A special committee tasked with investigating the 2014 Sewol ferry disaster is set to wrap up its mission without being able to confirm what caused the ill-fated ship to sink.The committee decided on Tuesday to adopt a report on its probe of nearly fou…
The government has reiterated its position to continue to provide humanitarian assistance, not weapons, to Ukraine. An official of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs relayed the stance in a meeting with reporters on Wednesday, while briefing them on the m…
SEOUL– South Korea, the United States and Japan agreed Wednesday to bolster their united front against North Korea’s threats, as their senior government officials gathered here amid reports that the secretive regime is all set for a nuclear test.It ma…
SEOUL– Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., a major electronics parts maker in South Korea, won a bid to supply camera modules for U.S. electric car maker Tesla, sources said Wednesday.The company beat its bigger rival LG Innotek Co., another South Korean e…
SEOUL– Striking cargo truckers decried Wednesday that soaring fuel prices are throwing them to the edge of survival, demanding the extension of a freight rate system guaranteeing their basic wages, as their general walkout entered the second day.Thous…
SEOUL– South Korea on Wednesday lifted the mandatory seven-day self-isolation period for all international arrivals in the latest move to return to pre-pandemic normalcy amid a downtrend in COVID-19 cases.The country added 13,358 COVID-19 infections, …
SEOUL– South Korea pledged to provide US$1.2 million in additional aid to Ukraine to support safe operations of nuclear power plants of the war-ravaged country, the foreign ministry said Wednesday.South Korean representatives announced the plan during…
Prime Minister Han Duck-soo sat down with U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman in Seoul on Tuesday.Han expressed hope that Seoul-Washington cooperation will further expand through the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework(IPEF) as he cited the import…