SEOUL– An oil tanker, with two South Koreans and 17 Indonesian sailors aboard, was hijacked by pirates in international waters off of West Africa earlier this week then released a day later, according to South Korean foreign ministry officials Friday. They said the sailors on board a 4,000-ton tanker, B Ocean, owned by South … Read more
SEOUL– Police brought in two emergency monitoring officers for questioning Friday as part of their widening investigation into the bungled response to the crowd crush in Seoul’s Itaewon neighborhood. Former senior emergency monitoring officer at the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency (SMPA), Ryu Mi-jin, appeared before a special investigation team in western Seoul as a … Read more
SEOUL– The nationwide strike by truck drivers caused supply disruptions across the cement and steel industries on Friday, with other sectors like auto and petrochemicals feared to bear the brunt if the protest prolongs. Cement factories were unable to ship most of the daily supply of 200,000 tons the previous day as bulk cement … Read more
SEOUL– The ethics committee of the ruling People Power Party decided Friday to open a disciplinary process against Park Hee-young, the chief of Yongsan Ward office in Seoul, for making inappropriate remarks about the Itaewon crowd crush, party officials said. Park, the chief of the ward that administers the Itaewon district, has come under … Read more
SEOUL– President Yoon Suk-yeol hosted a dinner with ruling People Power Party (PPP) leaders at the presidential residence Friday to discuss his recent Southeast Asia trip and other issues, his office said . The meeting was attended by PPP chief Chung Jin-suk, floor leader Joo Ho-young, Secretary-General Kim Seok-ki and other members of the … Read more
DOHA– At 23, Jeong Woo-yeong is one of the youngest South Korean players at this year’s FIFA World Cup. Given his talent and development trajectory, chances are that this will not be Jeong’s only World Cup. But that doesn’t mean Jeong is simply happy to be here in Qatar. He wants to get his … Read more
SEOUL– Park Chan-wook’s Cannes-winning romantic thriller “Decision to Leave” swept this year’s Blue Dragon Awards, one of South Korea’s top film honors, clinching six prizes on Friday. The film won the awards for best film, best director, best screenplay and best music categories, while Tang Wei and Park Hae-il received the best actress and … Read more
DOHA– South Korean center back Kim Min-jae missed the team’s training session on Friday to nurse a right calf injury. An official with the Korea Football Association (KFA) insisted that Kim’s injury, which he picked up during a scoreless draw with Uruguay Thursday, was not serious. “We decided it’d be better for him to … Read more