North Korea’s Supreme People’s Assembly has voted to scrap all agreements with South Korea on promoting economic cooperation, the North’s official KCNA news agency reported on Thursday, as the two …
How South Korea Is Tackling Its Demographic Crisis
In rapidly aging societies across Asia, governments look to elderly workers as a solution to shrinking labor forces.
South Korea doctors offer to resign amid spat with government
Trainee doctors in South Korea have begun resigning en masse in protest of a government plan to increase the number of medical students …
For South Korea’s Top Students, Smart Money Is on Medical School Over Chips
A South Korean plan to greatly increase medical school seats has helped prompt more top students to enroll for exam-prep studies to become doctors — over the once sure-fire bet of trying to become …
South Korea doctors offer to resign amid spat with government, raising worries about medical service
Trainee doctors in South Korea have begun resigning en masse in protest of a government plan to increase the number of medical students …
South Korea Bourse May Hand Back Friday’s Gains
The South Korea stock market on Friday ended the two-day slide in which it had stumbled more than 35 points or 1.4 percent. The KOSPI …
US commercial property crisis looms over Korea
The downturn in the US commercial property market, which has already hit banks in New York, Japan and Europe, is beginning to loom over South Korea, with around 1 trillion won ($750 billion) in losses …
South Korea PM Asks Doctors Not to Quit Over Planned Medical Student Increase
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s prime minister pleaded on Sunday with doctors not to take people’s lives hostage, a day before scores of trainee doctors are expected to quit to protest a plan to …
S. Korea hopeful for economic benefits from diplomatic ties with Cuba
The recent establishment of diplomatic ties with Cuba could have positive economic impacts on the South Korean economy, the presidential office said Sunday, citing Cuba’s rich natural resources. “Cuba …
Seoul hopes egg freezing can help South Korea baby crisis, experts disagree
As South Korea’s birth rate hits fresh lows, Seoul city officials have a plan to help — subsidized egg freezing. But experts warn the initiative is unlikely to reverse precipitous demographic decline …