SEOUL, President Yoon Suk Yeol on Tuesday named a former chief of the Seoul High Prosecutors Office as the new justice minister, his office said.

Park Sung-jae, a lawyer who retired from the prosecution in 2017 after serving in the Seoul Central Dis…

SEJONG, South Korea’s industry ministry said Tuesday it has launched the first round of talks with Britain to discuss ways to improve their bilateral free trade agreement (FTA).

The meeting, which will run through Thursday in Seoul, will focus on up…

SEJONG, South Korea’s finance ministry said Tuesday it plans to expand the scope of research and development (RandD) projects eligible for tax credits this year in line with efforts to secure new growth engines.

Under the plan, South Korea will offe…

SEOUL, South Korean stocks opened higher Tuesday as U.S. shares reached an all-time high overnight on growing optimism over the U.S. economy.

The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index rose 9.84 points, or 0.4 percent, to 2,474.19 in the first …

SEOUL, The number of labor union members in South Korea and the unionization rate, or the percentage of workers represented by a union, have both taken a downward turn, the labor ministry said Tuesday.

According to the ministry’s latest data, the nu…

SEOUL, A fire broke out at a large marine products market in the central county of Seocheon and burned down 227 shops, but there were no human casualties, officials said Tuesday.

The blaze erupted at 11:08 p.m. on Monday and firefighters put the maj…