South Korea

Seoul: South Korea has the highest ratio of household debt to gross domestic product (GDP) among major economies in the world, a report showed on Monday, indicating it could crimp consumption and weigh on the economy down the road. The…

Seoul: South Korea will push for swift consultations with the US on steel tariffs amid concerns over negative impacts of a recent transatlantic trade deal on its exports of steel products, officials said here on Monday. Last week,…

Seoul: South Korean biopharmaceutical company Celltrion announced on Monday that its self-diagnostic kit for Covid-19 has been granted emergency approval from US drug authorities. Celltrion DiaTrust Covid-19 Ag Home Test, co-developed by…

Seoul: South Korea's Coast Guard has seized a Chinese boat for fishing without a permit in the country's exclusive economic zone (EEZ) off the southern resort island of Jeju, officials said on Sunday. The 272-tonne vessel carrying 11…

Seoul: South Korea on Thursday failed to put a dummy satellite into orbit with its first homegrown rocket, dealing a setback to the country's decade-long project to join the elite global space club. The KSLV-II rocket, also known as…

Seoul:  South Korea's chief nuclear negotiator, Noh Kyu-duk, held video talks with his Chinese counterpart on Wednesday and discussed North Korea's latest missile launch and recent statements, the Foreign Ministry said. Noh's talks with…

Seoul:  South Korea has successfully test-fired a homegrown submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM), a military source announced on Tuesday. The military source said that the state-run Agency for Defense Development (ADD) conducted…

New Delhi: Micro-blogging platform Twitter is testing a new feature for users to flag tweets containing misinformation around politics, Covid-19/health or any other category. The new feature is available for some users in the US,…

Pyongyang:  North Korea on Wednesday slammed South Korea for pushing ahead with the planned military drills with the US, and warned of "serious security crisis". In a press statement published by the official Korean Central News Agency,…

New Delhi:  The average mobile internet download speed in India reached 17.84Mbps in June as compared to 15.34Mbps in the previous month, a new report showed on Monday, as the country moved up the global ranking index for the third time in…