The value of South Korea’s virtual asset market grew 46 percent in the first half from six months earlier on higher prices of cryptocurrencies and improved investor sentiment, data showed Monday.The market capitalization of South Korea’s cryptocurrenc…
South Korea’s finance minister plans to leave for Morocco this week to take part in annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank, his office said Monday.Finance Minister Choo Kyung-ho will also attend the Group of 20 (G2…
Opposition leader Lee Jae-myung will be released from a Seoul hospital Monday and attend a by-election campaign for his party’s candidate in a key district in Seoul, his party said.Rep. Lee of the main opposition Democratic Party (DP) has received tre…
1932 — Korean independence fighter Lee Bong-chang, who attempted to assassinate Japanese Emperor Hirohito, dies at a prison in Japan. The Korean Peninsula was under Japanese colonial rule from 1910 to 1945.1990 — South and North Korea host a joint f…
Defense Minister Shin Won-sik called Monday for a strong readiness posture against North Korea as he made his first visit to a front-line military unit in his new role.Shin, who took office Saturday, was briefed on border operations at the Army’s 1st …
South Korea has seen little impact from the Israel-Palestine conflict on the country’s imports of crude oil and natural gas, the trade ministry said Monday.Officials from the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, the state-run Korea National Oil Cor…
Abuja: At a bustling food market in Nigeria’s capital, Mummy Christiana breaks down in tears as she describes how a conflict thousands of kilometers away leaves her family struggling to