SEOUL– The South Korean baseball club NC Dinos announced Friday they’ve suspended coach Yong Duk-han for 30 days for his involvement in a recent bar fight with another coach.The Dinos also said Yong has been fined 7 million won (US$5,500).In the early…
SEOUL– South Korea and the United States agreed Friday to launch a dialogue channel between their presidential offices to coordinate policy on cutting-edge technologies and supply chains, the South’s presidential office said.The agreement was reached …
SEJONG– South Korea said Friday it is preparing to provide compensation to merchants hit by the COVID-19 pandemic within three days after the National Assembly approves the latest extra budget bill.The parliament is reviewing the government’s proposed…
CANNES, France– “Squid Game” star Lee Jung-jae made his directorial debut with the espionage action thriller “Hunt,” which premiered at the 75th Cannes Film Festival on Friday.At Grand Theatre Lumiere, the main venue of the world’s most prestigious fi…
ULSAN/SEOUL– The head of S-Oil Corp. apologized Friday over the explosion at the company’s refinery unit in the country’s southwest that left one person killed and nine others injured, vowing all-out efforts in handling the aftermath.Hussain A. Al-Qah…
SEOUL– President Yoon Suk-yeol will preside over his first regular Cabinet session in the administrative city of Sejong next week, his office said Friday.The meeting will be held Thursday at the government complex in Sejong, 130 kilometers southeast o…
SEOUL– South Korea on Friday denied a Japanese media report claiming the Seoul government agreed to Tokyo’s plan to release radioactive water into the ocean from the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant.Earlier this week, a Japanese news agency repo…
Silk Way West Airlines expands its US network by adding regular services to and from Dallas Fort Worth, the second major freight hub in the country to be served by scheduled services alongside Chicago O’Hare . In addition to the Dallas and Chicago rout…