The high proportion of immigrant workers in the death toll from the recent deadly fire at a battery plant has laid bare the significant workplace safety hazards they face, at a time when South Korea hosts its largest-ever foreign workforce.
The fire…
V of K-pop supergroup BTS will unveil a book of photography, titled “Type 1,” next month, capturing moments of rest before his military enlistment, his agency said Wednesday.
The photo book, which chronicles V’s time away from his busy life as a glo…
Seoul shares closed higher Wednesday as big-cap tech shares gained ground tracking a U.S. tech rebound. The local currency fell against the U.S. dollar.
The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) increased 17.66 points, or 0.64 percent,…
Three members of popular K-pop group EXO have lodged a criminal complaint against two executives of their management company, SM Entertainment, worsening a renewed conflict with the agency, according to industry insiders Wednesday.
The trio — Chen,…
The Marine Corps on Wednesday resumed a full-scale live-fire exercise on islands near the tensely guarded western inter-Korean maritime border for the first time in seven years.
The resumption came as South Korea fully suspended the 2018 inter-Korea…
Civic groups and border residents called Wednesday for a halt to sending anti-Pyongyang propaganda leaflets into the North after another batch of trash-carrying balloons flew in from the North overnight.
During a press conference held in front of Im…
Prime Minister Han Duck-soo said Wednesday that South Korea is not at a stage to consider its own nuclear armament “for now,” given the United States has agreed to use its nuclear weapons to defend its ally.
Han made the remark during a meeting with…
The main opposition Democratic Party (DP) on Wednesday voiced concerns over the ruling party’s recent calls for South Korea to consider nuclear armament, labeling it as an unrealistic option.
Rep. Jung Chung-rae made the remarks during a Supreme Cou…