A subway maintenance train caught fire on a rail track between Dogok and Daechi stations in southern Seoul in the wee hours of Monday, but the fire was put out shortly afterward without affecting

South Korea’s exports extended on-year gains to the ninth straight month in June on the back of record performance of semiconductors, data showed Monday.

Outbound shipments rose 5.1 percent on-year to US$57 billion last

Kia Corp., South Korea’s second-largest automaker by sales, said Monday its June sales fell 3.9 percent last month due to fewer working days and a production plant conversion project.

Kia, a smaller affiliate of

Police have additionally booked about 100 doctors suspected of receiving illegal kickbacks from a drugmaker, a senior police official said Monday.

The investigation began after allegations arose that as many as 1,000 doctors received

Rival parties clashed Monday over a bill mandating a special counsel investigation into the military’s response to a Marine’s death last year.

The parliamentary House Steering Committee held a plenary meeting and questioned Chung