South Korea’s export of materials, parts and equipment in the first seven months of the year has reached a fresh high in ten years, according to data from a new ministry portal. According to the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy’s newly-launched w…
The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index(KOSPI) fell 24-point-43 points, or zero-point-77 percent on Wednesday, closing the day at three-thousand-162-point-99.The tech-heavy KOSDAQ also fell, losing 17-point-21 points, or one-point-63 percent, t…
The government will provide humanitarian aid to the people of Myanmar, living under political instability from a coup d’etat and the military’s crackdown on pro-democracy protesters.The Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday that Seoul will send three millio…
The music video for BTS’ 2018 hit song “Fake Love” has surpassed one billion YouTube views, becoming the band’s fifth music video to reach the milestone.Its management agency Big Hit Music said the view count passed one billion around 8:39 a.m. Wednesd…
South Koreans were the fifth biggest spenders on social apps in the first half of this year, according to App Annie, a platform that provides analytics on mobile market data. Its latest report on Wednesday had the U.S., Japan, China and Saudi Arabia ta…
North Korea appears to have staged a night-time military parade to mark the 73rd anniversary of the national founding.The military parade reportedly started at 12 a.m. on Thursday at Kim Il-sung Square in Pyongyang. An official from South Korea’s Joint…
Former ruling Democratic Party(DP) chairman Lee Nak-yon, a major contender in the party’s presidential primary, has declared he will step down as lawmaker to focus on the presidential race.In a news conference Wednesday at Gwangju City Council, Lee sai…
The top diplomats of South Korea and Cambodia held talks in Seoul on Wednesday during which they discussed bilateral cooperation and regional and global affairs. According to Seoul’s Foreign Ministry, Ministers Chung Eui-yong and Prak Sokhonn shared th…