South Korea's Technological and Political Developmentsactive

SEOUL, Aug. 10 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Jae Myung on Monday urged the governmen...

SEOUL, Aug. 10 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's Presidential Commission on Climate Cris...

SEOUL, Aug. 10 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Jae Myung was set to preside over a mee...

The Korea Football Association (KFA) has apologized. Again.

Regarding the selection process of former South Korean coach Hong Myung-bo, who was eliminated in the group stage at the North and Central America Soccer World Cup, South Korean police on the 6th searched the Football Association on suspicion of obstruction of business and are investigating whether there was any undue interference.

SEOUL, Aug. 6 (Yonhap) -- South Korean defense company LIG Defense & Aerospa...

SEOUL, Aug. 6 (Yonhap) -- Samsung Electronics Co. said Thursday it will launch i...

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SEOUL, Aug. 5 (Yonhap) -- The Supreme Court said Wednesday its full bench will r...

SEOUL, Aug. 5 (Yonhap) -- Samsung Electronics Co. said Wednesday that it unveile...

SEOUL, Aug. 4 (Yonhap) -- Samsung Electronics Co.'s Galaxy Z foldable smartphone...

SEOUL, Aug. 4 (Yonhap) -- Inflation is expected to edge up in August from the pr...

South Korea’s financial authorities are weighing tighter curbs on high-risk leveraged exchange-traded funds (ETFs) as part of broader efforts to stabilise the country’s notoriously volatile stock market, which has left many investors with heavy losses and mounting debt. The proposals could include giving regulators the power to reduce the leverage ratio of single-stock ETFs and raising the minimum investment requirement to discourage inexperienced retail investors from taking excessive risks,...

SEOUL, Aug. 3 (Yonhap) -- The Bank of Korea (BOK) said Monday it plans to purcha...

SEOUL, Aug. 3 (Yonhap) -- Prime Minister Han Seong-sook awarded state medals and...

SEOUL, Aug. 3 (Yonhap) -- Christopher Nolan, the auteur behind the upcoming epic...

SEOUL, Aug. 3 (Yonhap) -- Christopher Nolan, the auteur behind the upcoming epic...

SEOUL, Aug. 2 (Yonhap) -- Son Heung-min has extended his scoring streak to four ...

SANTIAGO, July 30 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Jae Myung departed for Argentina on ...

SEOUL, July 31 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's industrial output rebounded in June fro...

SANTIAGO, July 30 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Jae Myung said Thursday that South K...

SANTIAGO, July 30 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Jae Myung said Thursday that South K...

A hearing was held in the Korean National Assembly to confirm whether there were any issues with the selection process of the national team coach or the organizational management of the Football Association, in which former coach Hong Myung-bo also attended, following Korea's elimination in the group stage of the North and Central America World Cup.

SEOUL, July 30 (Yonhap) -- Naturalized South Korean ice dancer Quan Ye has annou...

SEOUL, July 30 (Yonhap) -- "Temple stays," overnight cultural programs at Buddhi...

SEOUL, July 30 (Yonhap) -- Samsung Electronics Co. said Thursday it will begin c...

SEOUL, July 30 (Yonhap) -- Samsung Electronics Co. said Thursday it will begin c...

SANTIAGO, July 29 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Jae Myung said Wednesday that Chile ...

LG Display (LGD) has swung back to profitability in the first half of 2026, as the shift from LCD to OLED displays in smartphones, tablets, and notebooks drives the company into a profitable first-half for the first time in five years. Even so, concerns linger for LGD's long-term competitiveness given its relatively cautious pace of investment, compared to the aggressive expansion of 8.6-gen IT OLED capacity at Samsung Display (SDC) and Chinese panel makers.

Hwaseong, South Korea, past midnight. An engineer watches a defect pattern surface on her screen – the kind that, caught now, saves a week of wafers. She is locked in, fully absorbed, the way engineers get when a breakthrough is close. But she has to go home. The law says so. Yet something is disrupting the clock she races against. Artificial intelligence is quietly rewriting what her hours are worth. On June 29, South Korean President Lee Jae Myung stood alongside the leaders of Samsung...

SEOUL, July 29 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's central bank said Wednesday it is neces...

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SEOUL, July 27 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's chipmaking sector accounted for more th...

SEOUL, July 26 (Yonhap) -- Son Heung-min has extended his Major League Soccer (M...

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SEOUL, July 24 (Yonhap) -- HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co. ...

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SEOUL, July 24 (Yonhap) -- The country's financial regulator on Friday said inve...

SEOUL, July 24 (Yonhap) -- The following are the top headlines in major South Ko...

SEOUL, July 23 (Yonhap) -- The government finalized a budget proposal for offici...

SEOUL, July 23 (Yonhap) -- The Supreme Court said Thursday it has postponed the ...

