An official works at Hana Bank’s dealing room in Seoul, Thursday. Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chul The Korean government on Friday pledged to take strict action against unfair practices in the capital market amid recent stock market volatility. Officials from the Ministry of Finance and Economy, the Bank of Korea, the Financial Services Commission…
Uzbek national Bozorov Akmal, left, embraces his father outside Changwon prison in Changwon, South Gyeongsang Province, Thursday, after being released following a court’s decision granting retrial. Yonhap An Uzbek man who spent more than 16 years behind bars serving a life sentence for robbery-murder and other charges was released Thursday after a court granted him…
Vibe coding allows people to use AI to build software without writing code themselves. And now, free AI-generated alternatives to popular programmes like Premiere Pro and Excel are emerging, sparking security concerns and hidden costs. Al Jazeera’s Farah Samir explains. Published On 16 Oct 202616 Oct 2026 Share Vibe coding: Game-changer or…
The Keta Municipal Assembly has handed over a newly constructed and fully furnished kindergarten (KG) block to Anlo State School at Abutiakope to protect pupils from floods and improve early childhood education in the area. Funded by the Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund), the facility replaces an old classroom structure located in a flood-prone section…
Vehicles for export stand ready at Pyeongtaek Port in Gyeonggi Province, Sept. 16, 2025. Yonhap Korea’s leading exporters face a growing risk of missing third-quarter earnings expectations as a sharp appreciation of the won erodes the local-currency value of sales generated in dollars, market analysts said Friday. The currency shift has prompted brokerages to lower…
Firefighters put out fire at a factory in Bucheon, Gyeonggi Province, Friday. Courtesy of Bucheon Fire Station One firefighter went into cardiac arrest and six other people were injured Friday following a fire at a factory in Bucheon, just west of Seoul, officials said. The fire broke out at the four-story metalworking factory at 8:38…
The deaths come as Jakarta says it will accept foreign help to tackle its worst forest fires in more than a decade. Published On 16 Oct 202616 Oct 2026 Four people tackling a wildfire in a national park on Indonesia’s island of Java have been killed, the Forestry Ministry said, as the country battles its…
Park Dong-il, second from right, deputy minister for industrial policy at the MInistry of Trade, Industry and Resources, speaks during a roundtable meeting in Seoul, Thursday. Yonhap President Lee Jae Myung on Friday appointed a new vice industry minister and a new deputy chief of the Financial Services Commission (FSC). Park Dong-il, a senior official…
Yoo Dam, right, daughter of former presidential candidate Yoo Seong-min, campaigns for her father during the 2017 presidential election. Yonhap Former opposition lawmaker Yoo Seong-min and three university officials have been referred to the prosecution for possible indictment over allegations of preferential treatment in the hiring of Yoo’s daughter as a professor by Incheon National…
President Lee Jae Myung speaks during a senior aides’ meeting held at Cheong Wa Dae in Seoul, Thursday. Yonhap President Lee Jae Myung’s approval rating rose slightly to 39 percent after weeks of decline, a weekly poll showed Friday. The survey, conducted by Gallup Korea from Tuesday through Thursday on 1,003 people aged 18 and…
