SEOUL, Prime Minister Han Duck-soo attended the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, where he delivered a speech about South Korea’s capabilities and policy in the nuclear energy and artificial intelligence (AI) sectors, his office said Wednes…
SEOUL, South Korea on Wednesday imposed independent sanctions on 11 vessels and five individuals and entities engaged in illegal ship-to-ship transfers of oil and other products to North Korea, tightening the sanctions against the North’s maritime ac…
SEOUL, The financial regulator said Wednesday it will work to scrap a planned capital gains tax on investments while cutting a tax on stock transactions to 0.15 percent by 2025.
The Financial Services Commission (FSC) also said it will
SEOUL, The amount of drugs seized before being smuggled into South Korea jumped 23 percent on-year in 2023, the customs agency said Wednesday.
A total of 769 kilograms of drugs had been seized at borders last year, up from
Today (%) Previous Session(%) Change (BP)
1-year TB 3.372 3.369 +0.3
2-year TB 3.336 3.303 +3.3
3-year TB 3.277 3.235 +4.2
10-year TB 3.369 3.322 +4.7
2-year MSB 3.332 3.297 +3.5
3-year CB (AA-) 4.025 3.982 +4.3
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SEOUL, South Korean stocks got off to a weak start Wednesday, tracking overnight losses on Wall Street amid dampened hopes for the Federal Reserve’s early rate cuts.
After starting marginally higher, the benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index d…
With less than three months left until the April 10 parliamentary elections, confusion sweeps over how to assign proportional representative seats to political parties. Rep. Hong Ik-pyo, floor leader of the majority Democratic Party (DP), mentioned t…
The Supreme Prosecutors’ Office requested the Justice Ministry last week to penalize two incumbent prosecutors over their inappropriate behavior related to the April 10 general election.
Under the Public Official Election Act, state public officials…
JEJU, South Korea, Maritime authorities have begun efforts to rescue a baby dolphin found caught in a discarded fishing net in wasters off Jeju Island, officials here said Wednesday.
The Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin calf less than one year old
SEOUL, A new supernatural mystery thriller starring Choi Min-sik, Kim Go-eun, Yoo Hae-jin and Lee Do-hyun will hit theaters next month.
Titled “Exhuma,” also known as “Pamyo” in Korean, the Korean film revolves around mysterious events affecting a g…