Fumio Kishida was reelected as Japan’s prime minister on Wednesday after his governing party scored a major victory in key parliamentary elections.Elected just over a month ago by parliament, Kishida called a quick election in which his governing party…
SEOUL– Teenagers accounted for a quarter of offenders recently caught by police over allegedly supplying sexually exploitative materials across the internet, authorities said Wednesday.The cyber crime division of the National Office of Investigation s…
SEOUL– The envisioned establishment of a museum for the donated artworks of late Samsung Chairman Lee Kun-hee is expected to help transform the streets near its location in central Seoul into a major art district by attracting museum-goers and tourist…
SEOUL– POSCO Chemical Co., a unit of South Korean steel giant POSCO, said Wednesday it plans to acquire a 15 percent stake in a Chinese manufacturer of artificial graphite anode material as part of efforts to bolster its battery materials business.The…
SEOUL– South Korean boy band Tomorrow X Together rolled out its first Japanese-language EP on Wednesday, the group’s management agency said.”Chaotic Wonderland” consists of four songs, including the main track, “0X1=LOVESONG,” Big Hit Music said in a …
SEOUL– After spending five years on the outside looking in, the Samsung Lions made a long-awaited return to the South Korean baseball postseason this year.But the party only lasted two games, as the Lions got swept by the Doosan Bears in the penultima…
SEOUL– South Korea’s top shipper HMM Co. said Wednesday its net income rose more than 90-fold in the third quarter from a year ago as freight rates continued to rise.Net profit stood at 2.29 trillion won (US$1.9 billion) in the July-September period, …
North Korea is cracking down on the use of unauthorized printers to prevent citizens from publishing anti-state materials, but sources told RFA that confiscation of the high-cost printing machines is ruining small businesses.North Korea permits only st…