South Korea
- 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…
- World
S.Korean, US navies hold combined exercise
Seoul: South Korea and the US staged a combined exercise in international waters off Okinawa this week, the military said on Saturday. The three-day exercise, which ended on Saturday, was aimed at…
- Technology
South Korean users file police complaint against Google CEO Sundar Pichai
Seoul: A coalition of consumers on Friday filed a police case against Google’s top executives, including CEO Sundar Pichai, for the tech giant’s in-app billing system that forces domestic app developers to…
- World
BTS visits White House, says ‘devastated’ by anti-Asian hate crimes
Washington: Popular South Korean Grammy-nominated band BTS visited the White House on Tuesday (local time) and said that they are devastated by the recent surge of hate crimes. “Equality begins when we…
- Technology
Samsung likely to cut phone production by 30 mn units in 2022
Seoul: Amid the pandemic crisis, South Korean tech giant Samsung has reportedly decided to cut its phone production by 30 million units this year. The report mentioned that Samsung is cutting production…
- Business
Samsung to invest $355 bn in chip, bio industries for next 5 years
Seoul: Samsung Electronics said on Tuesday it will invest 450 trillion won ($355 billion) in semiconductor and biopharmaceuticals for the next five years, as South Korea’s largest company seeks to further expand…
- Science
South Korea’s 1st lunar orbiter ‘Danuri’ set for August launch
Seoul: South Korea said on Monday it has named its first lunar orbiter scheduled to be launched in August — Danuri. Danuri — a portmanteau of the Korean words for moon and enjoy…
- World
Yoon, Biden agree to expand joint military exercises to counter N.Korea’s nuclear threats
Seoul: South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol and his visiting US counterpart Joe Biden on Saturday agreed to begin discussions on expanding joint military exercises between the two countries amid growing nuclear and missile…
- Automobile
Hyundai chief to drum up support for air mobility, robotics with Biden
Seoul: Chung Eui-sun, the chief of South Korea’s auto giant Hyundai Motor Group, was expected to ask for Washington’s support for the group’s push in burgeoning sectors that include urban air mobility…
