SEOUL– Hankook Tire & Technology Co. on Monday reported its third-quarter net profit of 189 billion won (US$160.6 million), up 32.9 percent from a year earlier.Operating profit for the July-September period was 180.8 billion won, down 19.5…
Over 50 documents — including those verifying family or marital relations or medical examination results — will now be issued electronically.The Interior Ministry said Monday that from this month, 56 different certificates will be added to the electr…
Telecommunication giant KT Corporation has announced it will deduct service fees for 15 hours of use from customers’ bills, which is ten times longer than the time its wired and wireless services were disrupted last week due to a network routing error….
GLASGOW, Scotland– President Moon Jae-in plans to report South Korea’s raised goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions at U.N. climate talks on Monday, as the COP26 talks opened with a sense of urgency regarding the need to limit global warming.More …
SEOUL– Prosecutors sought arrest warrants Monday for three key figures in an urban development scandal on charges of breach of trust and bribery in connection with a lucrative project in Seongnam, south of Seoul.Prosecutors have been looking into susp…
SEOUL– South Korea and the United States kicked off a combined annual air exercise Monday, a military source said, in a low-key manner apparently to back ongoing diplomacy to resume dialogue with North Korea.For the five-day exercise, the allies mobil…
SEOUL– Talk of the United States’ possible policy shift to reduce its use of nuclear arms under the Joe Biden administration is raising anew consequential questions over the future of America’s security commitments to South Korea and other allies, ana…
SEOUL– South Korea’s military has detected no unusual North Korean military activities, its officials said Monday, following a report that Pyongyang appears to be preparing for an additional submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) test.On Friday, …