With two days to the United States midterm elections, Democratic and Republican leaders are making last-ditch efforts to woo voters, with the cost-of-living crisis, exacerbated by the US-Israel war on Iran, becoming one of the key talking points. According to the latest survey, Democrats are still ahead of the Republicans, but several closely fought Senate races may…
KB Financial Group Vice Chairman Lee Jae-keun, nominated as the group’s next chairman, speaks to reporters in the lobby of the group’s headquarters in Yeouido, Seoul, Sept. 14. Yonhap Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) has recommended that shareholders vote in favor of appointing Lee Jae-keun as chairman of KB Financial Group. In its voting recommendations report…
The MTTD has launched TraffiTech-GH today, using cameras to catch speeding drivers and sending e-notices with video evidence to vehicle owners’ phones.
As TraffiTech-GH takes effect, drivers must obey 50km/h in towns, 90km/h on highways, and 100km/h on motorways or risk an electronic violation notice.
Women in costumes pose at a crowd control fence in the middle of the street in central Seoul’s Itaewon, Oct. 31. Korea Times photo by Jon Dunbar How many years does it take a neighborhood to recover from tragedy? Four years ago, central Seoul’s multicultural Itaewon neighborhood suffered an unspeakable accident, when over 150 people…
Conveying congratulations from President John Dramani Mahama, Mr Iddrisu urged the Council to use its mandate to promote professional excellence, strengthen ethical standards, and respond to emerging challenges in banking. The Act empowers the Institute to regulate professional banking practice, set standards, administer examinations, and promote continuing professional development (CPD).
A member of a separated family leaves a message expressing longing for loved ones during a cultural event at Gwanghwamun Square in Seoul, Sept. 27, 2023, marking the first Separated Families Day. Two relatives from a family separated by the 1950-53 Korean War met for the first time in a third country in September, marking…
UNRWA’s West Bank director, Roland Friedrich, said the scenes in Hebron carry “alarming echoes” of the mass displacement in the northern occupied West Bank in early 2025, when Israeli military operations emptied the Jenin, Tulkarem and Nur Shams refugee camps. More than 34,000 Palestinian refugees from the Jenin, Tulkarem and Nur Shams camps remain displaced,…
Hanwha Philly Shipyard / Courtesy of Hanwha Group Hanwha Group has won its first contract to build a warship for the United States Navy after its acquisition of Philadelphia-based Philly Shipyard in December 2024, marking a tangible step forward in the Korea-U.S. shipbuilding cooperation initiative known as Make American Shipbuilding Great Again (MASGA). Hanwha Group…
President Lee Jae Myung bows beside first lady Kim Hea Kyung before boarding the presidential plane at Seoul Air Base in Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province, Sept. 21, to attend the U.N. General Assembly in New York and to make a state visit to Mexico. It was Lee’s latest overseas trip. Yonhap President Lee Jae Myung’s overseas…
