Prime Minister Han Duck-soo said Friday the government would not tolerate trainee doctors blacklisting and badgering their colleagues who chose not to participate in a walkout protesting the government’s decision to increase medical school enrollment…
A small amount of cesium, a type of radioactive material, was detected in a Japanese confectionery product slated for import to South Korea, prompting the importer to cancel its plans, the food safety agency here said Friday.
During radiation inspec…
South Korean stocks closed more than 1 percent higher Friday as investors cheered U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s testimony hinting at a rate cut this year. The local currency gained against the U.S. dollar.
The benchmark Korea Composite …
The South Korean Air Force staged an “elephant walk” at an air base just south of Seoul on Friday, a day after North Korean leader Kim Jong-un oversaw artillery firing drills involving border units capable of striking Seoul.
The display of airpower …
The Ministry of Justice said Friday it lifted an exit ban for former Defense Minister Lee Jong-sup, which was imposed in January in connection with a state anti-corruption investigation agency’s probe into last year’s death of a young Marine.
The mi…
South Korea’s industry ministry said Friday it has discussed ways to expand bilateral ties in the clean energy sector, including hydrogen, with its Danish counterpart.
The two countries held the annual Korea-Denmark Green Growth Alliance meeting in …
The main opposition Democratic Party (DP) accused the presidential office Friday of lying by claiming it had no prior knowledge of the travel ban imposed on former Defense Minister Lee Jong-sup.
In January, the Corruption Investigation Office for Hi…
South Korea’s Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul on Friday called for Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s interest and support for Korean companies operating in the U.S. state, his office said.
During a breakfast meeting with Whitmer, Cho said South Korea an…