SEOUL, Lugers for the host South Korea at the upcoming Winter Youth Olympics will enter the two-week competition with their confidence running high and ready to surprise some people, national team coaches said Tuesday.

In an online press conference,…

SEOUL, The government plans to set aside a record budget for issuing discount coupons for the purchase of farm produce and boost their supplies ahead of the Lunar New Year holiday, the finance ministry said Tuesday.

The government also decided to se…

SEOUL, North Korea appears to have made “some progress” in its pursuit to develop a hypersonic missile, Seoul’s defense chief said Tuesday, after Pyongyang claimed to have successfully tested a solid-fuel one earlier this week.

Defense Minister Shin…

SEOUL, Kia Corp., South Korea’s second-largest automaker, plans to launch a sales subsidiary in Thailand but has put on hold a plan to establish an assembly plant in the country, according to company officials and sources Tuesday.

Kia, part of Hyund…

The nation’s financial regulator on Friday rejected the proposed introduction of U.S. spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in the domestic market. The Financial Services Commission (FSC) said in a statement, “Any trading of the overseas-listed c…

SEOUL, Training for the upcoming Winter Youth Olympics while spending the vast majority of time away from their parents, all Kim So-yoon and Kim Ha-yoon have is each other.

The two teenage lugers will represent the host South Korea at the fourth Win…