Korea lost 1 million jobs this year when the pandemic hit, and it will take months for those jobs to completely return, according to a Bank of Korea report published Thursday. The number of people ...

Korean companies are announcing measures to send employees home as daily cases of Covid-19 reach new highs. From Friday, LG Electronics ordered 50 percent of its employees to work from home. Before ...

The Ministry of National Defense is under pressure after President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol chose its compound in Yongsan District, central Seoul, as the venue of his new presidential office. Yoon takes ...

Health authorities Thursday vowed to allocate 2 trillion won ($1.8 billion) to the state’s mental care system as recent studies show many Koreans are suffering from the coronavirus blues. A so-called ...

The author is an honorary professor of political science and diplomacy at Hanyang University. The most fruitful meeting President Yoon Suk-yeol had in Madrid, Spain on the sidelines of the NATO Summit ...

A social-media mob has descended upon Justice Party Rep. Ryu Ho-jeong, 28, after she published posts in support of a bill she is drafting that would liberalize tattooing. Tattoos are not illegal in ...

The author is former South Korean Special Representative for Korean Peninsula Peace and Security Affairs. America’s foreign policy on China is shaping up just two months after the launch of Joe ...

Former Prime Minister Han Duck-soo declared his candidacy for the 21st presidential election on Friday, pledging to “lay the foundation for a new constitutional order through swift constitutional ...

Korea’s daily Covid-19 cases soared past 2,200 for the first time since the pandemic began, and health authorities warned the worst is yet to come — telling people not to go on summer holiday. "We are ...

Day five of the Paris Olympics kicked off with the long-awaited triathlon starting in the not-too-polluted Seine, as crowds settled in for a very hot day of sports across the French capital. Here's ...

Those familiar with various types of East Asian food will have noticed chopsticks change with the menu: plastic for orange chicken and chow mein, wood for sushi and metal for bulgogi and japchae (stir ...

On Election Day, Koreans stood in line at thousands of polling stations nationwide to cast their votes. Those who did not participate in early voting hurried to nearby stations to choose who would ...