North Korea said Friday it is preparing for a grand event celebrating the upcoming 71st anniversary of the signing of the armistice that ended the 1950-53 Korean War, with its leader Kim Jong-un sending gifts to war veterans across
The president of Belarus has called for “further expanding cooperation” with North Korea in a message sent to North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, Pyongyang’s foreign ministry said Friday, amid speculation that the nations will seek to strengthen trilate…
Long known as the capital of arts and culture, Paris will transform itself into the capital of sports over the next 17 days as the host of the 33rd Summer Olympics.
The opening ceremony for the first Summer Games
The opposition-controlled National Assembly passed one of the four contentious broadcasting bills aimed at reducing the government’s influence over public broadcasters Friday, with lawmakers of the ruling party leaving in protest.
The passage follow…
South Korea’s first medal of the Paris Olympics could come Saturday, the very first day of competition after Friday’s opening ceremony, with swimming world champion Kim Woo-min scheduled to compete in the men’s 400-meter freestyle.
The heats for the…
The South Korean Olympic chief said Friday the country will name its own MVP of the Paris Summer Games, an honor that will also come with prize money.
Lee Kee-heung, head of the Korean Sport and Olympic Committee (KSOC),
Hyosung TNC Corp. on Friday reported its second-quarter net income of 51.8 billion won (US$37.3 million), up 161.4 percent from a year earlier.
Operating income for the April-June period was 84.6 billion won, up 31.2 percent from a year
President Yoon Suk Yeol held a dinner meeting with members of the ruling People Power Party (PPP) on Wednesday, including the newly elected chief, Han Dong-hoon, and other party leaders. The Yoon gathering was hosted with the intention of
Prosecutors on Friday secured a luxury handbag that first lady Kim Keon Hee had received from a Korean American pastor seeking her favors as part of an investigation into allegations that the acceptance violated ethics rules.
The Dior bag,
Kakao Corp., South Korea’s biggest messenger operator, is confronting a major crisis after founder Kim Beom-su’s arrest Tuesday for alleged stock price manipulation related to last year’s takeover of K-pop powerhouse SM Entertainment.
The incident o…