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Cheong Wa Dae holds special NSC meeting over inter-Korean dialogue

South Korea's presidential office Cheong Wa Dae held an emergency meeting of its National Security Council on Friday, hours after North Korea pulled out its officials from a joint liaison office with...

Mar 22, 2019
Foreign Affairs
Seoul stocks end almost flat after choppy trading

South Korean stocks ended almost flat after a choppy trading session on Friday, with foreigners scooping up tech shares, offsetting a massive selling spree by institutions, analysts said. The Korean ...

Mar 22, 2019
Finance
[Breaking] North Korea withdraws from inter-Korea liaison office

North Korea officials have pulled out from the joint liaison office with South Korea, which opened in the North’s border town of Kaesong in September 2018. The order for withdrawal came from superior...

Mar 22, 2019
North Korea
S. Korea aims to become No. 4 robotics player by 2023

South Korea plans to turn the nation’s robotics technology into a 15 trillion-won ($13.3 billion) industry, with the aim of becoming the fourth-largest player in the world by 2023. “Traditional manu...

Mar 22, 2019
Industry
Pyongyang urges Seoul to be proactive in inter-Korean relations

North Korea’s propaganda outlets Friday called on the South Korean government to play an active role in implementing measures to improve inter-Korean relations as the US continues to reiterate its st...

Mar 22, 2019
North Korea
BNP Paribas striving to promote sustainable finance in S. Korea

BNP Paribas SA, France‘s biggest bank, will strive hard to promote its sustainable finance in South Korea as it seeks to arrange more funds for projects that make a positive impact on the environment...

Mar 22, 2019
Finance
Woori Bank sells 2.7% stake in Woori Financial to FIIs

Woori Bank, one of South Korea’s major commercial banks, said Friday that it has sold 2.7 percent of its stake in Woori Financial Holdings to foreign institutional investors in a block deal during of...

Mar 22, 2019
Finance
North Korea, seeking food aid, links sanctions to shortages

Kumkhop Trading Co. President Ri Jong Ho sweeps his hand over a table full of foods produced at his factory. There’s a bowl of assorted candies and rice cakes, a plate of sausages and ham, slices of ...

Mar 22, 2019
North Korea
'Made by war criminals': plan for Japanese labels in S. Korea

South Korea's foreign minister has intervened over a provincial proposal to apply stickers to some Japanese-made items in schools as "made by a Japanese firm responsible for war crimes". South Korea...

Mar 22, 2019
Foreign Affairs
[Herald Interview] Meet mastermind behind the original ‘Masked Singer’

Fashion designer Hwang Jae-keun talks making masks, US version, fashion advice

Mar 22, 2019
Television
S. Korea honors victims of N. Korean attacks in 2002, 2010

The South Korean government held an annual ceremony Friday to commemorate more than 50 victims of North Korea's naval and artillery attacks in 2002 and 2010. Addressing the West Sea Defense Day even...

Mar 22, 2019
Defense
SK hynix chief vows to strengthen fundamentals, raise chip yield rate

Amid concerns growing over slowing demand for memory chips, SK hynix CEO Lee Seok-hee said Friday he would focus on strengthening the chipmaker’s fundamental competitiveness and improving the chip yi...

Mar 22, 2019
Technology
Twitter focuses on 'public conversation' in S. Korean society: CEO

Global online social networking service Twitter Inc. aims to make more people participate in "public conversation" in South Korea, the company's chief said Friday. "We believe public conversation in...

Mar 22, 2019
Technology
Samsung Biologics claims legality of accounting, vows future growth

SONGDO -- Samsung Biologics President and CEO Kim Tae-han on Friday reiterated the legality of the firm’s accounting practices at an annual shareholders meeting held in Songdo, Gyeonggi Province. “W...

Mar 22, 2019
Industry
Hyundai Motor shareholders reject Elliott's dividend plans, board member candidates

Approval seen as crushing victory for Hyundai Motor over Elliott

Mar 22, 2019
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