2+ day, 8+ hour ago   (98+ words) [Politics]: President Lee Jae Myung will host the first South Korea-Central Asia summit next Wednesday, bringing together the leaders from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. During a meeting with his key aides on Friday, Lee discussed the plan to…...

3+ day, 2+ hour ago   (102+ words) [Politics]: President Lee Jae Myung will host the first South Korea-Central Asia summit on Wednesday. Presidential spokesperson Kang Yu-jung said in a statement on Friday that the summit is an important starting point to broaden South Korea’s diplomatic horizons at…...

3+ day, 7+ hour ago   (104+ words) [International]: Anchor: It’s been 16 days since massive floods devastated the Nepal-Tibet border region. The death toll from this tragedy has risen to over 13-hundred, with nearly five-thousand missing. As Nepal’s government ramps up recovery efforts, South Korea has sent another…...

3+ day, 5+ hour ago   (100+ words) [Politics]: Main opposition People Power Party floor leader Jeong Jeom-sig says Justice Minister nominee Kim Seung-won should face a parliamentary investigation, not a confirmation hearing. He said at a party meeting on Friday that the allegations against Kim aren’t simply…...

3+ day, 10+ hour ago   (105+ words) [Politics]: Police have launched an investigation into allegations that Justice Minister nominee Kim Seung-won had solicited state approval for a clinical trial of a COVID-19 treatment drug in 2021. The Seoul Yeongdeungpo Police Station on Friday is set to question Lee…...

3+ day, 11+ hour ago   (88+ words) [Economy]: The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index fell 231-point-42 points, or three-point-29 percent, on Friday to open at six-thousand-802-point-five. The tech-heavy KOSDAQ dropped 20-point-one points, or two-point-39 percent, to 816-point-91 as of 9 a.m.[more...] KOSPI Opens 3.29% Lower on Friday…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (104+ words) [Politics]: Gender Minister nominee Yong Hye-in has reaffirmed her intention to retain her National Assembly seat even after joining the Cabinet and resisted calls to resign. During a press briefing at the National Assembly on Thursday, Yong emphasized that the…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (110+ words) [International]: South Korea will send another Korea Disaster Relief Team to Nepal to assist in post-flood reconstruction and recovery efforts. Foreign ministry spokesperson Park Doo-soon said in a regular briefing Thursday that the team, along with a small number of…...

5+ day, 4+ hour ago   (106+ words) [Politics]: For the third consecutive year, South Korea has decided not to attend Japan’s memorial ceremony for the Korean victims of wartime forced labor at the Sado mines, citing unresolved differences over details. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Wednesday…...

5+ day, 4+ hour ago   (109+ words) [Domestic]: A South Korean court has granted a divorce to the founder of major game developer Smilegate and his wife, awarding the largest property settlement on record in a domestic divorce case. The Seoul Family Court ruled Wednesday that Kwon…...