SEOUL– South Korean stocks inched up Tuesday after a choppy session as investors took a wait-and-see stance without clear directions. The Korean won fell against the U.S. dollar.The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) gained 0.47 point…
SEOUL— The head of Citibank Korea Inc., the Korean unit of U.S. banking giant Citigroup, on Tuesday vowed to do everything she could to protect customers from the planned closure of its retail services in South Korea.In October, Citigroup said that i…
SEOUL– In 2022 TV lineups released by South Korean broadcasters and global streaming services, a slew of webtoon-based series are drawing attention from Korean drama fans at home and abroad.In recent years, homegrown webtoons, or web-based comics, hav…
SEOUL– Ruling party presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung said Tuesday he believes it will be possible to draw up a supplementary budget of up to 30 trillion won (US$25 billion) before the end of January to support pandemic-hit small businesses.Lee of …
SEOUL– President Moon Jae-in on Tuesday instructed his aides to make utmost efforts to contain the spread of the highly transmissible omicron variant, as health authorities warned that omicron is likely to soon replace the delta variant as the dominan…