The local currency gained against the U.S. dollar to its strongest level in six-and-a-half months on Thursday amid a wait-and-see attitude surrounding the U.S.-South Korea ...

Subway trains in Seoul will start running 30 minutes earlier as of August, when the city is shifting the schedule to accommodate early-morning commuters.The Seoul Metropolitan ...

South Korea and Russia have held consular consultations for the first time in seven years. According to Seoul’s foreign ministry on Wednesday, Yun Joo-seok, chief of ...

New Reform Party presidential candidate Lee Jun-seok has made clear that his name will be on the ballot for the June 3 presidential election, refusing the People Power Party’s ...

South Korea’s efforts to have the northwestern islands of Baengnyeong, Daecheong and Socheong designated as UNESCO Global Geoparks have hit a snag due to an objection from ...

Michael Ellis, says the technology race with China is America’s top intel priority.  In a rare interview with U.S. news website Axios on Wednesday, Ellis said the top priority for the CIA's new ...

The government on Thursday convened a meeting of a preparatory committee for the seventh Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation(APEC) Summit, set for October in the southeastern ...

Renowned soprano Jo Sumi is set to receive a prestigious cultural honor from the French government.According to the Korean Cultural Center in France, Jo will receive the ...

The price of Bitcoin has surpassed the 110-thousand-dollar mark for the first time.  According to the U.S. cryptocurrency exchange platform Coinbase, the world’s most ...

People Power Party candidate Kim Moon-soo on Thursday unveiled a number of political reform proposals, aiming to differentiate himself from rival Lee Jae-myung of the Democratic ...

North Korea has launched multiple cruise missiles into the East Sea.South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff(JCS) said it detected the missiles around 9 a.m. from the Sondok ...

Major semiconductor-producing countries and companies around the world have reportedly expressed concerns and urged restraint regarding the U.S. government’s push for ...