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SEOUL, April 7 (Yonhap) -- Seoul shares ended higher Tuesday, led by gains in technology shares, while investors remained cautious ahead of a deadline set by U.S. President Donald Trump regarding a potential peace deal with Iran. The Korean won rose against the U.S. dollar.
A mass nap contest will take place at a riverside park in the South Korean capital next month, as city officials look to promote rest and outdoor leisure for urban residents.
SEOUL, South Korea, April 6, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Avikus, the autonomous navigation subsidiary of HD Hyundai led by CEOs Kang Jae-ho and Lim Do-hyeong, is stepping up efforts to commercialize its vessel autonomy technologies.
SEOUL, April 7 (Yonhap) -- Defense Minister Ahn Gyu-back on Tuesday called on the military to maintain its readiness posture by thoroughly securing and managing oil supply amid the Mideast crisis, calling oil an "axis of combat power."
A Seoul court on Monday granted bail to Jeon Kwang-hoon, a controversial activist pastor who has been detained in connection with a courthouse riot last year related to the detention of former President Yoon Suk Yeol.
The Communist Party chief is the first person to secure the top two jobs through the party’s normal leadership selection processes
SEOUL, April 7 (Yonhap) -- Officials from major global investment banks and local lenders said Tuesday volatility in the South Korean foreign exchange (FX) market is expected to ease when tensions in the Middle East subside given the country's solid economic fundamentals and stable foreign currency liquidity, accord…
South Korean presidential chief of staff Kang Hoon-sik said on Tuesday he would travel to Kazakhstan, Oman, and Saudi Arabia to secure supplies of crude oil and naphtha amid disruptions to shipping through the Strait of Hormuz.
Since 2017, I have covered South Korea’s political and economic landscape as a reporter, with a focus on foreign affairs, inter-Korean relations and security.As a foreign affairs reporter, I closely follow developments from the Ministry of Unification, the Foreign Ministry and the Defense Ministry, tracking shifts i…
China’s Yangtze Memory Technologies Co. is rapidly closing in on the world’s top makers of NAND flash memory, scaling production and advancing into higher-layer chips at a faster-than-expected pace. Korean chipmakers, long dominant in the market, are accelerating their shift to advanced nodes to defend their technol…
SEOUL, April 7 (Yonhap) -- Investigators on Tuesday raided the home of a former chief of staff to former President Yoon Suk Yeol over his suspected role in inflating the cost of the presidential residence relocation in 2022, a special counsel team said.
With jet fuel costs at twice prewar level, carriers cut unprofitable routes, leaving travelers to absorb losses
South Korea saw a sharp increase in the number of companies facing potential delisting in the first quarter as regulators stepped up efforts to tighten market oversight.
Seoul will spend more than 100 billion won ($66.4 million) over the next five years to address rising social isolation among young people, as the city estimates hundreds of thousands of residents are cut off from work, school and social life.
I’m a staff reporter for The Korea Herald, covering national security and foreign policy across the Defense, Foreign and Unification Ministries, as well as the National Assembly. Before entering journalism, I served as an Air Force lieutenant, working as an interpreter and junior planner at the ROK–US Combined Force…
View image in fullscreenJeju Glass House, Jeju Island. Architect: Tadao Ando. Completed 2008Paul Tulett brings his distinctive eye to South Korea’s postwar architecture, capturing the austere beauty of concrete. His photographs reveal the buildings not as static monuments, but as living entities weathered by time an…
Improved valuations, state-level AI push to encourage domestic IPOs
Yi So-yeon, a female astronaut and biosystems engineer, became the first South Korean to reach orbit. In the screening process, Yi beat out over 36,000 applicants to become one of the two finalists. Just one month before the rocket launch, she replaced the primary candidate Ko Son, who was disqualified for violating…
For over a decade, I’ve navigated the complexities of North Korean affairs, security, and foreign policy from both Seoul and Washington, D.C. As the National Desk Political Team Lead, I track the pulse of geopolitics, closely following developments from the Unification Ministry and the Foreign Ministry. My mornings …
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SEOUL, April 7 (Yonhap) -- Finance authorities will expand policy financing programs and ease bond refinancing burdens for companies affected by the prolonged crisis in the Middle East, the financial regulator said Tuesday.
SEOUL, April 7 (Yonhap) -- The Bank of Korea (BOK) said Tuesday it held a joint seminar with the Bank of France on digital assets and climate change to discuss their impact on the economy and the role of central banks in the fast-changing financial environment.
