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The Lotte Giants on Tuesday signed free agent pitcher Han Hyun-hee on a three-plus-one deal worth up to 4 billion won ($3.2 million)....

KakaoTalk is having errors where some users are unable to log in, send and receive messages....

Japanese midfielder Jun Amano's recent move from Ulsan Hyundai to Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors in the K League resulted in an unusual outburst from his former coach....

The National Museum of Korean Contemporary History in Jongno District, central Seoul, is displaying media art on the digital screen of its exterior to celebrate the 1-year anniversary of the screen's installation. The videos, with 3-D effects......

Driving some 35 miles east of Atlanta, the capital city of Georgia, a road named SKC Drive comes into view. Just a few miles more, a massive swath of land appears, littered with dozens of forklifts and unfinished steel frame structures....

The second season of JTBC's reality show...

South Korea and the United States are in consultations to arrange a visit to Seoul by U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, Seoul's defense ministry said Tuesday, as the allies seek to bolster deterrence against growing North Korean military threats....

Samsung Electronics Tuesday it will run dozens of Galaxy Experience Spaces around the world after a product release event early next month....

The Blue House is organizing an array of traditional Korean events for the upcoming Lunar New Year holidays. According to the Cultural Heritage Administration and the Korea Cultural Heritage Foundation, the public will be able to visit the Blue...

Homegrown musical "Showman" took home the grand prize at Monday night's Korea Musical Awards held at LG Art Center in Gangseo District, western Seoul. The Korea Musical Awards is the country's largest annual musical ceremony, hosted by......

K-pop dance music has gone global, having started with H.O.T and BoA and now dominating with acts like BTS and Blackpink. But these dancing idols did not just appear out of the blue: In the 1980s, there were two singers nicknamed Korea's......

The music video for (G)I-DLE's 2022 hit "Tomboy" surpassed 200 million views on YouTube on Monday....

Kim Min-sun, left, and Park Chae-eun celebrate after winning gold and bronze in the women's 1,000-meter speed skating final at the Lake Placid 2023 Winter World University Games in Lake Placid, New York on Sunday...

The office of President Yoon Suk Yeol said Monday it is too early to say when Yoon will hold another summit with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida following a news report that it was being scheduled for as early as next month....

The ex-chairman of SBW Group was repatriated to Korea Tuesday after being arrested in Thailand last week. Kim Seong-tae, who is facing charges of corruption including a charge that involves Democratic Party (DP) Chairman Lee Jae-myung, has been on......

Just two days after winning the second ATP title and rising to a career-high world No. 52, Kwon Soon-woo crashed out of the 2023 Australian Open on Monday, losing in five sets to world No. 116 Christopher Eubanks....

Korea reported 40,199 new Covid-19 cases Tuesday, down 20,000 from the same day the previous week, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency....

Korean stocks opened marginally higher Tuesday, as investors took a breather from recent rallies ahead of the earnings reports....

Victor An, the Korean-born short track speed skater whose high-profile defection to Russia in 2011 made him persona non grata in Korea, is looking to come in from the cold — figuratively at least....

North Korea is scheduled to convene a key parliamentary meeting this week amid keen attention over whether its leader Kim Jong-un will attend it to issue another message of the country's development of nuclear and other major weapons....

Check out Antonio Conte's post match press conference after Tottenham's 2-0 defeat to Arsenal in the Premier League....

Check out Jrgen Klopp's pre match press conference ahead of Liverpool's Emirates FA Cup 3rd round replay against Wolves....

The majority of the Korea baseball squad for the 2023 World Baseball Classic gathered at a hotel in Seoul on Monday to begin preparations for the tournament that kicks off in March....

Companies from Korea and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) signed business agreements in Abu Dhabi on Monday, during President Yoon Suk Yeol's four-day state visit....

Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol visited the Barakah nuclear power plant on Monday during a state visit to the United Arab Emirates (UAE)....

Five suspects including one Chinese national were charged with allegedly leaking crucial semiconductor technology from a Samsung subsidiary to a Chinese company....

Workers transport bills at Bank of Korea's office in Gangnam District, southern Seoul, which will be distributed to commercial banks on Monday for upcoming Lunar New Year Holiday from Saturday....

