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S. Korea, ASEAN agree to quicken customs procedure for their FTA

EconomyDec 6, 2021

South Korea and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) have agreed to address sticky issues in customs procedures for better implementation of their free trade agreement (FTA), the financ...
Seoul stocks open lower on omicron concerns

MarketsDec 6, 2021

South Korean stocks opened steeply lower Monday, tracking losses on Wall Street that stemmed from worries about the omicron variant of the coronavirus. The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Inde...
Small merchants' sentiment dips for Dec. amid soaring coronavirus cases

EconomyDec 6, 2021

South Korean small merchants' business confidence worsened for December in the wake of a surge in coronavirus infections, a poll showed Monday. The Small Enterprise and Market Service said its busin...
Growth of insurance firms' lending slows in Q3

EconomyDec 6, 2021

South Korean insurance companies saw their lending grow at a slower pace in the third quarter from three months earlier due to tougher rules on household loans, data showed Monday. Insurers' outstan...
Son Heung-min scores in 2nd straight match for victorious Tottenham

SoccerDec 6, 2021

Having recently ended a scoring drought, Son Heung-min has now found the back of the net in the second straight match for Tottenham Hotspur. The South Korean forward had a goal and an assist in Tott...
KLPGA star Choi Hye-in among 5 S. Koreans to survive 1st cut in LPGA qualifying event

GolfDec 6, 2021

South Korean tour star Choi Hye-jin has made the initial cut at the LPGA Tour's qualifying tournament in Alabama. Choi, a three-time Korea LPGA (KLPGA) Tour Player of the Year, was one of five South...
S. Korea to focus on containing omicron variant with tightened anti-virus measures: PM

PoliticsDec 6, 2021

South Korea will focus on containing the omicron variant of the novel coronavirus till the end of this year as the country started to enforce tightened social distancing measures amid rising daily in...
BTS members return home, loaded with honors in LA

K-popDec 6, 2021

Three members of the K-pop superband BTS returned home Monday from Los Angeles where it secured a top music honor and had four sold-out live concerts. Jimin, Jin and Jungkook arrived amid a flurry o...
[Andrew Sheng] US-China rhetoric versus reality

ViewpointsDec 6, 2021

Coming back from a trip to Europe suggested to me that the US-China rivalry was not headline news within Europe. Europe appeared more concerned with the urgent job of economic recovery amidst the omi...
[Pico Iyer] Finding a balance between COVID freedom and control

ViewpointsDec 6, 2021

This long, strange season of the pandemic has made so many things impossible that it’s easy to forget the many things it’s made newly possible. For me, one of its unexpected gifts has been a round-th...
[Editorial] Bleak outlook

EditorialDec 6, 2021

Rising consumer prices, shrinking income amid COVID-19 woes raise uncertainty
SK, Swedish private equity chiefs discuss future industries

IndustryDec 5, 2021

SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won met with Conni Jonsson, founder and chairperson of Swedish private equity firm EQT Partners, and discussed expanding ties on future industries, such as green energy and...
Food, Beverages price grow 5% in Q3, marking 5th-steepest among OECD

RetailDec 5, 2021

Prices of groceries and nonalcoholic beverages in Korea rose 5 percent on-year in the July-September period, marking the fifth-largest increase among OECD nations, data showed Sunday. According to d...
High earners report 19% asset increase in pandemic-hit 2021

EconomyDec 5, 2021

High-income households in South Korea -- those who earn between 70 million won ($59,000) and 120 million won before tax annually -- saw their assets increase by 19 percent, or 150 million won on aver...
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors make history with 5th straight K League title

SoccerDec 5, 2021

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors have now gone where no South Korean football team has gone before: they became the champions of the K League 1 for a record fifth straight season Sunday. Jeonbuk clinched thei...