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.
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.
Foreign tourists' largest complaint in South Korea is shopping rip-offs, according to a new report, which also cited taxi scams and poor accommodation services as the next most-pervasive issues.
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.
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.
Newspaper Bola thanked Australian referee Shaun Evans for his decisions that helped Indonesia overcome South Korea and reach the U23 Asian Cup semi-finals.
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.
South Korea will miss the men’s soccer tournament at the Olympics for the first time since 1984 after losing a penalty shootout to Indonesia at the Under-23 Asian Cup quarterfinals on Thursday.
Indonesia head into its quarterfinal match against South Korea at the Under-23 Asian Cup with a chance to move a step closer to their first-ever Olympic appearance.
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.