The unification ministry said Wednesday it has approved a plan to spend 610 million won (US$457,270) to conduct DNA tests on families separated by the 1950-53 Korean War.

The project is meant to use gene information to find divided families’ relativ…

South Korea’s terms of trade rose for the eighth consecutive month in January as import costs continued to fall, central bank data showed Wednesday.

The country’s net terms-of-trade index for goods — a gauge of overall trade terms — improved 3.1 p…

South Korean stocks ended higher Wednesday as investors closely awaited key data from the United States later this week. The local currency fell against the U.S. dollar.

The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) added 27.24 points, or …

South Korean institutions’ investment in foreign securities increased last year as they boosted investments in overseas stocks amid robust earnings from an artificial intelligence and chip-related stock rally and the U.S. economy’s sound growth, cent…

President Yoon Suk Yeol visited the birthplace of former first lady Yook Young-su, the assassinated wife of former conservative President Park Chung-hee, on Wednesday, his office said.

Yoon was greeted by a large number of local residents at the hou…

South Korea’s total fertility rate fell to a fresh record quarterly low of 0.65 in the fourth quarter of 2023, data showed Wednesday, deepening demographic woes in the country struggling with rapid aging and a fast declining birthrate.

The average n…