SEOUL, The number of South Koreans who moved to different residences in the country fell to the lowest level in about 50 years last year, data showed Tuesday, amid population aging and a housing market slump.

The number of people who changed their r…

SEOUL, South Korea “strongly protests” Japan’s repeated claims to its easternmost islets of Dokdo, the foreign ministry said Tuesday, after Japan’s top diplomat renewed the claim in a speech before the parliament.

Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kami…

SEOUL, South Korean stocks rose late Tuesday morning as institutions and foreign investors scooped up blue chips in line with overnight gains on Wall Street.

The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index had risen 11.41 points, or 0.46 percent, to…

SEOUL, Amorepacific Group on Tuesday reported its fourth-quarter net profit of 47.9 billion won (US$36 million), up 348.7 percent from a year earlier.

Operating income for the October-December period was 29.9 billion won, down 62 percent from a year…

SEOUL, Cheil Worldwide Inc on Tuesday reported its 2023 net profit of 190.1 billion won (US$142.9 million), down 2.9 percent from a year earlier.

Operating profit for the year was 307.5 billion won, down 1.2 percent from the previous year, the compa…

SEOUL, South Korea came in 32nd in an annual global corruption index, down a notch from a year earlier, Transparency International said Tuesday, the first drop in seven years since an anti-graft law came into force in 2016.

South Korea scored 63 out…