A fire broke out at an ink manufacturing factory south of Seoul on Friday, but no casualties were reported, officials said.
The blaze occurred at 7:15 a.m. at the factory in Hwaseong, 45 kilometers south of Seoul, before firefighters
State-run Korea Gas Corp. (KOGAS) said Friday it has decided to raise its utility bill for households by 6.8 percent to address growing global energy costs and mounting financial losses.
Under the decision, the cost of gas supplied to
Seoul shares opened higher Friday as investors await U.S. jobs data this week for clues on the Federal Reserve’s future policy path.
The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) gained 15.66 points, or 0.55 percent, to 2,840.60 in
Ask players or even the manager for the LG Twins to pick their team’s MVP for the first half of this Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) season, and, to a man, they will point to sophomore reliever You Young-chan.
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In South Korea, the two main pillars of power are the National Assembly and the prosecution, with President Yoon Suk Yeol’s administration often referred to as “republic of prosecutors.” On Tuesday, the Assembly-dominating opposition Democratic Party…
Political retaliation for retaliation’s sake
The motion submitted by the Democratic Party (DP) to impeach four prosecutors dumbfounds us. The majority party pressures them to quit their jobs for totally unreasonable grounds. The motion is aimed at r…
North Korea on Friday stressed the need for swift and accurate weather forecasts, as heavy rain likely to fall during the summer monsoon season could seriously affect the country’s agriculture.
The Rodong Sinmun, the North’s main newspaper, reported…
Samsung Electronics Co. on Friday estimated its second-quarter operating profit shot up more than 15-fold, as a prolonged boom in artificial intelligence computing lifted prices of memory chips.
The world’s biggest maker of memory chips expected a s…
Hanwha Energy Corp., fully owned by the three sons of Hanwha Group Chairman Kim Seung-youn, said Friday it will pay some 180 billion won (US$131 million) to buy an 8 percent stake in the group’s holding company, Hanwha Corp.
The government has been weighing measures on how to deal with trainee doctors who refuse to return to hospitals in protest of medical reform, according to officials Friday.
With most trainee doctors still remaining unresponsive to the government’s a…