The country’s chief financial regulator said Tuesday that tightened curbs will be applied to mortgage loans starting next month in a bid to curb soaring household loans.

In a meeting with heads of local

The South Korean medical community is sharply divided over the nursing bill that calls for greater roles for nurses, with doctors threatening to stage anti-government rallies in case of its enactment, officials said Tuesday.

South Korean stocks rebounded on Tuesday following a rally in the U.S. market ahead of this week’s Jackson Hole symposium. The local currency gained against the U.S. dollar.

The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price

KG Mobility Corp., a South Korean carmaker, on Tuesday launched a redesigned Actyon sport utility vehicle in the domestic market to boost sales.

The Actyon SUV comes with a 1.5-liter gasoline turbocharged engine, a

South Korea’s health authorities said Tuesday they began requiring people with mpox symptoms who arrived from eight African nations to report to officials, while redesignating mpox as an infectious disease subject to border screening.