The Korea Herald

Articles by Yonhap

LATEST NEWS

April 7, 2020 Industry

Korean Air calls for 6-month work stoppage for 70 pct of workforce

South Korea's No. 1 flag carrier, Korean Air Lines, said Tuesday that it will start a six-month-long work stoppage for more than 70 percent of its workforce, as the novel coronavirus wreaks havoc on ...

Top diplomats of S. Korea, UAE hold phone talks over coronavirus response

The top diplomats of South Korea and the United Arab Emirates held phone talks Tuesday over bilateral cooperation in fighting the new coronavirus, the foreign ministry here said. The conversation be...

April 7, 2020
Foreign Affairs
Moon wishes for British prime minister's recovery

South Korean President Moon Jae-in sent a message Tuesday to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who is receiving medical treatment for novel coronavirus. Moon wrote, in English, on his social med...

April 7, 2020
Foreign Affairs
Hit by coronavirus, overseas voter turnout at record-low

Disrupted by the coronavirus pandemic, overseas citizens' voting in South Korea's parliamentary elections recorded the lowest-ever turnout of 23.8 percent, the National Election Commission (NEC) said...

April 7, 2020
Politics
Moon appreciates quarantine workers' service at Incheon airport

President Moon Jae-in visited Incheon International Airport on Tuesday for a meeting with quarantine workers fighting the coronavirus on World Health Day, according to his Facebook message. He expre...

April 7, 2020
Politics
Seoul stocks up for 4th day on hopes for virus slowdown

South Korean stocks ended higher Tuesday, extending their gains to a fourth straight session as investor sentiment improved over signs that the spread of the coronavirus could be slowing. The Korean ...

April 7, 2020
Markets
S. Korea ranks 2nd in Q1 shipbuilding orders

South Korea received the second largest amount of new shipbuilding orders in the first quarter of the year after China, with global shipbuilding orders plunging 71 percent amid the spreading coronavi...

April 7, 2020
Industry
US again flies spy plane over Korean Peninsula

A US surveillance aircraft has flown over South Korea, an aviation tracker said Saturday, on an apparent mission to monitor North Korea following a series of major weapons tests by the communist nati...

April 7, 2020
Defense
[Newsmaker] From drive-thru markets to flower challenges, virus-hit businesses go creative

Small businesses and local governments in South Korea are testing out creative ideas as they seek to overcome a slump stemming from the new coronavirus that has infected more than 10,000 here. In th...

April 7, 2020
Retail
BOK to deliver additional $4.4b to banks via US currency swap this week

The Bank of Korea (BOK) said Tuesday that it will offer $4.41 billion to local banks this week in its second round of dollar funding using its bilateral currency swap arrangement with the US Fed that...

April 7, 2020
Money
S. Korea's Bigung guided rocket system passes Pentagon's testing scheme

South Korea's Bigung guided rocket system has passed a comparative test by the US defense department for foreign weapons, paving the way for exports to the US market, the arms procurement agency said...

April 7, 2020
Defense
S. Korea's tax revenue dips due to economic slump

South Korea's state tax revenue dropped from a year earlier in the first two months of 2020, the finance ministry said Tuesday, amid a slump caused by a steady decline in exports and problems stemmin...

April 7, 2020
Economy
USFK reports another virus case, total at 20

US Forces Korea (USFK) reported another coronavirus case from its air US Forces Korea (USFK) reported another coronavirus case from its air base in the city of Pyeongtaek on Tuesday, bringing the tot...

April 7, 2020
Defense
New virus cases fall below 50 for 2nd day, but vigilance urged

South Korea reported fewer than 50 new cases of the novel coronavirus Tuesday for the second straight day, but health authorities warned against complacency. South Korea has recorded around 100 or f...

April 7, 2020
Social affairs
Cheong Wa Dae still seeks Xi Jinping's 'early visit' to S. Korea: official

South Korea said Tuesday it is continuing consultations with China on an "early visit" here by President Xi Jinping, dismissing a news report that the two sides have retracted a related accord amid t...

April 7, 2020
Foreign Affairs

The Korea Herald by Herald Corporation

Address : Huam-ro 4-gil 10, Yongsan-gu,Seoul, Korea
Online newspaper registration No : Seoul 아03711
Date of registration : 2015.04.28
Publisher. Editor : Kwon Chung-won
Juvenile Protection Manager : Yang Sung-jin
Tel : 02.727.0114