THE Acting Chief Director of the Northern Regional Coordinating Council (NRCC), Mr Sumaila Ewuntomah Abudu, has urged health service administrators across the country to strengthen primary healthcare delivery through effective leadership. He said strong leadership would promote efficient resource management, professional discipline and innovative approaches to healthcare delivery. Mr Abudu made the call at the…
The KOSPI index is displayed at a dealing room of Hana Bank in Seoul, Friday. Yonhap Korean stocks traded sharply lower late Friday morning as investors offloaded major chip shares to take profits following overnight losses in U.S. artificial intelligence (AI) and semiconductor stocks. After opening 2.36 percent lower, the benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price…
Israeli pogroms on Palestinian farmers and their lands during the olive harvest season intensify. Published On 23 Oct 202623 Oct 2026 Israeli forces have arrested 36 Palestinians during raids across the occupied West Bank, as attacks on Palestinian farmers and their lands during the olive harvest season ramp up. In Jenin governorate, Israeli forces raided…
Maria Castillo Fernandez, the European Union’s special envoy for the Indo-Pacific, speaks during an interview with The Korea Times at the EU Delegation in Seoul, Thursday. Courtesy of the Delegation of the European Union to Korea The European Union (EU) has sharpened its Indo-Pacific strategy around three core priorities — security, economic security and climate…
The Yukhwamok restaurant / Courtesy of Busan Metropolitan City Foreign tourists in Busan can get up to 30,000 won ($23) off a meal of “hanwoo,” Korea’s native beef, at four local restaurants through a pilot program that runs through Nov. 6, the city government said Friday. The Hanwoo Gourmet Tour, which began Friday, is jointly…
Tech-heavy Nasdaq falls 2.6 percent as debate rages over whether AI is a bubble. Published On 23 Oct 202623 Oct 2026 US tech stocks have dropped sharply amid market jitters over the sustainability of companies’ enormous capital investments in AI. The Nasdaq Composite, which is dominated by tech firms linked to the AI boom, fell…
A man stands next to a logo of Netflix during an event in Mumbai, India, Feb. 29, 2024. Reuters-Yonhap Netflix has worked with over 80 Korean production houses and more than 95,000 staff, cast members and production crew behind the scenes over the past ten years since the U.S. content streaming platform launched services here,…
FOUR pupils of the School of Islamic Studies at Akotosu were killed and three others injured when a Hyundai van veered off the road and crashed into them at Aboabo in the Asokore Mampong Municipality of the Ashanti Region on Tuesday. The children, who were aged between five and 12, were preparing to cross the…
A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) before the closing bell in New York, New York, Oct. 16. EPA-Yonhap NEW YORK — Drops for stocks in the artificial-intelligence industry are dragging markets down worldwide on Thursday, while oil prices hit their highest levels since May on worries about the…
Trump advises the Republican gubernatorial candidate to keep running the controversial advertisement. Published On 23 Oct 202623 Oct 2026 US President Donald Trump has backed Republican Vivek Ramaswamy amid controversy over an attack advertisement by the Ohio gubernatorial candidate against his Democratic rival. Trump said in a social media post on Thursday that Ramaswamy should…
