Day: February 26, 2024

Candidate selection in peril

Conflicts of interest, dubious standards taint integrity of nominations

The backlash by disgruntled politicians against a selection committee is a common occurrence preceding nearly every election, and the April 10 Nati…

Police have begun an investigation into key officials of two doctors’ associations over possible legal violations related to the ongoing strike by trainee doctors, Seoul’s police chief said Monday.

Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency Commissioner Cho J…

The Royal Government in a directive tonight announced to set Feb. 27, 2024 as the official mourning day for late His Holiness Buddhist Supreme Patriarch General Tep Vong, Buddhist Supreme Patriarch of Dhamma Mahanikaya of the Kingdom of Cambodia.

Defense Minister Shin Won-sik held talks with the visiting U.S. secretary of the Navy in Seoul on Monday to discuss ways to boost cooperation in regional security and the defense industry, the ministry said.

Shin met with Secretary Carlos

The financial regulator said Monday that it will work to incentivize efforts by local businesses to enhance their own value that will in turn lead to increased returns to investors.

The move comes as part of efforts to end

The defense ministry said Monday it plans to lift a record amount of area zoned off for military facility operations in the coming days, clearing them for use and development by the public.

The ministry has regularly lifted military

Hybe said Monday its annual sales surpassed 2 trillion won (US$1.5 billion) in 2023, making it the first K-pop agency ever to reach the milestone.

This achievement comes despite the absence of BTS’ group projects due to members’ mandatory

The additional 2,000 medical school seats that the government decided to create will be allocated to universities by late next month, the education ministry said Monday, sticking to the hike plan despite doctors’ protests.

The announcement shows the…

South Korea’s Hanwha Group has partially resumed a 13 trillion-won (US$9.8 billion) city development project in Iraq, which has been suspended for over a year due to unpaid construction costs, the government said Monday.

A ceremony to mark the