SEOUL– SSG Landers third baseman Choi Jeong has played in seven Korean Series during his 18-year career, and won the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) titles in 2007, 2008, 2010 and 2018. Choi is now gearing up for his eighth trip to the championship round, with the Landers set to face the Kiwoom Heroes in … Read more
SEOUL– Seoul stocks closed over 1 percent higher Monday on the back of gains in tech shares amid hopes that the U.S. Federal Reserve may decelerate its pace of rate hikes. The local currency fell against the U.S. dollar. The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) added 25.21 points, or 1.11 percent, to … Read more
SEOUL– Police investigating the deadly Halloween crowd crush in Itaewon are analyzing scores of witness accounts and security camera footage to determine the cause of the accident, a top police official said Monday. The crowd crush in a narrow, sloped alley in the popular nightlife district in Seoul on Saturday night left 154 people … Read more
SEOUL– South Korea is reviewing ways to offer every possible assistance to the foreign victims of a weekend crowd crush at Seoul’s Itaewon district and bereaved families in a manner equivalent of that for local citizens, the country’s top diplomat said Monday. At least 154 people, including 26 foreigners, were killed in the surge … Read more
SEOUL– LG Chem Ltd. said Monday its third-quarter operating profit grew 23.9 percent from a year earlier on the back of strong battery materials demand that helped offset lackluster performance in the petrochemicals segment. Operating income came to 901.2 billion won (US$638.1 million) in the July-September period, compared with 727.2 billion won the previous … Read more
SEOUL– South Korea’s top military officer called Monday for a “thorough readiness” posture against possible North Korean threats as he inspected a key command post for air operations amid ongoing major air drills between the South and the United States. Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) Chairman Gen. Kim Seung-kyum made the remarks as he … Read more
SEOUL– South Korea and Poland signed an agreement Monday to jointly push for a plan to build a nuclear power plant in the European nation, raising hopes for Seoul’s first nuclear power plant export in more than a decade, Seoul’s industry ministry said Monday. The state-run Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) Co., Polish … Read more
SEOUL– President Yoon Suk-yeol instructed the government on Monday to come up with a crowd control system for unorganized and spontaneous events, following the deaths of at least 154 people in a Halloween crowd crush in Seoul. Yoon’s instructions came during a weekly meeting with Prime Minister Han Duck-soo, which on Monday was joined … Read more