Returning home with a World Cup spot, South Korea football coach Shin Tae-yong said Thursday his side will now try to play attacking football.South Korea confirmed their ninth consecutive World Cup appearance Tuesday after they played to a draw with Uzbekistan in Tashkent. They finished in second place in Group A in the final Asian qualifying round with 15 points, two points above third-place Syria. In Asia, only the top two teams in Groups A and B directly advance to the World Cup in Russia, wh

Samsung Electronics Co. on Thursday kicked off preorders for its new flagship smartphone, the Galaxy Note 8, ahead of the official release slated for later this month.The South Korean giant plans to ship the new phablets to early adopters starting Sept. 15, ahead of the official released slated for Sept. 21.Samsung Electronics finalized the price tag of 64 gigabyte Galaxy Note 8 at 1.09 million won ($962), which is slightly higher than its predecessor, the Galaxy Note 7, which was priced at 989,

South Korea is expected to see the number of single senior household heads jump in the future and exceed 1 million in about a quarter-century, a government agency said Thursday.According to Statistics Korea, the number of unmarried household heads aged 65 and older is forecast to increase steadily to reach 52,000 this year before skyrocketing to 1.04 million in 2043.The figure, which rose 7.6 percent to 47,000 in 2016 compared to the previous year, is projected to grow at a double-digit rate eac

The embattled leader of the minor opposition Bareun Party stepped down Thursday over a graft scandal that threatened to derail the party's efforts to reform conservative politics.Lee Hye-hoon faces a prosecutorial probe over allegations that a businesswoman gave cash and gifts worth about 60 million won ($53,022) to her over nearly a dozen occasions from October 2015 to March this year. Lee flatly denies it. Lee Hye-hoon (Yonhap)"I apologize for causing concern due to my failure to fulfill the h

The leaders of South Korea and Japan on Thursday condemned North Korea's recent nuclear test and pledged to enhance cooperation between the two countries to tackle its threat to regional security."Japanese people and the South Korean public have come to be greatly concerned due to North Korea's continuing provocations," South Korean President Moon Jae-in said during a bilateral summit with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on the sidelines of a regional economic forum in the Russian far eastern

Samsung Electronics Co. maintained its top global smartphone maker title in June and July, data showed Thursday, with China-based Huawei Technologies Inc. rising to No. 2 for the first time ever on a monthly basis.According to the data compiled by Counterpoint Research, Samsung Electronics accounted for more than 20 percent of the world's smartphone market in the two-month period, holding onto a solid lead.Huawei posted shares hovering above 10 percent in June and July, beating US Apple Inc. for

The United States does not plan to withdraw from its free trade agreement with South Korea for now, a report quoted sources as saying Wednesday.According to Inside US Trade, the White House assured key lawmakers that it would not push forward on its earlier plan to weigh termination of the five-year-old pact known as KORUS.Last week, there were reports that President Donald Trump had instructed advisers to prepare for a withdrawal after the first South Korea-US meeting in August that discussed p

Hundreds of protesters clashed with police who tried to clear the way for the deployment of four more rocket launchers of a US missile defense system early Thursday. The clash occurred as police were attempting to disperse about 400 residents from their community center near the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense base in Seongju, some 300 kilometers south of Seoul.Dozens of residents and police were hurt and taken to nearby hospitals. (Yonhap)About 8,000 policemen were deployed in Seongju as ab

Ford Motor Company, Mitsubishi Motors Corporation and BMW will recall faulty parts in more than 1,000 vehicles sold in South Korea, the transport ministry said Thursday.Ford will recall 626 Lincoln MKZs and eight Fusion sedans manufactured in 2013 to replace faulty door latches. Mitsubishi issued a recall for 606 Outlander SUVs made between 2008 and 2012 due to a potential problem with the front windscreen wiper system. The carmaker has identified a weakness with the electric wiper motor, which

Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon abruptly called off a lunch meeting with the press planned to mark his 100th day in office Thursday amid violent clashes between police and villagers in a southeastern town over the deployment of additional launchers for the US THAAD missile defense system.Lee's office sent members of the press corps a mobile phone text message Thursday morning that the press meeting has been postponed. No specific reason was given, but sources said that tensions over the THAAD deploym

LG Group, which has been aggressively expanding its presence in the vehicle components sector, made clear it is not moving to build electric vehicles (EVs), industry sources said Thursday."We are not even considering manufacturing a complete vehicle," an LG Group official stressed.Industry watchers have been speculating that LG Group may jump into car production as its affiliates recently expanded investment in the vehicle components businesses. (Korea Herald DB)Last month, LG Electronics Inc. s

Four more interceptor launchers for a US missile defense system entered a southern military base Thursday after clashes between police and protesters that resulted in dozens of injuries.The arrival of the launchers and other equipment came some 14 months after Seoul and Washington decided to deploy the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system to Seongju, some 300 kilometers south of Seoul, to counter escalating North Korean threats. THAAD launchers enter US base (Yonhap)Clashes occurre

U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis assured his South Korean counterpart that any North Korean threat to the allies will be met with a "massive, effective, and overwhelming" military response, his spokesperson said Wednesday.During a phone call Tuesday, Mattis and South Korean Defense Minister Song Young-moo discussed North Korea's sixth and most powerful nuclear test conducted over the weekend."Secretary Mattis assured Minister Song that the United States remains ironclad in its commitment to the

U.S. President Donald Trump has said talks with North Korea are off the table for now, the White House said Wednesday, after Pyongyang conducted it sixth and most powerful nuclear test.Trump made the remark during a phone call with British Prime Minister Theresa May on Tuesday during which the leaders discussed Sunday's test of what North Korea claimed was an H-bomb that can be mounted on a long-range missile."President Trump reiterated that now is not the time to talk to North Korea, and made c

Four more THAAD rocket launchers will be installed this week at the US missile defense base in South Korea, the Ministry of National Defense announced Wednesday.It said the US Forces Korea will position the launchers at its new base in Seongju, some 300 kilometers south of Seoul, on Thursday.The move comes after North Korea's recent string of ballistic missile and nuclear tests.The ministry stressed the urgency of mobilizing the assets, now stored at a nearby USFK compound, amid growing threats