Asiana Airlines restored all seven of its cargo aircraft — four A350s and three A330s — back to passenger aircraft, according to the airline Monday. The photo shows Asiana Airlines employees re-equipping the renovated aircraft with passenger s...

Street vendors selling popular winter snacks, stereotypically run by middle-aged or elderly folks after they retire, are these days seeing more and more younger people behind the counter. People in their 20s and 30s these days can more frequently......

Early this month, the U.S.-based space company filed an application for a license to provide telecommunication services in Korea with the Ministry of Science and ICT, according to the government....

First lady Kim Keon-hee, left, tours the Qasr Al Watan presidential palace in Abu Dhabi on Monday during President Yoon Suk Yeol's four-day state visit to the United Arab Emirates (UAE)....

An employee looks at the prices of cryptocurrencies at a cryptocurrency exchange in Seoul on Monday, with the bitcoin price having recovered to the $20,000 level during a trading session on the same day....

Kim Nam-kyun, the 15th president for the Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute (KERI), took the oath of office in the institute's auditorium in Changwon, South Gyeongsang, on Monday....

Boy band Tomorrow X Together will soon be kicking off its second world tour "Act: Sweet Mirage," according to its label BigHit Music on Monday. Tomorrow X Together will start its world tour in Seoul on March 25 and 26, followed by other Asian ......

A bill that would reduce the number of Korean nationals studying at foreign schools has unleashed a firestorm of complaints from parents and school administrators....

With Lunar New Year holiday just around the corner, discount marts have grown busy trying to attract households with traditional food....

Apartment leases are changing dramatically in Korea as tenants become more cautious in the high interest rate environment and with the economy slowing. Most threatened in jeonse, whereby a very large refundable deposit......

Stocks closed 0.58 percent higher Monday, extending their rally to a ninth session, as eased U.S. inflation outlook boosted investor appetite for risky assets ahead of the earnings season. The local currency rose against the dollar. The Kospi......

K-pop CD exports hit a record last year, as K-pop gained popularity globally and as K-pop fans continued to favor physical media to show their devotion to bands and groups. Korean artists sold $233.1 million of CDs overseas in 2022, up ......

LG Energy Solution and three Hanwha companies signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) Monday, promising cooperation in the battery business, including on an energy storage system (ESS) project in the United States....

Girl group Loona may be on its way to disbanding. The Seoul Northern District Court ruled Friday the exclusive contracts that four members of Loona — Heejin, Kim Lip, Jinsoul and Choerry — signed with their agency Blockberry Creative be ......

More than half the population is positive about foreigners becoming an integral part of Korea's labor force, a recent survey showed. Of the 1,000 Koreans surveyed by the Seoul National University Asia Center between Jan. 6 and 9, 57.2 percent......

The music video for Blackpink's 2016 hit "Playing With Fire" surpassed 800 million views on YouTube on Jan. 16....

"Pachinko" won the award for Best Foreign Language Series at the 28th Critics Choice Awards Sunday local time. At the awards ceremony held by the Critics Choice Association in Los Angeles on Sunday......

A beige purse that first lady Kim Keon-hee carried when she accompanied President Yoon Suk Yeol for a state visit to the UAE is drawing attention....

President Yoon Suk Yeol's comments about nuclear weapons as a potential option for Seoul have run into headwinds from Washington, which insists its goal is the total denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula....

The 2023 Hwacheon Sancheoneo Ice Festival, one of Korea's most famous annual winter events to go ice fishing, kicked off earlier this month at Hwacheon, Gangwon, and continues until Jan. 29. It's the first time in three years the festival is back....

At least 44 cars collided on an icy highway in Pocheon, Gyeonggi, on Sunday night, killing one person. The accident occurred on the Guri-Pocheon Expressway at around 9:10 p.m. on Sunday, also leading to three injuries....

The Seoul Metropolitan Government on Monday launched a metaverse platform for users to travel to the capital and handle administrative tasks remotely....

Lotte Chemical will sell off its Pakistan subsidiary to a local chemical company for 192.4 billion won ($156 million), in a bid to raise funds to focus on the advanced materials business....