South Korea

South Korea re-imposes some social restrictions to combat new COVID-19 cases

09:32 | 29/05/2020

SEOUL: South Korea on Thursday (May 28) re-imposed a series of COVID-19 social distancing measures it had eased early this month, as a series of ...

JB Financial acquires Vietnam-based Morgan Stanley Gateway Securities

16:19 | 26/05/2020

JB Financial Group, one of South Korea's largest financial conglomerates, has successfully acquired Vietnam-based brokerage Morgan Stanley Gateway Securities.

LG chairman apologises over South Korea plant fire, India gas leak

17:14 | 20/05/2020

SEOUL: LG Group chairman Koo Gwang-mo apologised on Wednesday (May 20) over two fatal accidents at LG Chem facilities in the past two weeks, reports ...

Schools reopen in South Korea as COVID-19 fears ease

09:59 | 20/05/2020

SEOUL: Hundreds of thousands of South Korean students returned to school on Wednesday (May 20) as educational establishments started reopening after a coronavirus delay of ...

Dohwa set deadline to complete two delayed projects by December

08:05 | 18/05/2020

Quang Binh asked Dohwa to build a specific construction plan for its two delayed projects and them into operation in this December.

Facemasks, silence and social distancing as pro golf resumes in South Korea

14:41 | 14/05/2020

YANGJU, South Korea: Birdsong and the rattle of the ball dropping into the cup - accompanied by camera shutters - were the only sounds to ...

K-pop stars' gang rape, spycam jail terms cut

08:52 | 13/05/2020

SEOUL: Two former K-pop stars had their prison sentences for gang rape and spycam crimes significantly reduced on Tuesday (May 12), after a scandal that ...

South Korean group proposes $150 million technopark in Dong Nai

12:47 | 12/05/2020

Vietnam-Korea Techno Park has proposed investing $150 million in Dong Nai to lure in $2-3 billion of high-tech investment in about six-nine years of operation.