SEOUL, South Korean stocked opened weaker Tuesday as investors took profit from strong gains the previous session and on mixed overnight results on Wall Street.

The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index slid 6.06 points, or 0.23 percent, to 2,…

SEOUL, The health ministry is expected to announce a plan Tuesday to accept the resignations of trainee doctors, a source close to the matter said, in a move to help them seek other career paths or return to hospitals.

For months, the government has…

SEOUL, KT Corp., a South Korean telecom company, said Tuesday it will join hands with U.S. technology giant Microsoft to develop the local artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud computing industries.

Under the partnership, the two companies will joi…

SEOUL, The number of subsidiaries belonging to the country’s top five conglomerates more than doubled in the past 16 years, a civic group said Tuesday.

The Citizens’ Coalition for Economic Justice disclosed the finding in a press conference in Seoul…

SEOUL, South Korea has signed 12 agreements and 34 memorandums of understanding (MOUs) with African nations on the sidelines of the Korea-Africa Summit aimed at enhancing cooperation with the resource-rich continent in various fields, the presidentia…

SEOUL, The presidential office said Tuesday the government will come up with measures to compensate people who suffered property damage from North Korea’s trash-filled balloons.

Presidential chief of staff Chung Jin-suk ordered the presidential secr…