The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index(KOSPI) rose 11-point-66 points, or zero-point-44 percent, on Friday, closing the week at two-thousand-670-point-65.The tech-heavy KOSDAQ also rose, inching up zero-point-37 points, or zero-point-04 percen…
U.S. Forces Korea(USFK) has lifted quarantine measures that have been in place the past two years following the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020.The USFK announced on Friday that it has revised down the four-point Health Protection Condi…
The government will lift the seven-day quarantine requirement for unvaccinated international arrivals and normalize international flights from next Wednesday.Prime Minister Han Duck-soo announced the decision in a COVID-19 response meeting in Seoul on …
The national security chiefs of South Korea and China held phone talks on Thursday morning, their first during the Yoon Suk Yeol administration.According to the presidential office, South Korea’s National Security Adviser Kim Sung-han spoke to his Chin…
The main blaze in a wildfire in the southeastern city of Miryang has been brought under control on Friday after burning for four days. According to the Korea Forest Service on Friday, emergency workers took longer than expected to extinguish the fire w…
President Yoon Suk Yeol said it is inappropriate to laud the ruling party’s sweeping victory in the recent local elections amid an ongoing economic crisis.Speaking to reporters on Friday, Yoon said the nation lies in the path of a “typhoon” of concerns…
First vice finance minister Bang Ki-sun pledged legal revisions and other followup measures to ensure that the latest livelihood stability plan leads to an actual decline in consumer prices.At a meeting with officials on Friday, Bang called for a swift…
Five possible names have been revealed for the new presidential office.In a press release on Friday, the top office said a committee deliberating on the moniker has chosen five entries, which include “the People’s House,” “the People’s Government Offic…