A U.S. lawmaker on Tuesday expressed expectation that South Korea would support Taiwan in the event of a contingency in the Taiwan Strait, but pointed out Seoul’s overarching concerns over the “immediate” threats from North Korea.

Rep. Young Kim (R-…

Three major groups of senior and junior doctors plan to hold a rare meeting on Wednesday, a medical source said, as the government is set to announce the allocation of an additional 2,000 medical school admission seats.

About 90 percent of 13,000 tr…

A South Korean chemical tanker capsized off Japan’s west coast Wednesday, claiming eight lives with two still missing, Japan’s coast guard officials said.

The Keoyoung Sun vessel, carrying 11 crew members, made a distress call to the Japanese Coast …

Ambassador to Australia Lee Jong-sup is likely to return home soon, an official said Wednesday, amid growing criticism of his appointment and departure at a time when he is subject to an investigation over the death of a young Marine.

Lee has come u…

The government on Wednesday allocated an additional 2,000 medical school admission seats to universities across the nation, pushing ahead with the medical reform initiative even as the biggest doctors’ group threatens to launch a general strike in pr…

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest maker of memory chips, said Wednesday that macroeconomic uncertainties are expected to be high this year but vowed to embrace a new opportunity in the rise of artificial intelligence (AI).

“Although uncer…