The latest FedEx Cup playoff winner will compete in the first PGA Tour event in South Korea next month, the organizers said Wednesday.Marc Leishman, who captured last week's BMW Championship, has committed to the CJ Cup @ Nine Bridges, which will be played from Oct. 19-22 at the Club at Nine Bridges on Jeju Island.CJ Group said it will be Leishman's first appearance in South Korea since competing for the International Team at the 2015 Presidents Cup in Incheon. This promotional poster of the CJ

NEW YORK -- South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Tuesday said his country will work to set an example of economic democracy for the rest of the world, saying his election following the peaceful ouster of his predecessor may have set such an example for political democracy.The remarks came as he accepted the Global Citizen Award from the Atlantic Council, a US think tank, becoming one of three winners of the annual award.Moon came into office on May 10, one day after the rare presidential by-ele

South Korea will determine if and when it will provide humanitarian assistance to North Korea by taking all relevant factors into consideration but it will be pursued regardless of any political situations, the country's top diplomat has said. Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha made the remark in a meeting held on Tuesday with Anthony Lake, executive director of the UN International Children's Emergency Fund on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly underway in New York. Foreign Minister Kang Kyu

NEW YORK -- South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Tuesday sought to assure the world community that the upcoming Winter Olympic Games in South Korea will be held peacefully, apparently dismissing the possibility of any attacks from North Korea.Moon said the event would rather serve as a chance to promote peace in the region if more countries and people took part to make it a complete success, according to his presidential office, Cheong Wa Dae.The remarks came in a meeting with Thomas Bach, pres

GWANGJU  -- On the Pittsburgh Pirates' roster this season, South Korean third baseman Kang Jung-ho has been conspicuous by his absence.The 30-year-old hasn't been able to secure his US work permit this year after his drunk driving conviction. He had his third impaired driving arrest in South Korea last December, and got an eight-month jail term, suspended for two years, in March. He lost his appeal two months later and his big league career remains in limbo sans visa.Sitting out the entire seaso

A nationwide shopping festival involving hundreds of retailers and traditional markets will begin next week, the government said Wednesday, as it aims to draw foreign travelers amid a sharp decline in the number of Chinese tourists.The annual Korea Sale FESTA, jointly organized by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, will kick off from Sept. 28 and run through Oct. 31. During the special bargain sales event, major retailers and manufacturers

WASHINGTON -- A US senator urged China on Tuesday to use the same aggressive approach to North Korea that it has used to punish South Korea for hosting a US missile defense system.Sen. Cory Gardner (R-CO) made the comment as North Korea has fired ballistic missiles and carried out its sixth nuclear test in defiance of international sanctions. US Sen. Cory Gardner. (Yonhap)"China has actually carried out its vindication. It's a vindictive campaign against South Korea, vindictiveness over the depl

NEW YORK -- US President Donald Trump has shown his firm resolve to maintain peace and security on the Korean Peninsula through his stern warning against North Korea, an official from South Korea's presidential office, Cheong Wa Dae. said Tuesday.In his address to the UN General Assembly, the US leader said his country will have no choice but to "totally destroy North Korea" if forced to defend itself or its allies.The strongly worded warning came after the communist North staged its sixth and a

A former chief of  Korea Aerospace Industries Co. has been detained for questioning in a major corruption scandal, prosecutors said Wednesday.The Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office put Ha Seong-yong, former CEO of the nation's sole aircraft manufacturer, into custody on charges of accounting fraud and negligence. The prosecution has 48 hours before it decides whether to seek an arrest warrant from a court.Prosecutors have been investigating KAI and its officials on allegations that they

BTS became the first Korean musician to break into the top 50 artists played on global music streaming service Spotify, according to its agency Wednesday."DNA," lead track of BTS' latest EP album "Love Yourself: Her," reached No. 50 on the Spotify's Global Top 50 playlist, according to Big Hit Entertainment. The chart ranks the most streamed artist on the platform on a daily basis. (Big Hit Entertainment)Based in Stockholm, Sweden, Spotify was launched in 2008 and currently has some 140 million

NEW YORK -- The leaders of South Korea and Britain agreed Tuesday to work together for a peaceful and fundamental resolution of the North Korean nuclear issue and expand their countries' economic relations through a bilateral free trade agreement.South Korean President Moon Jae-in and British Prime Minister Theresa May stressed the need to sternly deal with North Korean provocations, Seoul's presidential office Cheong Wa Dae said.The two met here on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly as Se

NEW YORK -- South Korean President Moon Jae-in and his Czech counterpart, Milos Zeman, agreed Tuesday to strengthen their countries' strategic partnership while also expanding their cooperation to new areas, including bio, artificial intelligence and information, and communications technology.In a bilateral summit on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York, Moon also asked the Czech president to help make the 2018 Winter Olympic Games in South Korea's PyeongChang a success."Presiden

South Korean stocks opened slightly higher Wednesday, following overnight gains on Wall Street.The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index added 1.9 points, or 0.08 percent, to 2,417.95 in the first 15 minutes of trading.On Tuesday (local time), US stocks closed at fresh record highs, with the S&P 500 inching up 0.11 percent and the Dow gaining 0.18 percent.  Most large caps on the Seoul bourse traded mixed, with marking kingpin Samsung Electronics shedding 0.04 percent.SK hynix, a

South Korea has no immediate plans to build nuclear-powered submarines nor has it discussed the issue with the United States, an official from Seoul's presidential office Cheong Wa Dae said Tuesday.A South Korean newspaper reported that the allies have already reached an agreement on the issue and that it will soon be announced. Cheong Wa Dae (Yonhap)"The report about an agreement between South Korea and the US about nuclear-propelled submarines is not true, and no agreement of any sort has been

South Korean biopharmaceutical maker Samsung BioLogics Co. has overhauled Swiss drug behemoth Lonza in terms of market value though its sales remain dwarfed by the latter's top line, industry sources said Wednesday.The market capitalization of Samsung BioLogics, a unit of South Korea's top conglomerate Samsung Group, came to 22.4 trillion won ($19.8 billion) as of Tuesday, compared with 22.1 trillion won for Lonza.Established in 1897, Lonza is a global pharmaceutical company that engages in both