SEOUL, President Yoon Suk Yeol has agreed to extend the work of a state reconciliation panel by a year to allow it to look into more cases of human rights abuses during and after Japan’s 1910-45 occupation of the Korean Peninsula, the presidential of…

SEOUL, The South Korean government on Monday announced its plans to scrap the decadelong controversial ban on handset subsidies as part of efforts to lower the financial burden on consumers for communications service.

According to the Office for Gov…

SEOUL, South Korean stocks lost ground on Monday as investors sat on the sidelines ahead of the release of fourth-quarter earnings reports. The Korean won edged up against the U.S. dollar.

The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index fell 8.39 po…

SEOUL, South Korean stocks opened slightly higher Monday on the back of gains from technology shares.

The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index rose 4.81 points, or 0.19 percent, to 2,477.55 in the first 15 minutes of trading.

South Korea’s t…

SEOUL, The number of employees at South Korean conglomerates exceeded 3 million for the first time last year, reaching 11 percent of the overall employment at local companies, according to government data Monday.

The number of workers at large compa…

The Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) and the United Russia Party (URP) have agreed to hold necessary events to commemorate the 25th anniversary of their cooperation.

The agreement was made between CPP President Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun S…