South Korea designates regions hit hardest by coronavirus as disaster zones
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea on Sunday reported 76 new coronavirus cases and three deaths, marking the first time in…
South Korea reports 76 new coronavirus cases, total 8,162: KCDC
FILE PHOTO: Medical workers head to a hospital facility to treat coronavirus patients amid the rise in confirmed cases of…
No box of chocolates: South Korea border town laid low by swine fever, not shells from North
PAJU, South Korea (Reuters) – For the first time in 10 years, Kong Ji-ye’s chocolate-making machines sit idle in Paju…
South Korea’s T’Way Air halts launch of Wuhan flights over virus concerns
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean budget airline T’way Air (091810.KS) has postponed Tuesday’s scheduled launch of a new route to…
South Korea bans liquid e-cigarettes on army bases
FILE PHOTO: A man uses a vape device in Seoul, South Korea, October 23, 2019. REUTERS/Heo Ran SEOUL (Reuters) –…
South Korea warns of ‘serious risk’ from vaping, considers sales ban
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South Korea urges public to stop using liquid e-cigarettes
FILE PHOTO: A man uses a vape device in this illustration picture, September 19, 2019. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi/Illustration/File Photo SEOUL (Reuters)…
Hydrogen hurdles: a deadly blast hampers South Korea’s big fuel cell car bet
SEOUL (Reuters) – Aiming to cash in on a major push by South Korea to promote fuel cell vehicles, Sung…
Japan’s curbs on high-tech materials exports to South Korea could backfire
TOKYO/SEOUL (Reuters) – Japan’s curbs on exports of high-tech materials to South Korea could backfire in the long run, eroding…
South Korean firm Yanolja that reinvented love hotels gets Booking, GIC funding
SEOUL (Reuters) – Yanolja’s gentrification of South Korean love hotels has brought the company a valuation of more than $1…
In South Korea’s struggling Kia Town, ‘bad jobs’ better than no jobs
GWANGJU, South Korea (Reuters) – Park Byung-kyu once led Kia Motor’s union in the city of Gwangju, fighting for labor…
Hyundai Motor in talks with investors to develop headquarters project
FILE PHOTO: The logo of Hyundai Motor is seen on wall at a event of Hyundai Motor Co’s new Accent…
President Moon, Turkish President Erdogan hold summit meeting at Blue House
문재인 대통령, 터키 에르도안 대통령과 오늘 정상회담 President Moon Jae-in hosted his Turkish counterpart at the nation’s top Office of…
South Korean man infected by MERS virus, first case in 3 years
SEOUL (Reuters) – A South Korean man, 61, was diagnosed with the potentially deadly Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) and…
At least 44 migrants drown in Turkey, Tunisia in separate sinking
터키 남부 근해서 ‘난민선’ 침몰로 어린이 6명 숨져 Nine migrants, including six children, have drowned in a boat accident off…
South Korea’s LG Group chairman dies from illness at 73
SEOUL (Reuters) – The chairman of South Korea’s LG Group, Koo Bon-moo, instrumental to transforming the country’s fourth-largest conglomerate into…
South Korea’s LG Group chairman dies at 73
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s fourth-largest conglomerate LG Group said its Chairman Koo Bon-moo passed away on Sunday due to…
South Korea’s LG Group chairman Koo Bon-moo dies: Yonhap
SEOUL (Reuters) – Koo Bon-moo, the chairman of South Korea’s fourth-largest conglomerate LG Group, passed away on Sunday due to…
GM Korea cancels news briefing as temporary workers storm venue
BUPYEONG, South Korea (Reuters) – General Motors Co’s (GM.N) South Korean unit canceled a news conference on Monday after a…
Trump says prepared to meet North Korea’s Kim in first-ever summit
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump said on Thursday he was prepared to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un…