The South Korean stock market is likely to continue its upward move next week as investor sentiment is boosted by a stimulus measure in the eurozone and continued buying by foreign investors, analysts said.The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) closed at 2,012.94 points on Friday, marking the highest level in five months and a 1.2 percent rise from a week ago, as the European Central Bank's upgrade in its growth estimate for the eurozone economy and a bond-purchasing program set

The US economy pumped out a strong 295,000 net new jobs in February despite some severe weather disruptions and mounting layoffs in the oil industry, the Labor Department reported Friday.The better-than-expected jobs number sent the unemployment rate down to 5.5 percent, from 5.7 percent previously and the lowest level since May 2008.Hiring was strong in restaurants, health care, and administrative services, and steady in construction and retail trade.The oil and gas industry, just beginning to

President Park Geun-hye met with hundreds of South Korean troops in the United Arab Emirates on Friday to boost their morale on the third and last day of her visit to the wealthy Gulf state."I am overwhelmed to see our troops in the UAE," Park, wearing a Navy jacket, said in a meeting with about 200 soldiers aboard the Dae Jo Yeong, a 4,400-ton South Korean destroyer, anchored at Zayed Port in the heart of the UAE capital.Park -- the first commander-in-chief to visit a South Korean warship deplo

A 55-year-old South Korean activist was taken into custody Friday on charges of attempting to murder the top U.S. diplomat in Seoul.Kim Ki-jong also faces charges of violence against a foreign envoy and business obstruction in the shocking attack on U.S.Ambassador to South Korea Mark Lippert the previous day.Wielding a 25-centimeter fruit knife, Kim slashed the ambassador five times at a performance hall in downtown Seoul where the envoy was to give a speech. The wounds weren't life-threatening,

Samsung Electronics Co. is about to find out just how costly its four-year patent fight with Apple Inc. has been. Each side spent hundreds of millions of dollars in legal bills to answer these fundamental questions: What’s the value of a single feature in a smartphone or tablet? And is it worth more if the inventor has a reputation for being cool? That’s the crux of arguments to be made Wednesday when the top U.S. patent court in Washington hears an appeal in one of two remaining cases in the “s

North Korea's hope to win recognition as a nuclear state will never be realized as Pyongyang is the most "blatant" case of nuclear proliferation, a ranking Seoul diplomat said Wednesday.The remarks by South Korean Vice Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul came as North Korea seeks to advance its nuclear capability amid the long-stalled multilateral denuclearization talks."The international community will never grant any status (of a nuclear-weapon state) whatsoever to the country known for the most blat

구글코리아가 올해도 가장 입사하고 싶은 외국계 기업으로 뽑혔다.취업포털 사람인은 대학생과 구직자 1천424명을 대상으로 설문조사한 결과 43.0%가 구글코리아를 가장 입사하고 싶은 외국계 기업으로 선택했다고 2일 밝혔다.구글코리아는 2008년부터 사람인의 외국계 기업 선호도 조사에서 7년 연속 1위를 차지했다.유한킴벌리(16.2%)가 작년에 이어 올해도 2위에 올랐다. 3위는 한국쓰리엠(15.8%)이다. 한국쓰리엠 순위는 작년보다 2단계 상승했다.이어 BMW코리아(8.2%), 애플코리아(7.5%), 한국P&G(7.1%), 한국로디아(5.6%), GE코리아(5.4%), 한국마이크로소프트(4.5%), 홈플러스(4.4%)가 10위 안에 들었다.외국계 기업의 장점으로는 복지 제도(38.6%)를 꼽았다. 이어 서구식 기업 문화(22.4%), 연봉 및 능력에 따른 보상(11.9%), 외국 근무 기회(11.9%), 기업 인지도·브랜드 가치(10.7%) 등이 뒤따랐다.외국계 기업에 입사할 때 필요