The sales volume of South Korea's mobile shopping market is expected to top 40 trillion won ($34.9 billion) this year, the Korea Online Shopping Association said Saturday. The association forecast that purchases made through smartphones and other mobile devices in South Korea are expected to grow 19.5 percent from the previous year to reach 42.53 trillion won this year, as consumers spend more t...

The United Nations aviation body has strongly condemned North Korea's continued ballistic missile launches, citing concerns about the safety of civil aviation, Seoul's foreign ministry said Saturday. The International Civil Aviation Organization Council expressed its "strong condemnation" of North Korea's provocative acts at its 212th session, which was held at the agency's headquarters in Montr...

Nearly 70,000 cases of exotic diseases and insect pests were detected at airports and sea ports across South Korea over the last seven years, government data showed Saturday, pointing to a possible loophole in the nation's quarantine system for imports. The number of interceptions of non-indigenous diseases and insect pests at airports and ports nationwide from 2010 to 2016 amounts to 69,445, ac...

MOSCOW -- Former South Korean men's football head coach Guus Hiddink has turned down the country's offer of another position on the national team, though he's still willing to assist the squad for next year's FIFA World Cup, the national football federation said Saturday. The Korea Football Association said Hiddink also canceled his trip to Moscow, where South Korea are scheduled to face Russia ...

NEW DELHI -- The navies of South Korea and India held a joint drill in the Indian Ocean as a fleet of South Korean warships visited Mumbai, the South Korean Navy said Saturday. The drill, held Friday, involved a range of destroyers, military ships and other assets from the two nations, according to South Korean military officials. The warships taking part in the drill carried out anti-piracy, l...

MOSCOW -- South Korea men's football head coach Shin Tae-yong blamed defensive lapses for the 4-2 loss to Russia in a friendly Saturday. South Korea gave up two goals and defender Kim Ju-young scored two own goals in the deflating loss at the VEB Arena in Moscow. South Korea's record for 2017 now stands at one win, three losses and three draws, and the team has scored five goals in those seven c...

A North Korean propaganda organization criticized South Korea and the United States on Saturday for planning to rotationally deploy US strategic weapons in South Korea, warning that Pyongyang will take the toughest countermeasures against such deployment. After a summit between South Korean President Moon Jae-in and US President Donald Trump in New York last month, Seoul officials said Seoul and...

South Korea lost 4-2 to Russia in a men's football friendly match in Moscow on Saturday, adding another lethargic effort to a growing list of subpar results. Fyodor Smolov and Aleksei Miranchuk each scored a goal for the home side, and South Korean defender Kim Ju-young committed two own goals in the second half at the VEB Arena in the Russian capital. Defender Kwon Kyung-won and foward Ji Dong...

South Korea is closely watching the possibility of North Korea's provocative acts ahead of the founding anniversary of its ruling party, but there is no clear sign of them, the presidential office Cheong Wa Dae said Saturday. Seoul has kept close tabs on North Korea's possible provocations as North Korea will mark key anniversaries next week. Sunday marks the 20th anniversary of late former lea...

The radar of an advanced US missile defense system deployed in South Korea can detect missile threats at a range of up to 1,000 kilometers, US Forces Korea (USFK) said Saturday. South Korea announced last month the deployment of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system in the southeastern county of Seongju has been completed in a "tentative" step to counter threats from North Korea...

The South Korean government and tech giants Samsung Electronics Co. and LG Electronics Inc. plan to discuss ways next week to counter a possible safeguard action by the US against their washing machines, industry sources said Saturday. The move comes as the US International Trade Commission (ITC) said Thursday that imports of Samsung and LG's washing machines made in foreign countries were harmi...

South Korea's top tech giants Samsung Electronics Co. and LG Electronics Inc. on Friday expressed disappointment in the US International Trade Commission's (ITC) announcement that they are having an adverse impact on its washer industry. On Thursday (US time), the ITC claimed the two South Korean firms' washing machines made in foreign countries were harming the US industry. The trade body annou...

South Korea's foreign ministry said Friday that no South Koreans were killed in the Las Vegas shooting rampage. "The US authority said it has confirmed the identities of all victims, and notified related countries concerning foreign victims," an official from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said. "Our embassy did not receive notification on victims, and reconfirmed that no nationals were killed...

중국 젊은층 사이에 돈을 빌려서라도 관광 에 나서는 '대출 여행족'(負游族)이 늘고 있다. 6일 중국증권보 등에 따르면 중국 인터넷금융 업체 제다이바오(借貸寶)가 이용자 1억3천800만 명의 대출 통계를 조사 분석한 결과, 빚을 내서 여행하는 30세 이하 젊은층이 늘어나는 것으로 나타났다. 23∼27세의 주링허우(60後·1960년 이후 출생자) 세대가 30%를 차지했으며 28세를 넘기고서부터는 대출관광 수요는 나이가 들수록 점차 줄어드는 추세를 보였다. 여성 40%, 남성 60%로 남녀 간에도 큰 차이를 보이지 않았다. 과거의 무전여행 문화에서 벗어나 풍족한 호화여행을 추구하며 지난 2년간 30만 2천 명의 제다이바오 이용자가 50만4천 건이 넘는 여행 관련 대출서류를 발급받은 것으로 조사됐다. ...

중추절(中秋節·추석) 밤 중국 남부에 대형 운석이 떨어져 북한의 1차 핵실험 때와 거의 맞먹는 폭발 충격을 가했다. 6일 중국 인터넷매체 펑파이(澎湃)에 따르면 미국 항공우주국(NASA)은 지난 4일 오후 8시7분(현지시간)께 지구에 '소행성'이 충돌했다며 낙하 지점이 중국 윈난(雲南)성 샹그리라시에서 북서쪽으로 40㎞ 떨어진 곳이라고 밝혔다. 당시 충돌 규모는 540t의 TNT 폭약을 터뜨린 것에 상당했다고 나사는 전했다. 북한의 2006년 1차 핵실험 당시 1천t의 폭발규모보다는 약하지만 지난 2014년 네이멍구(內蒙古) 시린거러(錫林格勒)에 떨어진 운석 450t 규모보다 더 강력한 것이다. 낙하 지점이 샹그리라 시내에서 비교적 가까웠지만 이로 인한 사상자나 가옥 피해 등은 보고되지 않았다. 반...