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.