BANGKOK: Southeast Asian leaders are eager to sign a sweeping China-led trade pact by the end of this year, Thailand's prime minister said Friday, with further talks expected at a…
TOKYO: Japan on Thursday flatly rejected as "unacceptable" a South Korean proposal to set up a joint fund to compensate wartime forced labourers, a bitter dispute that has bogged down…
SEOUL: The top diplomats of South Korea and the United States held phone talks ahead of U.S. President Donald Trump's visit to Seoul later this month, Seoul's foreign ministry said…
BEIJING: China on Tuesday issued a pair of travel alerts to its citizens going to the United States, warning them about police harassment and crime as tensions soar between the…
SEOUL: North Korea executed its special envoy to the United States following the collapse of the second summit between leader Kim Jong Un and President Donald Trump, a South Korean…
SEJONG: Google Inc. has corrected some of its terms of service, South Korea's antitrust regulator said Thursday, in a move to carry out the world's first corrective recommendation for the…
LONDON: Scotland ended their preparations for this year's Women's World Cup with a 3-2 victory over Jamaica in front of a record crowd at Hampden Park on Tuesday. The 18,555…
MIAMI: Minjee Lee will bid to end Australia's 13-year wait for a major at the US Women's Open on Thursday as she targets a maiden victory that could vault her…
SEOUL: South Korea plans to set up a body to address the World Health Organization's decision to classify excessive gaming as an illness, while balancing the interests of the country's…
TOKYO: The United States, Japan, South Korea and Australia have kicked off "first-of-its-kind" naval drills near Guam, the US Navy said Thursday. The "Pacific Vanguard" drill brings together more than…
SEOUL: LG Electronics Inc. said Monday it will halve carbon emissions by 2030 compared with 2017 levels by increasing use of renewable energy and energy-efficient management systems. The electronics maker…
SEOUL/WASHINGTON: U.S. President Donald Trump will visit South Korea next month for talks with President Moon Jae-in on the denuclearization of North Korea and alliance issues, Moon's office announced Thursday…
SEOUL: South Korean scientists developed a cheap catalyst that can treat industrial sewage water nine times more effectively than existing systems, the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) said…
SEOUL: South Korea will aim to host the country's first World Expo in the southern port city of Busan in 2030 with a budget of 4.9 trillion won (US$4.12 billion),…
SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook is suing South Korean data analytics firm Rankwave to make sure it isn't breaking the leading social network's rules, the US company said Friday. A lawsuit was…
UNITED NATIONS: Seventy countries urged North Korea on Friday to scrap its nuclear weapons, ballistic missiles and related programs, decrying the "undiminished threat" posed to world peace. Signatories included the…
SEOUL: LG Electronics Inc. is expected to launch its first 5G smartphone, the V50 ThinQ, in South Korea next week after work to ensure its performance on the new network…
SAN FRANCISCO: Samsung said Monday it was delaying the launch of its folding smartphone after trouble with handsets sent to reviewers. Some reviewers who got their hands on the Galaxy…
SEOUL: Samsung Electronics Co. started preorders for the Galaxy Fold in the United States but closed it due to limited supplies and high demand for the new device, the South…
WASHINGTON: US officials unveiled plans to accelerate deployment of 5G wireless networks, including new funding to bring the ultrafast systems to remote rural areas. At a White House event, the…
SEOUL: South Korea launched the world's first nationwide 5G mobile networks two days early, its top mobile carriers said Thursday, in a late-night scramble to be the first providers of…
SEOUL: South Korea launches the world's first fully-fledged 5G mobile networks Friday, a transformational leap that already has superpowers sparring for control of an innovation that could potentially change the…
SEJONG: South Korea's antitrust chief denied that he held talks with his European counterparts on the acquisition of Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. by Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. Kim…
SEOUL: South Korea's capital city, Seoul, ranks as the seventh most expensive city in the world to live in this year, a survey showed Saturday. The Worldwide Cost of Living…
