2+ day, 2+ hour ago   (104+ words) [International]: Anchor: It’s been 16 days since massive floods devastated the Nepal-Tibet border region. The death toll from this tragedy has risen to over 13-hundred, with nearly five-thousand missing. As Nepal’s government ramps up recovery efforts, South Korea has sent another…...

2+ day, 5+ hour ago   (105+ words) [Politics]: Police have launched an investigation into allegations that Justice Minister nominee Kim Seung-won had solicited state approval for a clinical trial of a COVID-19 treatment drug in 2021. The Seoul Yeongdeungpo Police Station on Friday is set to question Lee…...

2+ day, 6+ hour ago   (88+ words) [Economy]: The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index fell 231-point-42 points, or three-point-29 percent, on Friday to open at six-thousand-802-point-five. The tech-heavy KOSDAQ dropped 20-point-one points, or two-point-39 percent, to 816-point-91 as of 9 a.m.[more...] KOSPI Opens 3.29% Lower on Friday…...

2+ day, 23+ hour ago   (110+ words) [International]: South Korea will send another Korea Disaster Relief Team to Nepal to assist in post-flood reconstruction and recovery efforts. Foreign ministry spokesperson Park Doo-soon said in a regular briefing Thursday that the team, along with a small number of…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (106+ words) [Politics]: For the third consecutive year, South Korea has decided not to attend Japan’s memorial ceremony for the Korean victims of wartime forced labor at the Sado mines, citing unresolved differences over details. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Wednesday…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (109+ words) [Domestic]: A South Korean court has granted a divorce to the founder of major game developer Smilegate and his wife, awarding the largest property settlement on record in a domestic divorce case. The Seoul Family Court ruled Wednesday that Kwon…...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (138+ words) [Domestic]: The Korea Disaster Relief Team is preparing to return home from Nepal, where it was sent last week to assist search and rescue efforts in the aftermath of catastrophic flooding. A foreign ministry official said Wednesday that the team…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (92+ words) [Economy]: The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index went up 97-point-12 points, or one-point-four percent, on Wednesday to close at seven-thousand-51-point-64. The tech-heavy KOSDAQ gained 18-point-49 points, or two-point-28 percent, to close at 830-point-37. The South Korean won strengthened…...

4+ day, 22+ hour ago   (120+ words) [Domestic]: Police will introduce new guidelines to prevent family-related conflicts of interest during investigations. The National Police Agency said Tuesday that any case involving a close relative of an officer at one police station will be transferred to another station,…...

5+ day, 12+ min ago   (114+ words) [Domestic]: South Korea’s disaster relief team will set out on foot Tuesday and scour steep terrain, at the request of the families of the nine South Koreans who remain missing following massive flooding in Nepal. According to the Ministry of…...