First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Hong-kyun spoke by phone with U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell on Friday to discuss a potentially imminent visit by Russian President Vladimir Putin to North Korea, Seoul’s foreign ministry said.
The phone…
In Barcelona in 1992, when women’s judo made its Olympic debut, South Korea’s Kim Mi-jung was crowned the inaugural champion in the -72-kilogram division.
Turn the clock 32 years forward, and Kim, 53, will have a full circle moment this summer in Pa…
The science ministry said Friday it will cancel the license of Stage X as a new mobile carrier, saying the company failed to pay a paid-in capital.
The ministry said it will begin a procedure to revoke the license of Stage X before formally cancelin…
South Korea’s money supply continued to rise in April amid an extended tightening policy mode, central bank data showed Friday.
The country’s M2, a key gauge of the money supply, stood at 4,013 trillion won (US$2.911 trillion) in April, up 0.4 perce…
South Korean shares closed up for the fourth consecutive session Friday amid hopes for a U.S. rate cut that helped push U.S. stock indexes to record highs. The local currency lost ground against the U.S. dollar.
The benchmark Korea Composite Stock P…
Police have questioned two Army company commanders over the death of a trainee soldier following a session of demanding disciplinary training last month, officials said Friday.
The suspects are accused of ordering a disciplinary session for six recr…
Abuja: At a bustling food market in Nigeria’s capital, Mummy Christiana breaks down in tears as she describes how a conflict thousands of kilometers away leaves her family struggling to