South Korea's leading automaker Hyundai Motors Co. said Tuesday it has unveiled a light truck designed for the local market at a Russian commercial car exhibition.Hyundai will promote the HD36L, a 2.5-liter diesel-powered light truck, at the 2017 Comtrans Commercial Vehicles Auto Show set to run this week in Moscow. The truck is based on the Mighty truck, which is available in South Korea, the company said in a statement.  This photo provided by Hyundai Motor shows its HD36L light truck in Mosco

South Korea said Tuesday there is no change in its push for a peace proposal toward North Korea despite Pyongyang's latest nuclear test, as it seeks to resolve the North's nuclear issue and improve inter-Korean ties.Seoul's vow to keep the initiative unveiled by President Moon Jae-in in Berlin came as tensions heightened after North Korea conducted its sixth and most powerful nuclear test Sunday."South Korea's proposal for dialogue still remains effective as it was for talks on easing military t

South Korean stocks traded lower late Tuesday morning as investors took a wait-and-see stance on the geopolitical tension on the Korean Peninsula sparked by Pyonyang's nuke provocations.The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index shed 3.11 points, or 0.13 percent, to 2,326.54 as of 11:20 a.m.Financial shares lost ground, with Shinhan Financial moving down 2.95 percent and Samsung Life Insurance dropping 0.89 percent. KB Financial plunged 4.08 percent. Top carmaker Hyundai Motor lost 0.7

A Hyundai Motor Co.'s plant in China was forced to suspend operations Tuesday as a German company refused to supply auto components due to payment problems, the South Korean carmaker said.Hyundai's plant in Cangzhou, Hebei District, was brought to a halt as the supplier has stopped delivering air intake components due to delayed payments, a company spokesman said over the phone."We are in talks with the German partner so work can resume at the No. 4 plant (in China)," he said without elaborating

South Korean oil refiners, led by SK Innovation Co., are expected to report stronger-than-expected earnings for the third quarter of the year on the back of good refining margins and solid demand for their key products, industry sources said Tuesday.The benchmark Singapore complex gross refining margin hovered around $8 per barrel last month, up from $7.40 in July, $6 in May and $5.80 in March, according to industry sources. Singapore is the regional trading hub of the benchmark Dubai crude.The

South Korean shipyards recaptured the No. 1 position in new orders worldwide in August amid a plunge in overall numbers, industry data showed Tuesday.According to the data compiled by global research firm Clarkson Research Institute, local shipbuilders clinched new orders worth a combined 130,000 compensated gross tons last month to build nine vessels. (Yonhap)Chinese rivals came next with 110,000 CGTs, or seven ships. Japanese shipyards bagged orders worth 40,000 CGTs or two ships.In the first

About a dozen South Korean defense manufacturers will promote their signature products at an international defense exhibition that kicked off Tuesday in Poland, Seoul officials said.The 25th International Defense Industry Exhibition MSPO will run till Friday in the central Polish city of Kielce, bringing together 650 defense companies from 35 countries across the globe.South Korea has been designated as the expo's lead nation in charge of making an opening speech and hosting of a joint seminar,

South Korea's top mobile messenger operator Kakao Corp. on Tuesday showcased its smart speaker, Kakao Mini, which will officially hit shelves later this month.Kakao, which also holds the country's No. 2 portal Daum under its wing, said the Kakao Mini will come with its artificial intelligence platform, Kakao I, along with voice recognition and software that can understand natural languages.The Kakao Mini is equipped with four high-end microphones to accurately capture users' speech. As the devic

South Korea's defense ministry said Tuesday it's seeking "all available military options" to counter North Korea's nuclear brinkmanship, referring to the possibility of getting US tactical nuclear weapons redeployed here.The Ministry of National Defense, however, reaffirmed Seoul's longstanding policy of making the peninsula free of nuclear weapons."There's no change in our government's denuclearization principle," the ministry's spokesman Moon Sang-gyun said at a press report.He was responding

The chief of South Korea's major public broadcaster MBC and one of his predecessors were questioned by the labor ministry Tuesday over allegations that they violated labor laws and unfairly exerted influence over personnel affairs at the company based on political bias. Kim Jang-kyom, president and CEO of MBC, appeared at a Seoul district agency of the Ministry of Employment and Labor to be interrogated over the suspicions, according to the ministry. He is accused of meddling in the news product

Senior defense ministry officials of South Korea and other Southeast Asian countries will gather in Seoul this week to discuss cooperation on regional security amid stepped-up tensions following North Korea's recent nuclear test. South Korea's Vice Defense Minister Suh Choo-suk will hold a meeting Wednesday with his counterparts from the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations, according to the ministry. South Korea`s Vice Defense Minister Suh Choo-suk. (Yonhap)They are expected to disc

Workers at GM Korea Co. will stage a partial strike Tuesday to demand higher wages as the company has not offered any satisfactory terms in this year's wage talks, the union said.GM Korea union said its day-shift workers in the company's plant in Bupyeong, about 30 kilometers west of Seoul, will carry out a four-hour strike and night-shift workers will also walkout for four hours. "The planned strikes are a normal part of wage negotiations," union spokesman Dang Sung-geun said by phone.  (Yonhap

Male infertility in South Korea rose dramatically in the past five years due to people getting married late, heavy workloads and stress, a local report said Tuesday.The number of male infertility cases surged 55 percent to 61,903 last year from 39,933 in 2011, according to the report by the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service.Female infertility, meanwhile, increased a mere 3 percent to 157,207 from 153,048 during the same time span.Infertility is defined by the inability to have a bab

A top US naval commander said Tuesday his country will keep sending formidable defense assets to the Korean Peninsula in combined deterrence and response to North Korea's "self-destructive" actions.Adm. Scott Swift, who commands the US Pacific Fleet, stressed that although South Koreans stand closest to the North's threats, they "do not face this aggressor alone."He cited the North's continued provocations, including "ill-advised" ballistic missile launches and inflammatory warnings of nuclear w

TASHKENT, Uzbekistan -- South Korean winger Son Heung-min said Monday he'll put the national team ahead of personal glory in an upcoming World Cup qualifier against Uzbekistan.South Korea will take on Uzbekistan at Bunyodkor Stadium in Tashkent at 8 p.m. Tuesday local time, or midnight Wednesday in Seoul. A win will send South Korea to their ninth consecutive FIFA World Cup. But anything less will lead to a much murkier picture, as South Korea's fate will be in the hands of other nations in Grou