South Korea’s central bank on Friday cut its key benchmark interest rate, its first pivot in its yearslong monetary tightening mode, as inflation continued to moderate and the property market showed signs of cooling.

North Korea’s state media said Friday that South Korea has sent unmanned drones over Pyongyang three times since last week, calling the move a military provocation and a violation of its sovereignty.

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South Korean novelist Han Seung-won, father of the country’s first Nobel laureate in literature, on Friday expressed astonishment at his daughter Han Kang’s win, saying it felt as if “the world had been turned

Son Woong-jung, a football coach and father of Premier League star Son Heung-min, was ordered by a local court Friday to pay a fine over charges of abusing young players at his football training

South Korean stocks opened higher Friday as the country’s central bank was set to hold a rate setting meeting later in the day.

The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index rose 0.68 percent, or