A regional court has ruled a Cambodian activist who led pro-democracy movements for his home country in South Korea should be granted refugee status, legal sources said Wednesday.The district court in Gwangju, 270 kilometers south of Seoul, has sided …
President Yoon Suk Yeol met with a group of veterans and other people of national merit Wednesday to honor their sacrifice ahead of the anniversary of the outbreak of the Korean War.Yoon and first lady Kim Keon Hee invited some 190 people of national …
Five lawmakers of the main opposition Democratic Party (DP) are on a visit to China, the party said Wednesday, amid heightened tensions between the two countries over Chinese Ambassador Xing Haiming’s remarks, which were strongly denounced as disrespe…
Fly Gangwon Co., a South Korean low-cost carrier, said Wednesday it applied for court receivership late last month, just days after halting operations due to snowballed losses.Fly Gangwon filed documents with the Seoul Bankruptcy Court on May 23 to st…
South Korean stocks finished lower Wednesday as investors awaited the outcome of the Federal Reserve’s rate-setting meeting. The Korean won fell against the U.S. greenback.The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) lost 18.87 points, or 0…
The Kelantan State Legislative Assembly will be dissolved on June 22 to pave the way for the state election, Menteri Besar Datuk Ahmad Yakob said.He said the dissolution of the state assembly has received the consent of the Sultan of Kelantan Sultan M…
Naypyidaw: Myanmar’s junta strongman Min Aung Hlaing took a significant step closer to becoming the country’s civilian president after lawmakers nominated him for a three-way runoff, largely seen as a