President Yoon Suk Yeol is likely to name five-term ruling party lawmaker Chung Jin-suk as his new chief of staff, sources said Monday.

Chung of the People Power Party (PPP) is known to be close to the president and equipped with the necessary polit…

South Korea’s largest K-pop company Hybe has launched an audit of the management at ADOR, the subsidiary label behind NewJeans, a top K-pop girl group, on suspicions that the label sought to break away from Hybe, according to industry sources Monday….

K-pop boy group Seventeen has racked up over 3 million copies in preorders for its upcoming compilation album, the group’s agency said Monday.

“17 is Right Here” tallied preorder sales of 3,087,613 units, Pledis Entertainment said, citing data from …

South Korea’s exports rose 11.1 percent on-year in the first 20 days of April on surging global demand for semiconductors, data showed Monday.

Outbound shipments reached US$35.82 billion in the April 1-20 period, compared with $32.52 billion tallied…

A 2.6 magnitude earthquake struck the southeastern county of Chilgok on Monday, but there have been no reports of damage, officials said.

The quake occurred about 5 kilometers west of Chilgok, about 215 km southeast of Seoul, at 7:47 a.m., according…

South Korean stocks opened higher Monday as investors scooped up financials, bios and other blue chips following last week’s overall market decline amid eased tensions in the Middle East.

The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index gained 32.11 …