SEOUL– President Yoon Suk-yeol is set to preside over a minister-level meeting on Sunday to discuss measures against the prolonged strike by unionized truckers, a presidential official said. Yoon is expected to ask truckers to end their work stoppage while renewing stern measures against illegal acts. The strike is continuing for an 11th … Read more
SEOUL– South Korea is expected to post a growth in 2022 exports from a year earlier, but it is unlikely to meet its yearly target of US$700 billion in outbound shipments due to sluggish sales of key items, like mobile devices and ships, government data showed Sunday. Exports of 15 major products, including semiconductors, … Read more
SEOUL– South Korea’s exports of agricultural and food products jumped to touch a new record high in the first 11 months of this year, government data showed Sunday. Outbound shipments of agricultural and food goods came to US$8.08 billion in the January-November period, up 4 percent from the same period a year earlier, according … Read more
AL RAYYAN, Qatar– Brazil may be the heavy favorites against South Korea when the two countries clash in the round of the 16 in Qatar Monday night, but the Selecao captain Thiago Silva said on the eve of the match that he is not taking his opponents lightly. “It’s a very difficult match. We’re … Read more
SEOUL– Prosecutors have imposed an overseas travel ban on a former presidential chief of staff for alleged involvement in a hiring scandal, sources said Sunday. The Seoul Central District Prosecutors Office recently banned Noh Young-min — who served as presidential chief of staff to then President Moon Jae-in from 2019 to 2020 — from … Read more
DOHA– After missing a match with a calf injury, South Korean defender Kim Min-jae was back in team training camp on Sunday, doing some light running on the eve of South Korea’s round of 16 match against Brazil at the ongoing FIFA World Cup. The national team conducted the “Matchday-1” training session at Al Egla … Read more
AL RAYYAN, Qatar– Former coaching greats Arsene Wenger and Jurgen Klinsmann claimed Sunday the knockout stage at any FIFA World Cup is wholly different from the group stage, saying they believe anything can happen once teams get to the “win-or-go home” phase. Wenger and Klinsmann, now working for FIFA’s Technical Study Group (TSG), also … Read more
SEOUL– South Korea’s new COVID-19 cases stayed below 50,000 on Sunday amid lingering concerns over a surge in winter. The country reported 46,564 new COVID-19 infections, including 69 from overseas, bringing the total caseload to 27,308,090, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said. Sunday’s number decreased slightly from the previous week’s … Read more