The Doosan Bears said Tuesday their Japanese pitcher Keisho Shirakawa will miss the rest of the season with elbow problems.

Shirakawa, 23, joined the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) club in early July as a

The head of a company’s financial department has been indicted after he was arrested while trying to buy a luxury item just three hours after stealing 8.1 billion won (US$6 million) in company funds.

Prime Minister Han Duck-soo said Tuesday that crimes involving deepfake pornographic material should be tackled to the same degree as drug crimes.

Han made the remark during a meeting with reporters following the discovery

The Navy’s Sea Salvage and Rescue Unit (SSU) began three-day training Tuesday to bolster readiness for underwater rescue operations in the event of potential provocations, officials said.

Some 250 troops joined the training led

The unification ministry said Tuesday it is trying to verify a report that 15 North Korean defectors seeking to flee to South Korea were arrested by Chinese police last week.

The defectors — 13