SEOUL– The Korea Music Content Association (KMCA) said Thursday it has renamed its Gaon Chart, the country’s official pop music chart, as Circle as part of efforts to develop it into a global K-pop chart.Founded in 2010, Gaon has served as the only of…
GIMPO, South Korea– A North Korean defectors’ group said Thursday it has sent big balloons carrying COVID-19 pain relievers to North Korea, along with banners denouncing the regime’s claim that leaflets sent from the South are responsible for its COVI…
President Yoon Suk Yeol has called on the country to break away from the illusion that budgetary spending is key to economic growth and the improvement of the public’s livelihood.In his opening remarks at a fiscal strategy meeting on Thursday, Yoon sai…
The top office says it is keeping a close eye on the probe into two former chiefs of the National Intelligence Service on their alleged mishandling of high-profile cases involving North Korea.An official from the presidential office said that the admin…
The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index(KOSPI) rose 42-point-26 points, or one-point-84 percent, on Thursday, closing the day at two-thousand-334-point-27. The tech-heavy KOSDAQ also rose, gaining 13-point-34 points, or one-point-79 percent, to…
Foreign minister Park Jin will hold a one-on-one with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi later Thursday on the sidelines of the Group of 20 Foreign Minister’s Meeting taking place in Bali, Indonesia, according to Seoul’s foreign ministry.All eyes are on C…
The South Korean government belatedly revealed that Japan had protested a footage of a South Korean fighter jet flying over the Dokdo islets shown during President Yoon Suk Yeol’s inauguration ceremony in May. Seoul’s foreign ministry issued a statemen…
SEOUL– LG Electronics Inc. on Thursday estimated its second-quarter operating profit decreased 12 percent year-over-year on weaker demand for TV and home appliances amid rising inflation and raw material costs.Its earnings guidance for the April-June …