While North Korea praised the South’s actions as a ‘wise move’, it continues to rebuff any attempts at reconciliation dialogues
While North Korea praised the South’s actions as a ‘wise move’, it continues to rebuff any attempts at reconciliation dialogues
Complaints related to third-party payment systems on South Korea’s secondhand online marketplaces surged nearly tenfold over three years, government data showed Tuesday.
For over a decade, I’ve navigated the complexities of North Korean affairs, security, and foreign policy from both Seoul and Washington, D.C. As the National Desk Political Team Lead, I track the pulse of geopolitics, closely following developments from the Unification Ministry and the Foreign Ministry. My mornings …
1899 -- Telephone service becomes available in Seoul for the first time.
Bereaved families of two victims in the Seoul motel drug killings filed a civil damages suit against a female suspect and her parents, legal sources said Tuesday.
Baskin-Robbins is seeing a new kind of customer request — expectant parents looking to turn a pint into a gender reveal.
South Korea was plunged into a brief spring cold snap Tuesday, with temperatures expected to remain below seasonal norms through Thursday, the state weather agency said.
SEOUL, April 7 (Yonhap) -- South Korea has secured an additional 60 million barrels of alternative oil supplies for May that will replace supplies from the Middle East that have been blocked due to the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz, the government said Tuesday.
Average gasoline prices in Seoul surpassed 2,000 won ($1.32) per liter Tuesday, reaching their highest level since mid-2022, as global supply disruptions pushed fuel costs higher.
SEOUL, April 7 (Yonhap) -- Downside risks to the South Korean economy are increasing amid the prolonged conflict in the Middle East as rising global oil prices and supply chain disruptions could have broader negative impacts on prices, consumption and exports, a state-run think tank said Tuesday.
SEOUL, April 7 (Yonhap) -- The unification ministry on Tuesday assessed North Korea's swift response to President Lee Jae Myung's expression of regret over drone flights by South Korean individuals as "meaningful progress" moving forward the establishment of peace and coexistence on the Korean Peninsula.
SEOUL, April 7 (Yonhap) -- Seoul shares continued to trade higher late Tuesday morning despite paring some of the earlier gains, as retail and foreign investors turned to net selling and caution grew ahead of a deadline set by U.S. President Donald Trump for a peace deal with Iran.
SEOUL, April 7 (Yonhap) -- Netflix's "Beef" is returning for a second season, this time delving deeper into the Korean American experience with a stronger Korean storyline, its creator said.
Global rankings provider says “name-only” overseas researcher appointments could raise concerns
SEOUL, April 7 (Yonhap) -- Kim Hye-seong of the Los Angeles Dodgers has made the most of his first start of the 2026 season.
Global rankings provider says “name-only” overseas researcher appointments could raise concerns
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Wanna One marked the launch of its reality show, “Wanna One Go: Back to Base,” in a meet-and-greet event with fans in Seoul on Monday.
Shares of Samsung Electronics rose as much as 4.8% on Tuesday after the South Korean technology giant forecast record quarterly profit amid strong demand for artificial intelligence chips. Shares later pared gains to trade up 0.52%.In its preliminary earnings guidance, Samsung projected its operating profit for the …
SEOUL, April 7 (Yonhap) -- South Korea and Indonesia have tentatively agreed to transfer one of the South's six KF-21 fighter jet prototypes to Jakarta, a Seoul lawmaker said Tuesday, as their joint development project is nearing completion.
SEOUL, April 7 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Jae Myung's chief of staff said he will depart for Kazakhstan, Oman and Saudi Arabia later Tuesday to discuss ways to secure crude oil and naphtha supplies.
SEOUL, April 7 (Yonhap) -- Celltrion Inc., a leading South Korean biopharmaceutical company, said Tuesday its biosimilar Truxima, used to treat blood cancers, claimed the largest share of prescriptions in the United States in February.
When the Ukraine war began over four years ago, North Korea only deepened its relations and defense cooperation with Moscow. Later into the conflict, it even sent thousands of troops to assist Russian military and security forces - and an undisclosed number of DPRK troops died or suffered wounds while fighting Ukraine.
US President Donald Trump mentioned South Korea again Monday, saying has not received help from either European or Asian allies in the Middle East war.
SEOUL, April 7 (Yonhap) -- LG Group Chairman Koo Kwang-mo met with the leaders of Silicon Valley-based artificial intelligence (AI) companies last week as his business group aims to accelerate its AI transformation drive, the conglomerate said Tuesday.
SEOUL, April 7 (Yonhap) -- With the first full week of play in the books, new rules designed to speed up the game in South Korean baseball haven't had their desired effects.
Seoul shares opened higher Tuesday, led by gains in technology shares after Samsung Electronics Co. reported record earnings in the first quarter.