Common stock under Samsung saw combined 111.5 trillion won gain in asset value this year while awarding 6 trillion won in increased stock wealth to members of Samsung’s owner family

Fear spreads over increase in secret filming of women

Stephen Craig Paddock, the retired accountant who smuggled an armory's worth of weapons into a swank Las Vegas hotel and mowed down concert-goers from a 32nd story window, was a high-stakes gambler whose bank-robber father was once on the FBI's most wanted list.The 64-year-old had a home in a tranquil golf course retirement community in Mesquite, Nevada, 80 miles (130 kilometers) east of the gambling hub and, according to a brother, showed no sign he was poised to commit mass murder. This undate

Quarantine authorities held an emergency meeting Monday to combat infestations of stinging fire ants, after they were discovered in Busan where a potential nest was found last week.Authorities inspect a potential fire ant nest at a harbor in the southern port city of Busan, Tuesday. YonhapFound for the first time in the South Korea, the species native to South America is known to inflict painful bites that in some cases lead to anaphylactic shock and death. According to news reports, workers at

Retail giant Lotte officially launched its new holding company Sunday, changing its governance system to strengthen Chairman Shin Dong-bin‘s control of the group and simplify its web of complex cross-holdings. The plan to create Lotte Corporation, the holding company, was announced in April by the group and approved by shareholders in late August. Touted as a part of Chairman Shin’s moves to increase management transparency at the group, the holding company merged the investment entities of four

With the war of words between the US and North Korea showing no signs of subsiding, growing attention is being focused on what Kim Jong-un’s next move will be.North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong-ho on Sept. 21 said Pyongyang may detonate a hydrogen bomb in the Pacific Ocean, during his visit to New York to attend the annual UN General Assembly. This came in response to US President Donald Trump’s earlier threats that the US could “totally destroy” North Korea if it refuses to halt its provocat

Playboy founder Hugh M. Hefner, the pipe-smoking hedonist who revved up the sexual revolution in the 1950s and built a multimedia empire of clubs, mansions, movies and television, symbolized by bow-tied women in bunny costumes, has died at age 91. Hefner died of natural causes at his home surrounded by family on Wednesday night, Playboy said in a statement.  This Oct.13, 2011 file photo shows American magazine publisher, founder and Chief Creative Officer of Playboy Enterprises, Hugh Hefner at h

Investigation centered on why Kim Kwang-seok's widow concealed the death for a decade

Probe into intelligence agency's alleged 2012 online campaign in favor of then-presidential candidate Park Geun-hye expands

State prosecutors are set to launch an investigation this week into allegations that the National Intelligence Service blacklisted media professionals deemed unfriendly to the Lee Myung-bak administration, sources said Sunday.  The Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office, which is looking into the NIS over its involvement in blacklisting left-wing figures under the Lee administration, is reported to be planning to question individuals on the list starting this week. Union workers of major Sou

At least 400 dog meat farmers staged a protest in Gwanghwamun Square in central Seoul on Friday, calling on the government to legalize the dog meat trade and classify dogs used as pets separately from those raised for human consumption. Unleashed dogs are inside cages during the dog meat farmers' protest in central Seoul, Friday. YonhapIn one of the largest pro-dog meat rallies ever held in South Korea, an association of Korean dog meat farmers marched toward the presidential office Cheong Wa Da

Nearly a year after the implementation of an anti-corruption law, 9 in 10 Koreans said the law was effective, a recent survey showed, despite an ongoing debate on whether to raise price ceilings, as the law bans those subject to it from receiving meals and gifts exceeding designated prices.A flower shop owner looks at the empty store. YonhapAccording to a survey conducted last month by professor Lim Dong-kyun from University of Seoul, 89.5 percent of some 1,202 respondents said that the new law

The prosecution on Wednesday began looking into a complaint filed against former President Lee Mung-bak that he masterminded the national spy agency’s alleged smear campaign against Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon, then a vocal critic of him. The former president has been under siege amid mounting accusations of alleged state-led irregularities during his 2009-2013 presidency, including the spy agency’s election manipulation and suppression of left-wing cultural figures. Former President Lee Myung-bak

Credibility appears to be biggest concern for KAI ahead of $10b US project

In South Korea, some 700,000, or 1 in 10 of the elderly population, suffer from dementia, but this number will balloon to 2.7 million by 2050 amid the nation’s rapidly aging society, data from a ministry showed Monday. First lady Kim Jung-sook (right) participates in a program to support dementia patients. YonhapAccording to the Ministry of Health and Welfare, among South Koreans aged 65 or older, 725,000 are estimated to be suffering from dementia this year. The number will reach 1 million in 2