Korea needs foreign caregivers

Proactive steps essential to employ migrant workers

Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon reiterated the need to introduce foreign caregivers in Korea to address the increasing demand arising from rapid aging and a declining populat…

A court has issued a preliminary injunction prohibiting a former researcher at SK Hynix from migrating to its competitor Micron Technology. The employee was engaged in designing semiconductors at the major chipmaker. But there are concerns about the …

The United States has approved a potential sale to South Korea of subsonic sea-skimming aerial targets (SSAT) used for shipborne air defense training, as well as other related items, to help improve the Asian ally’s defense capabilities, a government…

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has guided artillery firing drills involving front-line units capable of striking the “enemy’s capital,” state media reported Friday, in an apparent response to an ongoing joint military exercise between South Korea an…

South Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Mipo Dockyard Co. on Friday held a christening ceremony for a container ship in this southeastern port, which is slated to undergo a test for autonomous navigation.

The 1,800 twenty-foot equivalent unit (TEU) vessel,…

South Korea logged a current account surplus for the ninth straight month in January on the back of a continued trade surplus, central bank data showed Friday.

The country’s current account surplus reached US$3.5 billion in January, following the su…