Finance Minister Choi Sang-mok met with World Bank President Ajay Banga in Seoul on Thursday and discussed digital technology, development aid and other issues affecting the global economy, officials said.
Banga was in Seoul as part of his visits to…
Seoul shares ended slightly higher on Thursday, helped by gains in auto stocks as their 2023 earnings fared well on the back of robust demand. The Korean won rose against the U.S. dollar.
The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) rose …
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un called for an improvement in the country’s regional economy and rebuked officials over their lukewarm attitude in tackling the “serious political issue,” state media said Thursday.
Kim made the remarks as he has stres…
The National Assembly on Thursday passed a special bill calling for the construction of a high-speed railway connecting the southern cities of Gwangju and Daegu.
The legislation propels an 8 trillion-won (US$5.98 billion) project to launch bullet tr…
South Korean composer Unsuk Chin won the Ernst von Siemens Music Prize, dubbed the Nobel Prize of classical music, Thursday, becoming the first Asian to do so.
The Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation and the Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts announced th…
Populations need to grow in South Korea and elsewhere to ensure a sustainable future, the chief of the World Bank said Thursday, amid a falling fertility rate in the country.
World Bank President Ajay Banga made the remarks during a meeting with rep…
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