SEOUL, July 23 (Yonhap) -- The government finalized a budget proposal for offici...

SEOUL, July 23 (Yonhap) -- Seoul stocks spiked by more than 4 percent on a tech ...

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SEOUL, July 23 (Yonhap) -- Son Heung-min has scored in his second straight Major...

SEOUL, July 23 (Yonhap) -- Samsung E&A Co., the engineering and construction...

SEOUL, July 23 (Yonhap) -- Shinhan Financial Group said Thursday its net profit ...

SEOUL, July 23 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's trade watchdog said Thursday it will as...

SEOUL, July 23 (Yonhap) -- The government has newly added hate speech as one of ...

SEOUL, July 23 (Yonhap) -- The Supreme Court on Thursday confirmed a suspended p...

SEOUL, July 23 (Yonhap) -- Seoul stocks were trading sharply higher late Thursda...

SEOUL, July 23 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean economy grew 0.6 percent in the seco...

SEOUL, July 23 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean economy grew 0.6 percent in the seco...

SEOUL, July 23 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks opened higher Thursday, led by a ...

SEOUL, July 23 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean economy grew 0.6 percent in the seco...

SEOUL, July 23 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean economy grew 0.6 percent in the seco...

SEOUL, July 22 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's per capita household net assets rose mo...

SEOUL, July 22 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Jae Myung was to preside over a discuss...

SEOUL, July 21 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Jae Myung said Tuesday the government w...

SEOUL, July 21 (Yonhap) -- The chief of the South Korean central bank will atten...

SEOUL, July 21 (Yonhap) -- South Korean defense company LIG Defense & Aerosp...

SEOUL, July 21 (Yonhap) -- The Bank of Korea (BOK) said Tuesday that it plans to...

SEOUL, July 21 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Jae Myung said Tuesday the government w...

SEOUL, July 20 (Yonhap) -- The apartment owned by President Lee Jae Myung and fi...

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SEOUL, July 20 (Yonhap) -- South Korean banks are expected to tighten lending st...

SEOUL, July 20 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Jae Myung's approval rating edged down ...

SEOUL, July 19 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's gross domestic product (GDP) per capita...

SEOUL, July 18 (Yonhap) -- Former Land Minister Won Hee-ryong is set to appear f...

SEOUL, July 18 (Yonhap) -- Son Heung-min has ended his seasonlong goalless droug...

SEOUL, July 18 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Jae Myung has called for increasing agr...

SEOUL, July 17 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Jae Myung on Friday reiterated his plan...

SEOUL, July 17 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Jae Myung's approval rating edged down ...

SEOUL, July 17 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Jae Myung on Friday reiterated his plan...

SEOUL, July 16 (Yonhap) -- Following the Bank of Korea's (BOK) first interest ra...

SEOUL, July 16 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Jae Myung has named a former Google Kor...

SEOUL, July 16 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Jae Myung's approval rating slipped to ...

SEOUL, July 16 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's central bank delivered a quarter-percen...

SEOUL, July 16 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Jae Myung said Thursday that better uti...

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SEOUL, July 16 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Jae Myung said Thursday that better uti...

SEOUL, July 16 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's central bank delivered a quarter-percen...

Central bank’s first move under Shin Hyun-song comes amid concern over won weakness and reliance on energy imports

SEOUL, July 13 (Yonhap) -- The Bank of Korea (BOK) is widely expected to raise i...

SEOUL, July 13 (Yonhap) -- The government has developed an "AI legal secretary" ...

SEOUL, July 13 (Yonhap) -- HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co. ...

SEOUL, July 13 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's exports jumped 53.9 percent from a year...

SEJONG, July 9 (Yonhap) -- The governor of the Bank of Korea (BOK) said Thursday...

SEOUL, July 9 (Yonhap) -- Household loans extended by banks rose 7.6 trillion wo...

SEJONG, July 9 (Yonhap) -- The governor of the Bank of Korea (BOK) said Thursday...

SEOUL, July 9 (Yonhap) -- HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co. (...

SEOUL, July 9 (Yonhap) -- Seoul shares trimmed earlier gains late Thursday morni...

SEJONG, July 9 (Yonhap) -- The governor of the Bank of Korea (BOK) said Thursday...

SEOUL, July 8 (Yonhap) -- Senior foreign ministry officials of South Korea and M...

SEOUL, July 8 (Yonhap) -- HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co. (...

SEOUL, July 7 (Yonhap) -- Representatives of South Korea and the Association of ...

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SEOUL, July 1 (Yonhap) -- HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co. (...

SEOUL, July 1 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's monthly exports hit a fresh high by surp...

SEOUL, July 1 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's monthly exports hit a fresh high by surp...