South Koreans are petitioning for a heavier sentence for a couple charged with involuntary manslaughter and negligence after the death of a toddler.
Iran denies seized Korean ship and crew are being held as hostages
Iran denied on Tuesday it was using a South Korean ship and its crew as hostages, a day after it seized the tanker in the Gulf while pressing a demand for Seoul to release $7 billion in funds frozen …
South Korea Lenders Will End Support for Coal
Affiliates of one of South Korea’s largest business conglomerates announced they no longer will provide financial support for coal projects, putting in …
South Korea Lenders Will End Support for Coal
Affiliates of one of South Korea’s largest business conglomerates announced they no longer will provide financial support for coal projects, putting in …
Ex-North Korea abductee dies from COVID-19 complications
A South Korean fisherman who escaped North Korea after being kidnapped to the regime has died from COVID-19 complications, according to activists in Seoul and family members.
Iran tries to increase its leverage in future negotiations with President-elect Biden
Iran is gambling that the move, along with the seizure of a South Korean tanker in the Persian Gulf, will ratchet up pressure on the West and the incoming Biden team to act quickly to revive the …
Fair Technology to produce Hyundai cars in Bangladesh
Fair Technology Limited, the distributor of Hyundai Motors in Bangladesh, will manufacture cars of the South Korean brand here.
Iran says South Korea holding $7 billion Iran funds ‘hostage’
We’ve become used to such allegations … but if there is any hostage-taking, it is Korea’s government that is holding $7 billion which belongs to us hostage on baseless grounds,” spokesman Ali Rabiei …
South Korea sees more deaths than births for 1st time
The number of deaths in South Korea exceeded the amount of babies born there last year for the first time in the country’s history.
Iran says South Korea holding its $7b funds ‘hostage’
Iran on Tuesday accused South Korea of holding $7 billion of its funds “hostage” but stressed that Tehran’s seizure of a Korean tanker in Gulf waters was not a tit-for-tat move. The Islamic …