SEOUL– The LGBTQ community in South Korea has been conditionally allowed to resume an annual festival in the heart of Seoul next month after a two-year hiatus caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the city government said Wednesday.Organizers of the Seoul …
Swimming pools along Seoul’s Han River will reopen for the first time in three years as the nation begins to shift to a post-pandemic phase.According to the Seoul city government on Wednesday, four swimming pools near Ttukseom, Gwangnaru, Yeouido and J…
South Korea added more than 900-thousand jobs in May, posting the biggest on-year job growth in 22 years for the month of May.Statistics Korea said on Wednesday that the number of employed people stood at 28 million-485-thousand last month, up 935-thou…
SEOUL– A South Korean volunteer fighter who recently returned from Ukraine has been referred to the prosecution for potential indictment on passport law violation charges, officials said WednesdayRhee Keun, a Navy SEAL-turned-YouTuber, returned home f…
Preparations for the launch of Nuri space rocket, scheduled for Thursday, have been suspended. In a press briefing on Wednesday afternoon, the Korea Aerospace Research Institute(KARI) said a sensor inside the oxidizer tank showed abnormal figures. The …
U.S. Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Colin Kahl says no final decisions have yet been made on short- and long-term adjustments to military preparedness against North Korean provocations.Kahl made the remark on Tuesday at the Center for a New Amer…
The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index(KOSPI) slipped to a fresh 19-month low ahead of a widely-expected rate hike by the U.S. Federal Reserve.The main bourse fell 45-point-59 points, or one-point-83 percent, on Wednesday, closing the day at t…
South Korea’s global competitiveness ranking has fallen by four notches to 27th place in an annual ranking released by the Swiss-based International Institute for Management Development(IMD).According to the Ministry of Economy and Finance on Wednesday…