South Korea
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South Korea’s unemployment rate hits all-time low
Seoul: South Korea’s unemployment rate hit an all-time low last month, but the pace of job growth slowed down for the third month in a row amid economic uncertainties, new data revealed…
- World
South Korean won dips to over 13-years low
Seoul: The South Korean currency, won, on Wednesday tumbled below the 1,390 mark against the greenback for the first time in over 13 years as the higher-than-expected inflation data in the US…
- Technology
Nearly 560K foreign hacking attempts against South Korean govt detected over past 6 yrs
Seoul: The South Korean government has witnessed nearly 560,000 foreign hacking attempts into its key computer systems over the past six years, with a combined 43 per cent from China and the…
- World
Typhoon Hinnamnor exits South Korea, leaves 1 missing
Seoul: Super typhoon Hinnamnor moved out of South Korea on Tuesday after over two hours of making landfall in the southern coast, leaving one person missing while thousands others were evacuated, authorities…
- World
South Korea braces for powerful typhoon Hinnamnor
Seoul: Super Typhoon Hinnamnor has gradually moved northward to reach waters off South Korea’s southern island of Jeju on Monday, the state weather agency said, as the country braces for what could…
- World
South Korean, US to end 2-week combined exercise
Seoul: South Korea and the US are set to wrap up a major combined military exercise on Thursday, Seoul officials said. The allies have carried out the Ulchi Freedom Shield (UFS) exercise,…
- World
Pope Francis says he’s open for trip to North Korea
Seoul: Pope Francis says he is willing to visit North Korea, should the country’s leaders ever invite him, he told a South Korean broadcaster in an interview released on Friday. “I will…
- World
South Korea’s total fertility rate hits record low in 2021
Seoul: South Korea’s total fertility rate hit a record low in 2021 as the number of childbirths continued to fall, data revealed on Wednesday, underscoring the country’s gloomy demographic situation. The country’s…
- World
South Korea population falls for second year in a row
Seoul: South Korea’s population declined for the second consecutive year in 2021, while the number of single-person households continued to increase, government data revealed on Tuesday. As of the end of 2021,…
- Science
South Korea’s first lunar orbiter is enroute to Moon
Seoul: South Korea’s first lunar orbiter has entered its planned trajectory towards the moon, the country’s Science Ministry said Friday, in a historic first step towards space exploration. The Korea Pathfinder Lunar…
- Automobile
Hyundai’s sales fall 4.5% globally amid chip shortage
Seoul: Hyundai Motor, South Korea’s biggest carmaker, said on Friday that its sales fell 4.5 per cent in June from a year earlier, as a global chip shortage continued to affect its…
- World
South Korea successfully launches homegrown space rocket
Seoul: South Korea on Tuesday launched its homegrown space rocket Nuri in the second attempt to put satellites into orbit, a critical mission for the country’s space programme. According to the Ministry…
- World
South Korea set to launch homegrown space rocket on June 21
Seoul: South Korea plans to launch its homegrown space rocket next week, after aerospace engineers replaced a malfunctioning part in the oxidiser tank sensor, which forced the country to call off the…
- Entertainment
BTS are going their separate ways on a ‘temporary hiatus’
Seoul: K-Pop sensations BTS broke down in tears as they revealed plans to pursue solo careers and “grow”, but pledged to return “someday”. Septet Jin, 29, Suga, 29, J-Hope, 28, RM, 27,…
- World
North Korea test-fires eight short-range ballistic missiles
Seoul: Pyongyang test-fired a total of eight short-range ballistic missiles on Sunday, the South Korean Yonhap news agency reports citing the South Korean military. Earlier on Sunday, Yonhap reported citing an informed…
