The National Intelligence Service has detected a total of 99 cases of attempted industrial espionage over the past five years, which would have cost domestic companies about 22 trillion won (US$18 billion), the agency said Saturday.Technologies and tra…
A worker was killed Saturday in an explosion at a shipyard of Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. in the southeastern port city of Ulsan, police said.The employee in his 50s, hired by a subcontractor, was cutting steel plates with oxy-fuel gas when the blast …
When South Korean baseball pundits and commentators were asked to pick playoff contenders for the 2022 season, the Kiwoom Heroes did not make most lists.To the Heroes’ manager Hong Won-ki, this is hardly new.”Experts will have their opinions and I thin…
The Lotte Giants have spent recent years in South Korean baseball wilderness, having missed out on the postseason every year since 2018. They’ve only been in the playoffs once since 2014.Expectations coming into the 2022 season weren’t particularly hig…
South Korea will take on Portugal, Uruguay and Ghana in the group stage of this year’s FIFA World Cup in Qatar.The draw for the Nov. 21-Dec. 18 tournament took place Friday at the Doha Exhibition and Convention Center in Doha, the capital city of the h…
Hyundai Motor Co. and its affiliate Kia Corp. said Saturday their combined sales in the United States fell 3.7 percent in the first quarter compared with a year ago due to the prolonged pandemic and chip shortages.The corporate duo sold a total of 322,…
The Air Force said Saturday it is holding a joint funeral for four pilots who were killed in a collision of two KT-1 trainer jets the previous day.The funeral is taking place for three days from Saturday at the Air Force 3rd Training Wing in Sacheon, a…