SEOUL– Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. and other South Korean shipbuilders are expected to hold all the aces in their negotiations with shippers thanks to abundant order backlogs, an industry expert said Friday.”South Korean shipbuilders secured order ba…
SEOUL– Two South Korean tour players found themselves tied atop the leaderboard midway through the only LPGA tournament on their home soil on Friday.An Narin and Lim Hee-jeong, both Korea LPGA (KLPGA) members, are sitting at 11-under after 36 holes at…
SEOUL– South Korea said Friday it will set up a committee to closely look into what went wrong in a mission to put a dummy satellite into orbit with its first homegrown space rocket.The committee — to be composed of researchers of the Korea Aerospace…
SEOUL– President Moon Jae-in will meet with Pope Francis at the Vatican next week to discuss peace on the Korean Peninsula and efforts to end the COVID-19 pandemic, the presidential office said Friday.The Oct. 29 meeting will take place as Moon is sch…
SEOUL– Yoon Seok-youl, a leading opposition presidential contender, drew fire Friday after a photo of his dog being fed an apple sparked speculation that he likened the people to a dog following a reluctant apology for making insensitive remarks about…