Around 45,000 Vietnamese have applied to work abroad in South Korea this year, about three times the intended quota of 15,400, according to the Center of Overseas Labor.
South Korea's financial watchdog said on Monday it was expanding and toughening the assessment of real estate projects in a bid to speed up restructuring of the sector.
South Korean authorities on Sunday confirmed that a 65-year-old tourist died after falling overboard from a cruise ship and an investigation is ongoing.
Police in the southern Hau Giang Province arrested a married couple on Friday for attempting to smuggle 18 people into South Korea to work under the guise of tourism.
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol said Thursday that he wants to create a new ministry to address the country's low birthrate — the world's lowest, with the country facing a looming demographic crisis.
The Seoul Queer Culture Festival will take place in the capital's streets this year, organizers of South Korea's annual LGBTQ gathering said on Tuesday, after the city government denied their requests to hold events at four locations.
South Korea experienced its hottest April since comprehensive records began in 1973, the state weather agency said Tuesday, with average daily temperatures more than 2.5 degrees higher than in previous years.
South Korea's parliament on Thursday passed a bill to set up a new probe into a deadly 2022 Halloween crowd crush which left more than 150 mostly young people dead.
Indonesia goalkeeper Ernando Ari apologized for his antics after saving a South Korean player's penalty in the shootout in the quarterfinals of the U23 Asian Cup.
South Korean media criticized the home team's defeat on penalties against Indonesia in the U23 Asian Cup quarter-finals, claiming coach Hwang Sun-hong underestimated the opponents by putting many key players on the bench.
North Korea has tested a "super-large warhead" designed for a strategic cruise missile, state media said Saturday, the most recent test since UN sanctions monitoring against the nuclear-armed nation was upended last month by Russia.
The semiconductor sector in Vietnam faces talent challenges, with engineers scoring significantly lower in equipment maintenance and innovation compared to their Chinese and South Korean peers, insiders have said.
