SEOUL, South Korean stocks traded higher late Tuesday morning on gains in tech, energy and other blue chips.

The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index had risen 10.22 points, or 0.38 percent, to 2,670.06

SEOUL, A candidate of a satellite party linked to the main opposition Democratic Party (DP) offered to withdraw her candidacy Tuesday amid mounting criticism over her past affiliations with radical left-wing groups with pro-North

SEOUL, South Korea’s new ambassador to Australia officially assumed his post with a greeting on the embassy’s website Tuesday amid controversy over his alleged influence-peddling case related to the death of a young Marine

SEOUL, The foreign ministry said Tuesday it has been providing consular assistance to a South Korean national arrested in Russia reportedly on espionage charges.

According to Russia’s TASS news agency, the South Korean national,

SEOUL, The health ministry said Tuesday it will review issuing an order for medical professors to maintain work if they resign en masse in protest of a deadlock over a walkout by trainee doctors,