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Korean shares plunged by nearly 4 percent Tuesday, as investors attempted to cash in recent gains in major chip shares amid persistent concerns over the artificial intelligence (AI) value chain. The Korean won was trading higher against the U.S. dollar. The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) fell…
Unverified claims that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un had died after suffering a brain hemorrhage have spread on overseas social media, while North Korean state media reported his visit to a public exhibition. The rumors were reported Tuesday by the British tabloid The Sun, the New York Post and India's Economic…
JINJU, South Gyeongsang Province — Academics explored how entrepreneurs can turn artificial intelligence (AI)-driven disruption into business opportunities and solutions to social challenges at the 2026 Jinju K-Entrepreneurship International Forum. The fourth session, held Tuesday, the second day of the forum…
KT Wiz outfielder Sam Hilliard was named Korean baseball's top player for the final month of the regular season Tuesday. The Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) said Hilliard won the voting for the Player of the Month honor for the September-October period. The regular season ended Oct. 12. In 32 games during that…
Police on Tuesday apprehended a man in connection with suspected arson at two buildings in southern Seoul that left 19 people injured, officials said. The man in his 70s is accused of starting a fire on the third floor of a building in Seoul's southern ward of Gangnam at 11:54 a.m. before starting another fire on the…
SEOUL, Oct. 20 (Yonhap) -- Police on Tuesday apprehended a man in connection wit...
SEOUL, Oct. 20 (Yonhap) -- KT Wiz outfielder Sam Hilliard was named South Korean...
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GYERYONG/SEOUL, Oct. 20 (Yonhap) -- The Navy said Tuesday it plans to acquire a ...
SEOUL, Oct. 20 (Yonhap) -- South Korea has decided to withdraw some diplomatic p...
South Korea's top military officer ordered troops on Tuesday to sternly respond to any enemy provocations, a day after North Korea threatened to deploy more weapons along the inter-Korean border and resume propaganda broadcasts. The South's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) Chairman Gen. Jin Yong-sung gave the directive…
South Korea vowed Tuesday to take decisive action if North Korea launches any further provocations, pushing back after Pyongyang threatened military escalation over warning shots fired by the South along the fortified border. The defense ministry issued such a statement a day after Kim Yo-jong, the powerful sister of…
South Korea will pull some embassy staff out of Ukraine, citing Kyiv’s failure to take constructive steps to resolve a weekslong dispute sparked by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s disclosure of the transfer of two North Korean prisoners of war (POWs) to the South, the foreign ministry said Tuesday. The decision adds…
SEOUL, Oct. 20 (Yonhap) -- Unverified claims that North Korean leader Kim Jong-u...
SEOUL, Oct. 20 (Yonhap) -- South Korean shares plunged by nearly 4 percent Tuesd...
SEOUL, Oct. 20 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean won strengthened to hit the highest ...