K-VIBE General

General

Search: 54,571

General

(2nd LD) S. Korea, Africa agree to launch critical minerals dialogue

(ATTN: CHANGES headline, lead, dateline, photos; UPDATES throughout with joint declaration)By Kim Eun-jungGOYANG, South Korea, June 4 (Yonhap) -- Leaders of South Korea and African nations agreed Tuesday to launch a high-level dialogue on expanding c
General

PM says gov't to look at ways to increase foreign workers in restaurant industry

By Lee Haye-ahSEOUL, June 4 (Yonhap) -- Prime Minister Han Duck-soo said Tuesday the government will look at ways to allow more foreigners to work in the local food service industry.Han made the remark during a meeting with reporters, saying rising l
General

(3rd LD) S. Korea to restore all border military activities restricted under 2018 pact with N. Korea

(ATTN: ADDS more details in paras 2, 13, 14, 16)By Lee Minji and Chae Yun-hwanSEOUL, June 4 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will resume all military activities near the Military Demarcation Line and its northwestern border islands for the first time in more
General

(LEAD) Seoul shares end lower on profit taking

(ATTN: ADDS bond yields at bottom)SEOUL, June 4 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks closed lower Tuesday after strong gains in the previous session and mixed overnight results on Wall Street. The local currency rose against the U.S. dollar.The benchmark
General

Ghana businessman found dead while on visit to Seoul for Korea-Africa Summit event

SEOUL, June 4 (Yonhap) -- A businessman from Ghana was found dead at his hotel in Seoul on Tuesday while on a visit to attend an event related to the Korea-Africa Summit, police said.The man in his 50s, who was identified as a company official from G
General

Ex-Finance Minister Hong ordered downsizing of national debt-to-GDP forecast: state auditor

SEOUL, June 4 (Yonhap) -- Former Finance Minister Hong Nam-ki ordered his ministry in 2020 to downsize the 2060 outlook for the national debt-to-GDP ratio in a bid to avoid public criticism, the state auditor said Tuesday.In a report on the operation
General

Daegu, North Gyeongsang leaders meet to discuss integration

SEOUL, June 4 (Yonhap) -- Leaders of the southeastern metropolitan city of Daegu, 240 kilometers from Seoul, and the surrounding North Gyeongsang Province met on Tuesday to discuss what would become the nation's first integration of local self-go
General

Seoul shares end lower on profit taking

SEOUL, June 4 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks closed lower Tuesday after strong gains in the previous session and mixed overnight results on Wall Street. The local currency rose against the U.S. dollar.The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index
General

S. Korea raises N. Korea's GPS signal jamming with 3 int'l agencies: foreign ministry

By Kim Seung-yeonSEOUL, June 4 (Yonhap) -- South Korea has raised North Korea's repeated jamming of GPS navigation signals with three related international agencies and requested due measures be taken in response to the illegal acts by Pyongyang,
General

(2nd LD) Hospitals allowed to accept resignations of trainee doctors: health minister

(ATTN: ADDS remarks in last 3 paras; CHANGES photo)SEOUL, June 4 (Yonhap) -- Health Minister Cho Kyoo-hong said Tuesday hospitals were allowed to accept resignations of trainee doctors, in what government officials say is a move to help them seek oth
General

(2nd LD) S. Korea to restore all border military activities restricted under 2018 pact with N. Korea

(ATTN: REWRITES headline, lead; ADDS details throughout, byline, photo; TRIMS)By Lee Minji and Chae Yun-hwanSEOUL, June 4 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will resume all military activities near the Military Demarcation Line and its northwestern border islan
General

S. Korea told relevant countries of decision to suspend inter-Korean tension reduction pact in advance: Seoul official

By Kim Seung-yeonSEOUL, June 4 (Yonhap) -- South Korea informed the United States, China and other relevant countries in advance of its decision to suspend a 2018 tension reduction pact with North Korea prior to announcing the plan, a foreign ministr
General

(LEAD) Hospitals allowed to accept resignations of trainee doctors: health minister

(ATTN: UPDATES with health minister's remarks; CHANGES headline, photos)SEOUL, June 4 (Yonhap) -- Health Minister Cho Kyoo-hong said Tuesday hospitals were allowed to accept resignations of trainee doctors, in what government officials say a move
General

(LEAD) China condemns S. Korea, U.S., Japan for remarks on Taiwan issue

(ATTN: UPDATES with response from South Korea's foreign ministry in last 3 paras)By Kim Han-jooSEOUL, June 4 (Yonhap) -- China's embassy in South Korea has expressed "strong dissatisfaction and firm opposition" to South Korea, the
General

(URGENT) Health minister says to allow hospitals to accept resignations of trainee doctors

(END)
General

(LEAD) S. Korea to restore all military activities in border area following suspension of 2018 inter-Korean pact

(ATTN: RECASTS slug, headline, lead; ADDS details in paras 2-5)SEOUL, June 4 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will resume all military activities near the Military Demarcation Line and its northwestern border islands with the full suspension of a 2018 inter-K
General

(URGENT) S. Korea to restore all border military activity restricted under 2018 pact with N. Korea

(END)
General

(2nd LD) Yoon endorses motion fully suspending inter-Korean tension reduction pact

(ATTN: UPDATES with President Yoon's endorsement; CHANGES headline; ADDS photo)By Lee Haye-ahSEOUL, June 4 (Yonhap) -- President Yoon Suk Yeol on Tuesday endorsed a motion calling for the full suspension of a 2018 inter-Korean tension reduction p
General

(URGENT) Yoon endorses motion fully suspending inter-Korean tension reduction pact

(END)
General

Subsidiaries of top 5 conglomerates more than double in 16 yrs: civic group

SEOUL, June 4 (Yonhap) -- The number of subsidiaries belonging to the country's top five conglomerates more than doubled in the past 16 years, a civic group said Tuesday.The Citizens' Coalition for Economic Justice disclosed the finding in a