials said Wednesday, amid efforts to strengthen cyberspace cooperation.
The team beat the compe…
SEOUL, The main opposition Democratic Party (DP) is engulfed in factional tensions over candidate nominations for April’s general elections amid accusations the party is trying to sideline those not aligned with party leader Lee Jae-myung.
The tensio…
SEOUL, NCT Wish, the fifth and last subunit of K-pop supergroup NCT, will make its debut performance on Wednesday in Japan, SM Entertainment said.
The team will perform its debut song “Wish” during the SMTOWN Live 2024 SMCU Palace concert