SEOUL, Seoul shares closed lower Thursday as investors attempted to cash in recent gains. The Korean won gained against the U.S. dollar.
The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index fell 6.62 points, or 0.25 percent, to close at 2,613.80.
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SEOUL, It has been several years in the making, but the southeastern port city of Busan will finally host the world championships in table tennis starting this week.
Busan, 320 kilometers from Seoul, will hold the International Table Tennis Federatio…
SEOUL, South Korea has joined a multinational donor group that coordinates financial assistance and reconstruction plans for Ukraine, the presidential office said Thursday.
The Multi-agency Donor Coordination Platform for Ukraine (MDCP) was establish…
SEOUL, The South Korean football federation held a meeting on Thursday to discuss the future of the beleaguered men’s national team head coach Jurgen Klinsmann.
The National Team Committee of the Korea Football Association (KFA) met at the KFA headqu…
SEOUL, The sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on Thursday said the regime is open to improving its relationship with Japan, including inviting the Japanese leader to Pyongyang.
Kim Yo-jong’s remark came after Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said …
WASHINGTON, South Korea established diplomatic relations with Cuba on Wednesday, its mission to the United Nations said, in a surprise announcement that could pose a setback to North Korea that has long boasted brotherly ties with the Latin American c…
SEOUL, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has supervised the test-firing of a new surface-to-sea missile and ordered a tighter defense posture near the western maritime border, Pyongyang’s state media reported Thursday.
North Korea test-launched the new…
SEOUL, First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Hong-kyun held phone talks with the new U.S. deputy secretary of state Thursday and discussed ways to bolster the alliance, the foreign ministry said.
In his first talks with Kurt Campbell, Kim addressed various…
Cambodia and Germany would go hand in hand to attract investors from both countries for the sake of strengthening bilateral relations and cooperation.
The remark was made by H.E. SUN Chanthol, Deputy Prime Minister and First Vice President of the
SEOUL, South Korean football officials on Thursday recommended the dismissal of Jurgen Klinsmann as head coach of the men’s national team on Thursday after the country’s disappointing semifinal exit at the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Asian Cup….