Yonhap News Agency on Thursday appointed Hwang Dae-il, a veteran journalist at the company, as its new president and chief executive officer.

Hwang, 59, was earlier nominated to head South

In yet another perplexing development, Education Minister Lee Ju-ho on Tuesday made a controversial remark during the National Assembly’s regular audit of the government. When asked about the ministry’s position

A Seoul court on Thursday rejected an arrest warrant for Qoo10 CEO Ku Young-bae on fraud and embezzlement charges related to his e-commerce group’s large-scale payment delays to vendors.

The

North Korea’s trash balloons have become a new headache for South Korea. The filthy contents stir up disgust and require considerable manual effort to clear the debris strewn across the

Han Kang, the first Korean winner of the Nobel Prize in literature, was born in 1970 in the southwestern city of Gwangju as the daughter of novelist Han Seung-won.

She

South Korea maintains a current account surplus, driven by robust exports, but the surplus is declining.

The country racked up a current account surplus of US$6.6 billion in August, according

President Yoon Suk Yeol congratulated novelist Han Kang on winning the 2024 Nobel Prize in literature Thursday, calling it “a monumental achievement” in the history of Korean literature

“It is

South Korea was elected to the U.N. Human Rights Council (UNHRC) for the 2025-2027 term on Wednesday, as Seoul seeks to actively participate in international efforts to address North Korean