South Korean stocks finished higher for the third straight session to hit an almost 2-year high Thursday on the back of gains in financial, auto and other blue chips. The local currency fell against the U.S. dollar.
The benchmark Korea Composite Stoc…
The government will allocate 1.3 trillion won (US$988.4 million) over a five-year period to support the medical treatment of young children with serious illnesses and reduce hospital admission costs for babies under age two, the interior minister said…
The ruling People Power Party (PPP) canceled the nomination of Rep. Chung Woo-taik for next month’s general elections after bribery allegations surfaced against him.
Last month, a news report revealed CCTV footage of Chung receiving what appeared to …
The main opposition Democratic Party (DP) on Thursday canceled the nomination of an ex-DP lawmaker over his past remarks ridiculing South Korean soldiers who lost their legs in a 2015 bloody land mine explosion.
Chung Bong-ju was selected as DP candi…
The government is likely to allocate 20 percent of the increased medical school enrollment quota to schools in the capital area and the remaining 80 percent to those outside the capital region, an informed source said Thursday.
The government is in t…
The Ministry of Employment and Labor on Thursday refuted claims that the government’s back-to-work order for striking trainee doctors violates the International Labour Organization’s (ILO) convention against forced labor.
The ministry expressed the s…
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