An office worker in his 20s was apprehended Thursday for spreading groundless rumors that radioactive material from the damaged nuclear power plant in Fukushima, Japan, would reach Korea. The rumors..., and twitter updates within an hour. The KOSPI fell 2.4 percent to 1,882.09. The police said Byun’s action violated a law banning distribution of false information that could cause public anxiety. ...

The Group of Eight industrialized nations condemned North Korea’s uranium enrichment program at a meeting of their foreign ministers held in Paris earlier this week, a South Korean official said Thursday. The G8 foreign ministers adopted a “chairman’s summary” after two days of talks concluded Tuesday, denouncing the North’s uranium program as a violation of U.N. Security Council resolutions, th...

Foreign Minister Kim Sung-hwan rejected North Korea’s recent suggestion that it is willing to unconditionally return to the nuclear negotiating table, saying Pyongyang should first demonstrate its denuclearization commitment through action. North Korea’s foreign ministry said Tuesday after talks with Russia’s chief nuclear envoy that it is ready to rejoin the stalled six-party talks without any ...

...fficials said that more radiation was released at a nuclear plant disastrously damaged by last week’s tsunami. Prime Minister Naoto Kan said radiation had spread from four reactors. “The level seems ...ler. He led an international group that studied health effects of the Chernobyl disaster and is a U.S. representative to the United Nations on radiation safety. At Chernobyl “they had millions of squ...

Korea’s imports from Japan have been plunging since the recent massive earthquake amid concerns that disruptions in supply of parts and materials from the neighboring country could hurt the economy here, customs data showed Thursday. Before the 9.0-magnitude quake struck Japan last Friday, Korea’s daily weekday imports from the country averaged $303.33 million for this month, according to the da...

Korea’s small- and medium-sized exporters are struggling with delayed payments and a drop in orders from their Japanese partners whose operations were disrupted by the massive quake and tsunami last ...ld the recovery of the Japanese economy take a long time, industry sources said. Due to the nation’s heavy dependence on the supply of parts from the world’s third-largest economy, a protracted suppl...

Foreign investment banks (IBs) see little short-term impact from last week’s earthquake in Japan on the Korean economy but they are concerned over its longer-term impact as the disaster could eventua...hreat to the Korean economy, citing the nation’s heavy dependence on supply of parts from the world’s third-largest economy. They said that Korea’s imports from Japan accounted for 15.1 percent of t...

The number of people who used Korea’s budget carriers jumped over 30 percent on-year in the first two months of the year as more people chose cheap fares for domestic flights, the transportation mini...Air Busan Co., Jin Air Co., Eastar Jet Co. and T’way Airlines ― rose to 512.6 billion won ($453.6 million) from 264.7 billion won a year ago, according to the ministry’s earlier report. (Yonhap News)

WASHINGTON (AFP) ― U.S. celebrities are rallying their fans to raise money for survivors of the massive earthquake and tsunami in Japan, with Lady Gaga leading the charge and raising $250,000 in 48 h...to fans in Germany ahead of a concert there Tuesday, urging them to buy a light-up wand at the show’s merchandise stand. “All proceeds will go to #Japanredcross. And when I play Firework, let’s ignit...