SEOUL, Feb. 7 (Yonhap) — South Korea plans to set aside 13.8 trillion won (US10.39 billion) in low-interest rate loans for developing countries’ projects for green growth, digital transition and …
S. Korea to raise 2024-2026 loans for developing nations to 13.8 tln won
SEOUL, Feb. 7 (Yonhap) — South Korea plans to set aside 13.8 trillion won (US10.39 billion) in low-interest rate loans for developing countries’ projects for green growth, digital transition and …
Asian Cup final a step too far for South Korea and Klinsmann’s ‘zombie football’
South Korea’s late comebacks at the Asian Cup had earned them the tag of playing ‘zombie football’ after they always came back to life when they appeared dead, but it could also describe how they …
A South Korean firm is offering to pay its workers $75,000 each time they have a baby
Booyoung Group, a construction firm based in Seoul, plans to pay employees 100 million Korean won ($75,000) each time they have a baby, to help tackle South Korea’s record low fertility rate.
Jordan eliminate South Korea to reach first-ever AFC Asian Cup final with stunning second half brace
Jordan will play in the final of the AFC Asia Cup for the first time in their history after stunning favorites South Korea with two brilliant second-half goals in Al Rayyan. The Chivalrous had never …
Jordan reaches first Asian Cup final after stunning South Korea 2-0
Jordan is in the final of the Asian Cup for the first time after stunning South Korea 2-0 in Qatar. Yazan Al Naimat and Mousa Tamari struck in the second half at Ahmad Bin Ali Stadium to knock out one …
Soccer-Jordan knock South Korea out to reach first Asian Cup final
Jordan upset South Korea 2-0 in their Asian Cup semi-final on Tuesday at the Ahmed bin Ali Stadium where Yazan Al-Naimat and Musa Al-Taamari scored second-half goals to guide the Middle Eastern …
North Korea defectors cite dwindling food rations, market reliance -study
The majority of North Koreans who resettled in South Korea over the last decade said they never received government rations in the isolated state and had to rely on an informal market to survive, a …
New parents in South Korea are getting $750 every month as Seoul launches its ‘birth encouragement’ gambit to slow population decline
The South Korean government, racing to rescue declining birth rates, upped the monthly subsidy from $520 to $750 at the start of 2024.
South Korean poll finds many unconvinced Trump would help rid North Korea of nukes
Nearly 64% of South Koreans say former President Donald Trump is unlikely to work actively toward curbing North Korea’s nuclear ambitions if he is reelected in November, according to a poll.