SEOUL– President Moon Jae-in and Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev agreed Friday to push for a bilateral trade agreement while bolstering cooperation on rare metal supply chains and health care during their summit talks in Seoul, Cheong Wa Dae said.U…
SEOUL– South Korean stocks rose for a third straight session on Friday, as foreign investors snapped up local stocks on eased uncertainty about the U.S. monetary policy. The Korean won rose against the U.S. dollar.The benchmark Korea Composite Stock P…
SEOUL– Lotte Chemical Corp., a petrochemical unit of South Korean conglomerate Lotte Group, said Friday it will spend 250 billion won (US$211.4 million) to expand its domestic production line of ethylene oxide adduct (EOA), an advanced material used i…
Despite the devastating impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the lives of the world’s children, there are “areas of progress for children we can celebrate,” said rights group Human Rights Watch in an optimistic statement Friday.According to HRW, the n…
Thousands of North Koreans marked the 10th anniversary Friday of the death of the country’s former leader, Kim Jong Il.Current leader Kim Jong Un, Kim Jong Il’s son, attended a ceremony with hundreds of others at Pyongyang’s Kumsusan Palace of the Sun,…
SEOUL– North Korea’s state media called for “absolute trust” in leader Kim Jong-un, as the country marked 10 years since the death of former leader Kim Jong-il on Friday.Kim died on Dec. 17, 2011, after having ruled the reclusive regime since the deat…
SEOUL– The prolonged pandemic has significantly changed how people spend their time at home, which became the location for everything from exercise to work.To some, it became a primary place to garden.LG Electronics Inc. has rolled out an automated in…
SEOUL– South Korea’s domestic demand is feared to lose steam amid the latest upsurge in COVID-19 cases and tighter antivirus measures, the finance ministry said Friday.Amid global inflation risks and supply chain disruptions, Asia’s fourth-largest eco…