The South Korean telecommunications watchdog said Friday it has slapped a fine of 435 million won (US$327,000) on the U.S. live video streaming platform Twitch, which suspended its video-on-demand (VOD) service in the country last year.
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The government raised its four-scale health care service crisis gauge to the highest level of “serious” Friday in response to the departure of doctors in their collective action against the planned increase in the medical school admission quota.
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Major South Korean shipbuilder Hanwha Ocean Co. said Friday it has won a 342 billion-won (US$256 million) order for two very large crude carriers (VLCCs) from an Oceanian shipper.
The VLCCs will be built at Hanwha Ocean’s shipyard in
Hanwha Systems Co. on Friday reported its 2023 net profit of 343.1 billion won (US$258.1 million), swinging from a loss of 80.8 billion won a year earlier.
Operating income for the year was 92.9 billion won, up 137.6 percent
Hanwha Systems Co. on Friday reported its fourth-quarter net income of 42.2 billion won (US$31.8 million), shifting from a loss of 47.5 billion won a year earlier.
Operating income for the October-December period was 11 billion, compared with a
SK bioscience Co., a pharmaceutical affiliate under South Korea’s SK Group, said Friday its typhoid conjugate vaccine has obtained prequalification (PQ) certification from the World Health Organization (WHO).
The vaccine, named SKYTyphoid, was joint…
The government raised its four-scale health care service crisis gauge to the highest level of “serious” Friday in response to the departure of doctors in their collective action against the planned increase in the medical school admission quota.
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The presidential office said Friday it will respond strongly to similar events in the future after a fabricated video of President Yoon Suk Yeol apologizing for corruption and incompetence appeared online.
The video, recently uploaded onto Instagram…
The head of Hyundai Motor Co., South Korea’s leading automaker, recently visited Brazil and has pledged to invest $US1.1 billion in the South American nation by 2032, according to the company Friday.
During a courtesy call to Brazilian President
South Korean stocks got off to a strong start Friday following an overnight rally on Wall Street.
The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) gained 20.45 points, or 0.77 percent, to 2,684.72 in the first 15 minutes of