SEOUL– J-Hope of K-pop supergroup BTS dropped his first formal solo album Friday.”I did my best to make this album in order to show you a new side that you haven’t seen so far and myself having grown more,” the dancer-rapper said in a YouTube video in…
SEOUL– South Korea’s military reported 918 additional COVID-19 cases Friday, raising the total caseload among its service members to 186,494, the defense ministry said.The new cases included 651 from the Army, 101 from the Air Force, 59 from the Navy …
SEOUL– South Korea’s new coronavirus cases more than doubled in a week again on Friday to near 40,000 amid the fast spread of a highly contagious new omicron subvariant.The country added 38,882 new COVID-19 infections, including 261 from overseas, bri…
SEOUL– South Korea said Friday it aims to provide policy financing worth 68.3 trillion won (US$51.4 billion) this year to small merchants and other vulnerable people in a bid to help ease the burden of rising borrowing costs.The move is a follow-up to…
SEOUL– Seoul shares turned higher late Friday morning on tech and auto gains amid worries over more aggressive rate hikes to combat inflation and a global economic slowdown.The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index rose 1.56 points, or 0.07 perc…
SEOUL– A new bureau overseeing key personnel and policy decisions for police will go into operation under the interior ministry next month, Minister Lee Sang-min said Friday, as his ministry seeks to tighten its grip over the law enforcement agency.Th…
SEOUL– South Korea’s car exports reached an eight-year high in the first half of this year on the back of global popularity of eco-friendly cars, data showed Friday.The value of outbound shipments of automobiles grew 3.2 percent on-year to US$24.35 bi…
SEOUL– North Korea said Friday that Ukraine has no right to take issue with its recognition of two breakaway regions in the war-torn country earlier this week, calling the measure a “legitimate exercise of sovereignty.”On Wednesday, Ukraine announced …