Former first lady Kim Keon Hee leaves the Seoul Central District Court in southern Seoul, Aug. 12, 2025, after attending a hearing to determine the validity of her arrest warrant. Korea Times photo by Ko Young-kwon The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued a new arrest warrant for jailed former first lady Kim Keon Hee to…
The Member of Parliament for Banda and Minister for Works, Housing and Water Resources, Ahmed Ibrahim, has urged newly elected NDC constituency executives in the Bono Region to intensify grassroots mobilisation and work harder to secure victory in the 2028 general elections.
In Kenya, where MultiChoice has lost 57,000 subscribers in the first half of the year to 653,066, the packages will be priced at KES 750 for Starter, KES 1,500 for Select, KES 3,000 for Sports and KES 7,300 for Ultimate, down from KES 11,700. Same rates apply on DStv Stream.
The benchmark KOSPI is displayed at a dealing room of Hana Bank in Seoul, Tuesday. Yonhap Korea’s bourse operator on Tuesday activated a buy-side sidecar for the benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) as the stock index rose sharply. Program trading for the KOSPI-listed shares was suspended for five minutes at 10:13 a.m., according…
FC AshantiGold 04 have terminated the appointments of head coach and technical director Abdul Karim Kabutey Zito, assistant coach Ernest Okyere and goalkeeper trainer Robert Dabuo with immediate effect.
Defense Minister Kang Shin-chul speaks during a Cabinet meeting presided over by President Lee Jae Myung at Cheong Wa Dae in Seoul, Tuesday. Yonhap Defense Minister Kang Shin-chul heads to the Philippines Tuesday to attend a regional defense ministers’ meeting, his first multilateral security gathering since taking office, the Ministry of National Defense said. Kang…
The sighting comes after a mine blast wounded three South Korean soldiers in September.
Finance Minister Lee Young-il speaks during a meeting discussing housing stabilization for young adults and the elderly in Seoul, Friday. Courtesy of Ministry of Finance and Economy Korea is “almost certain” to reach a gross national income (GNI) per capita of $40,000 this year, the finance ministry said Tuesday, as Asia’s No. 4 economy grew…
Young Ghanaian women have been urged to adopt healthy diets and lifestyles and prioritise regular breast screening to reduce their risk of breast cancer, which is increasingly being diagnosed among younger women. A medical doctor and dietitian, Dr Bernice Korkor Asare, who made the call, said breast cancer was no longer a disease associated only…
The government is targeting to meet about 70 per cent of Ghana’s fuel demand through local refining by 2028 as part of plans to expand the capacity of the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR).
