South and North Korea have unearthed a piece of metal type at an ancient palace in the North's border city of Kaesong as they wrapped up a joint excavation project, a group of historians said Monday.The block of movable metal type was one of about 3,500 relics that have been excavated at the site of Manwoldae, a Goryeo Dynasty (918-1392) palace in Kaesong, during the six-month project, according to the group of the two Koreas' historians.South and North Korea kicked off the project on June 1 to

South Korea was No. 1 in development of its information and communications technologies (ICT), a U.N. agency said Monday, relegating Denmark to second place.On its Website, the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) said Asia's fourth-largest economy ranked first among 167 countries surveyed. Last year, South Korea lost its top spot to Denmark for the first time since 2010.Iceland came in at third, followed by Britain, Sweden, Luxembourg, Switzerland, the Netherlands and Finland. Hong Kong

Korea’s Fair Trade Commission has launched an investigation into allegations that the scandal-ridden Volkswagen Group misled Korean customers about its vehicles being overly eco-friendly and fuel-efficient, it was revealed Monday. If proved, the German carmaker may face fines of up to 2 percent of its sales in the country, the authorities said. The Korean government last week had slapped a recall order on 125,522 Volkswagen vehicles that are suspected of being equipped with its controversial emi

LOS ANGELES -- Volkswagen America CEO Michael Horn on Wednesday made a public apology over its emissions scandal, but said that full compensation will take time. “We will take the responsibility, but it will take time,” Horn said at the Volkswagen’s press briefing for the 2015 Los Angeles Auto Show, explaining that the company is still in talks with the U.S. environment authorities about the case. He said that the first step into the remedies has been taken, successfully. 　“Starting Nov. 9, we h

Kumho Tire is receiving applications from Vietnamese nationals who have a multicultural family in Korea and want to visit their home country next January as part of the company’s “Korean-Vietnamese Multicultural Family Homecoming” program. Since 2013, the tire maker has supported Vietnamese people who have settled in Korea through international marriage in visiting their home country with children in tow. A total of 43 families have benefited from the program providing return flight tickets and

Buddhist leaders of the two Koreas gathered in the North Korean border town of Kaesong, joining voices for reconciliation and peaceful reunification.The representatives from South Korea's Cheontae Order and the North's Buddhist federation held a joint ceremony in Kaeseong to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the reconstruction of Ryongtong Temple.Believed to have been the first Cheontae temple in Korea, Ryongtong Temple was destroyed by fire in the 16th century and damaged further by the 1950-

SDJ Corporation chairman Shin Dong-joo on Thursday rebutted Lotte Group chairman Shin Dong-bin’s claim that he had inflicted billions of won in damages to Lotte while he served as the vice chairman of Lotte Holdings in Japan. The eldest son of Lotte founder Shin Kyuk-ho and his younger brother Shin Dong-bin have been locking horns over the helm of the 90 trillion-won ($79 billion) Lotte Group for over three months, and their battle has recently evolved into a blame game. While Shin Dong-joo and