SEOUL– South Korea’s military reported 2,626 additional COVID-19 cases Wednesday, raising the total caseload among its service members to 230,264, the defense ministry said.The new cases included 1,868 from the Army, 276 from the Air Force, 208 from t…
SEOUL– The number of new daily COVID-19 cases in South Korea reached a four-month high Wednesday, as the nation grapples with the fast spread of a highly contagious omicron subvariant.The country added 151,792 new COVID-19 infections, the highest sinc…
SEOUL– The main opposition Democratic Party rapped President Yoon Suk-yeol on Wednesday for remaining at home when massive rainfall caused serious flooding in Seoul and elsewhere earlier this week, moking him as an invisible “stealth” jet.Presidential…
SEOUL– Recovery and cleanup work got under way in Seoul and elsewhere in the central and eastern regions Wednesday after this week’s record rainfall that left at least 16 people dead or missing and more than 2,500 homes and buildings flooded.A total o…
SEOUL– The ruling People Power Party (PPP) and the government agreed Wednesday to consider designating areas that were hit by heavy rains as a special disaster zone.The PPP and the government held a policy consultation meeting at the National Assembly…
SEOUL– South Korea’s Defense Minister Lee Jong-sup called on top military commanders Wednesday to ensure strong readiness against possibilities of North Korea launching provocations around the time of the upcoming combined exercise with the United Sta…
SEOUL– HMM Co., South Korea’s leading container shipper, said Wednesday its second-quarter earnings shot up nearly 14 times from a year earlier thanks mainly to rising freight rates.Consolidated net profit came to 2.93 trillion won (US$2.24 billion) i…
SEOUL– The culture ministry will hold a special exhibition of art pieces by disabled artists at the former residential compound of Cheong Wa Dae as the first program to be held under a plan to use the facility as an art center.The exhibit will open on…