South Korea’s new COVID-19 cases stayed below 90,000 for the third straight day Saturday but were steeply up from a week ago, amid a spike in omicron subvariant infections.The country added 82,002 new COVID-19 infections, including 397 from overseas, b…
South Korea’s military reported 2,042 additional COVID-19 cases Saturday, raising the total caseload among its service members to 210,076, the defense ministry said.The new cases included 1,492 from the Army, 237 from the Air Force, 118 from the Marine…
The top defense officials of South Korea and the United States agreed Friday to expand the countries’ upcoming joint military exercise and to restart their strategic dialogue on extended deterrence at an early date.U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austi…
A scorching heat wave gripped Seoul and many parts of the country Saturday, except for the southern island of Jeju and other southern regions under the influence of this year’s fifth typhoon, Songda, the weather agency said.Seoul saw the daily temperat…
Heavy rains pounded the southern resort island of Jeju on Saturday as this year’s fifth typhoon, Songda, passed by the waters south of the island, the weather agency said. But there were no reports of damage from downpours and strong winds.As of 9:25 p…
China said it was conducting military exercises Saturday off its coast across from Taiwan after warning Speaker Nancy Pelosi of the U.S. House of Representatives to scrap possible plans to visit the island democracy, which Beijing claims as part of its…
South Korea unloaded a net US$8.31 billion in the foreign exchange market during the first quarter of this year as part of “market stabilization” efforts, Seoul’s central bank said Thursday.The dollar selling in the January-March period came as the Sou…
Hyundai Motor Group said Thursday it is setting up a new investment affiliate in the United States, in a follow-up to its pledge to invest US$10.5 billion in the world’s largest economy.The new affiliate, tentatively named HMG Global, will be establish…