SEOUL, South Korean stocks opened slightly higher Tuesday on gains in tech, energy and other blue chips.

The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index rose 5.99 points, or 0.23 percent, to 2,665.83 in the

SEOUL, Major South Korean shipyard HD Korea Shipbuilding AND Offshore Engineering Co. said Tuesday it has clinched a 688 billion-won (US$525.4 million) order to build four crude oil carriers for a shipper in Europe.

SEOUL, The Supreme Court on Tuesday finalized a suspended prison sentence for former national police chief Kang Sin-myeong on charges of meddling in the 2016 parliamentary elections.

Kang, who served in the administration of

SEOUL, The main opposition Democratic Party (DP) on Tuesday submitted a bill calling for a special counsel investigation into the controversial departure of former Defense Minister Lee Jong-sup as top envoy to Australia despite

SEOUL, President Yoon Suk Yeol on Tuesday called for the swift implementation of the government’s medical reform, including raising the number of medical school students, amid a protracted walkout by trainee doctors nationwide.

Yoon