The new chief of the ruling Democratic Party will hold a meeting with senior officials from the presidential office and the government this week, mainly to discuss the economy, party officials said Tuesday. The three-way consultative meeting will be held Thursday, the first such gathering since Lee Hae-chan, a staunch liberal and former prime minister, was elected chairman of the DP last Saturda...

Samsung Electronics Co.'s new smartphone, the Galaxy Note 9, is receiving favorable reviews from global tech experts for its excellent display and Bluetooth stylus, industry sources said Tuesday. "The Samsung Galaxy Note 9 is the most functional, feature-packed, and premium Android smartphone in the world," said British evaluator T3 in its review on the Galaxy Note 9. T3 said while the new smar...

BEKASI, Indonesia -- Vietnam football coach Park Hang-seo found himself in an awkward position after his side beat Syria 1-0 in their quarterfinal match at the 18th Asian Games on Monday. Vietnam edged out Syria, thanks to Van Toan Nguyen's winner in the second period extra time at Patriot Chandrabhaga Stadium in Bekasi, east of Jakarta. Park is a South Korean. And with Vietnam's latest win, Pa...

BEKSASI, Indonesia -- South Korea beat Uzbekistan 4-3 in extra time to reach the men's football semifinals at the 18th Asian Games on Monday. Hwang Hee-chan scored the winning penalty, in addition to Hwang Ui-jo's hat trick, to help South Korea's under-23 side knock out Uzbekistan in a thrilling men's football quarterfinal match at Patriot Chandrabhaga Stadium in Bekasi, east of Jakarta. The de...

The floor leaders of rival parties held a closed-door meeting Tuesday to discuss how to handle key bills on bank deregulation and the economy at the ongoing extraordinary parliamentary session. The parties earlier agreed to deal with bills on deregulating Internet-only bank ownership and protecting tenants at commercial buildings at a plenary session slated for Thursday. But their negotiations h...

PALEMBANG, Indonesia -- South Korea picked up two silver and two bronze medals in bowling at the 18th Asian Games on Monday, adding to the two gold medals from the alley from last week. Park Jong-woo lost to Muhammad Rafiq Ismail of Malaysia 534-511 in the men‘s Masters final at Jakabaring Sports City Bowling Center. (Yonhap) Park beat his teammate Koo Seong-hoi in Round 1 to reach the gold me...

BEKASI, Indonesia -- South Korean striker Hwang Ui-jo once again proved his worth at the Asian Games after scoring three goals and earning a penalty to send the men’s under-23 football team to the semifinals at the continental event on Monday. South Korea reached the semifinals of the men’s football tournament after edging out Uzbekistan 4-3 in extra time at Patriot Chandrabhaga Stadium in Bekas...

A parliamentary subcommittee once again failed to reach an agreement on allowing nonfinancial firms to take bigger stakes in Internet-only banks Monday, hampering the government’s bid to promote innovation in the financial sector. Lawmakers at the National Policy Committee reviewed bills on easing the ownership limit for Internet banks of 4 percent for nonfinancial firms, but they differed on th...

JAKARTA -- South Korea reached the gold medal game in women's handball for the second straight Asian Games on Monday. South Korea routed Thailand 40-13 in the semifinals at GOR Popki Cibubur in Jakarta to secure at least a silver medal at the 18th Asiad. (Yonhap) In Thursday’s final, South Korea will face the winner of the other semifinal contest between China and Japan. South Korea is the de...

JAKARTA -- South Korea collected one gold and two silver medals in team archery events at the 18th Asian Games on Monday, with one more day of archery left in Jakarta. South Korea had a team in each of the three gold medal matches at GBK Archery Field on Monday: the women's recurve team, the men's recurve team and the mixed team in compound. All three finals were against Chinese Taipei, and Sou...

A South Korean man was killed in a pistol attack on the Philippine island of Cebu, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Monday. The man in his 20s suffered a total of eight gun shots to his head, body and hand in the second-floor hallway of a motel on the Filipino island on Sunday in the incident that occurred at around 6:17 p.m. (local time), according to the ministry. Local police are investi...

OSAN Air Base -- New US 7th Air Force Commander Lt. Gen. Kenneth S. Wilsbach vowed Monday to keep "unequaled" military readiness to back up ongoing peace efforts with North Korea, as he took the helm of the South Korea-based unit. During his change-of-responsibility ceremony in Pyeongtaek, 70 kilometers south of Seoul, the commander noted the importance of the South Korea-US alliance, calling it...