SEOUL– Samsung Electronics Co.’s management and its union signed an annual wage deal Wednesday, the first of its kind since the company’s foundation more than five decades ago.The world’s largest memory chip and smartphone maker and its union reached …
SEOUL– South Korea’s Defense Minister Lee Jong-sup instructed his ministry and affiliated agencies Wednesday to prioritize investing in building a key deterrence system, his office said, as Seoul seeks to bolster defense amid evolving North Korean sec…
SEOUL– Residents in the central provinces of Chungcheong are bracing for heavy downpours, as a powerful rain front that delivered the heaviest rainfall in 115 years to the Seoul metropolitan area this week was moving south Wednesday.The Korea Meteorol…
SEOUL– Netflix’s latest Korean original film “Carter” starts with a 20-minute single-take action scene where Carter (Joo Won), an amnesiac agent on a hostage rescue mission, has a bloody dogfight — almost naked — with a hundred faceless people in a …
SEOUL– South Korea’s arms procurement agency on Wednesday signed deals with two local firms to develop a counterterrorism robot and a reconnaissance drone, its officials said, as the country seeks to harness new technologies for its military buildup.T…
SEOUL– President Yoon Suk-yeol plans to meet with Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates next week, the presidential office said Wednesday.Gates will visit South Korea from next Monday for three days, and the planned meeting between Yoon and Gates will take …
SEOUL– South Korean stocks fell Wednesday, with tech heavyweight Samsung Electronics dipping 1.5 percent, dented by dismal earnings projections by big U.S. tech firms, like Micron Technology Inc., that pointed to a further slowdown in global chip dema…
SEOUL– An annual cultural festival showcasing some of South Korea’s UNESCO-listed world heritage sites will kick off next month for a two months-long run across three regions, organizers said Wednesday.The 2022 World Heritage Festival will be held fro…