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Nearly 50 percent of all Korean men are obese, according to a government study released Tuesday, with the rate for men …

LG Electronics said Tuesday that its board has approved the sale of a 15 percent stake in its Indian subsidiary, paving…

LG Innotek CEO Moon Hyuk-soo has unveiled an ambitious blueprint to drive the company’s next phase of growth, aiming to…

Korean biotech company GI Innovation said Monday it has received Fast Track Designation from the US Food and Drug Admin…

President Lee Jae Myung on Sunday apologized over inconveniences caused to people after a fire at the state data center…

From Fifty Fifty and EXO-CBX to NewJeans, the ever-popular K-pop scene has recently been overshadowed by tampering disp…

A gas explosion inside a Korean-style sauna left 28 people injured Saturday. The explosion occurred at 10:17 a.m. insid…

The South Korean military fired warning shots early Friday after a North Korean merchant vessel flying a Chinese nation…

NEW YORK — South Korea's President Lee Jae Myung on Thursday will convene an investor relations event in New York, …

South Korean stocks closed lower Wednesday after hitting a new high as investors cashed in profits and digested the US …

The Korean division of the Rockbridge Network, a donor-backed political coalition closely aligned with US President Don…

HD Hyundai Hope Foundation announced Tuesday that it will provide livelihood support to bereaved families affected by s…

The Pentagon's forthcoming National Defense Strategy, set to be unveiled next month, is expected to press South Kor…

HONG KONG -- With two of Korea’s most celebrated actors, Jeon Do-yeon and Park Hae-soo, in the lead roles, the Korean p…

Police questioned a teenager on Saturday for allegedly posting a message online threatening to kill President Lee Jae M…

President Lee Jae Myung will fly to the United States Monday to attend the United Nations General Assembly, hold bilate…

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Sustainability, integrity and resilience came to the fore in Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ib…

Lotte Card said a hacking attack compromised the personal data of 2.97 million users, making it one of the biggest data…

Rooting for the underdogs is a mission that courses through Jesse Lee, founder of Basic.Space, a curated online site fo…

Lithuania, a nation of fewer than 3 million people, is striving to sharpen its competitiveness by welcoming leading off…

South Korea’s proposal for a bilateral currency swap with the US is unlikely to win Washington’s approval, economists h…

The ruling party on Monday continued its push to carry out a sweeping judicial overhaul and urge the Supreme Court'…

South Korea’s Foreign Minister Cho Hyun is scheduled to visit China for the first time this week, at a critical junctur…

SINGAPORE, Sept. 14, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Singapore Post Limited (SingPost) will be launching Speedpost Direct Internat…

Japan again made no mention of Koreans' forced labor during a ceremony Saturday commemorating victims of a World Wa…

A total of 316 South Korean workers who were detained in a Sept. 4 US immigration crackdown landed in Incheon Internati…

Jeju Art for Earth 2025 kicked off its first edition Thursday at Dongbaekdongsan Wetland on Jeju Island, exploring sust…

The son of Samsung Electronics Chair Lee Jae-yong will renounce his US citizenship and enlist in the South Korean Navy …

South Korea’s Defense Minister Ahn Gyu-back said Tuesday that his country will consistently pursue a “two-track approac…

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un again underscored his drive to strengthen the country’s "nuclear strategic forces&…

A South Korean court recently ruled in favor of a former flight attendant in an occupational hazard case against the st…

The National Dance Company of Korea will restage "Book of the Dead" (2024) from Sept. 17 to 20 at the Haeoreu…

TOKYO (Reuters) -- Embattled Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba will resign to avoid a split within his ruling part…

Just minutes after stepping off stage at Cheonggye Plaza, Thai actor and singer Korapat “Nanon” Kirdpan met with The Ko…

Kim Ji-hyun, a woman in her 30s from Yongin, Gyeonggi Province, said goodbye last year to Kong, her 17-year-old Maltese…

Posco Group is considering acquiring HMM, South Korea’s only deep-sea container shipping giant, with a market capitaliz…

South Korea’s Defense Ministry on Thursday announced an ambitious initiative to cultivate half a million troops profici…

South Korea’s intense summer weather was largely fueled by high sea surface temperatures that drove up overall heat, pr…

Creative practitioners were the subject of the Design Talks session themed "Korean Designers Illuminated on the Wo…

Kia has officially launched the Kia EV5, an electric sport utility vehicle, to offer an alternative for customers looki…

As North Korean leader Kim Jong-un traveled to China to attend a Victory Day celebration, his choice of transport — an …

The South Korean government has stepped up emergency drought measures in Gangneung, Gangwon Province, as the city’s mai…

The National Assembly’s Legislation and Judiciary Committee conducted an on-site review of surveillance footage at the …