South Korea’s envoy for North Korean human rights visited Argentina and Mexico for discussions on improving the rights situation in Pyongyang, the foreign ministry said Friday.

Ambassador Lee Shin-wha met government officials, experts and activists …

South Korean stocks plummeted by more than 1.5 percent on Friday as investors shed risky assets on escalating tensions in the Middle East. The Korean won fell sharply against the U.S. dollar.

The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) d…

The government has accepted a request from the chiefs of six national universities for flexibility in expanding the medical school enrollment quota, Prime Minister Han Duck-soo said Friday, a decision that raised hopes for an end to the protracted wa…

Hyundai Engineering and Construction Co. (Hyundai E andC) said Friday its first-quarter earnings jumped nearly 40 percent on strong housing and overseas business.

Consolidated net profit came to 208.4 billion won (US$150.8 million) in the January-M…

Police raided the homes of doctors accused of drawing up a “blacklist” of interns and resident doctors opting out of a walkout protesting the government’s decision to increase the medical school enrollment quota, officials said Friday.

The Seoul Met…

The first ozone alert of the year was issued in most parts of Seoul and Incheon on Friday, municipal authorities said.

The alert was issued between 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. for western and southeastern Seoul and southeastern Incheon, as ozone concentration…