SEOUL– South Korea’s nationwide consumer prices soared 5.3 percent on-year in the fourth quarter due to higher utility bills and food costs, data showed Monday.The figure, however, marked a slight slowdown from the 5.9 percent on-year growth tallied a…
SEOUL– The chief of the ruling People Power Party (PPP) on Monday warned that calls for South Korea to consider acquiring its own nuclear weapons will get a boost if North Korea continues its military provocations.Rep. Chung Jin-suk made the remarks af…
SEOUL– A revision of the Trade Union and Labor Relations Adjustment Act, which is mainly intended to strictly restrict filing damage suits against workers on strike, has emerged as a political hot potato, as the liberal opposition parties are pushing …
SEOUL– Bhc Group said Monday it has opened its first bhc chicken restaurant in North America as part of the overseas expansion of South Korea’s largest chicken franchise by sales.The new restaurant, located on Fairfax Avenue in Los Angeles, will be di…
SEOUL– Presidential officials met Monday to discuss the security situation following North Korea’s launch of two short-range ballistic missiles earlier in the day, the presidential office said.National Security Adviser Kim Sung-han presided over the m…
SEOUL– North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles (SRBMs) toward the East Sea on Monday, Seoul’s military said, a day after South Korea and the United States staged joint air drills, involving B-1B bombers, in response to the North’s long-ra…
SEOUL– LG Household & Health Care Ltd. said Monday it will unveil a mini tattoo printer at next week’s Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2023 in Barcelona.The cosmetics company said the IMPRINTU device uses vegan cosmetics ink to print images on…
SEOUL– Police said Monday they have questioned a former opposition lawmaker as part of an investigation into claims of a fortune teller’s alleged involvement in the relocation of the presidential residence.The office of President Yoon Suk Yeol had ear…