When South Korean club Anyang Halla try to win their third straight Asia League Ice Hockey title in the upcoming season, they'll have to do so without about a dozen players for about half the time.That's because the South Korean national team will call up its players in the buildup to the PyeongChang Winter Olympics next February. Anyang Halla, stocked with talent, could lose up to 12 players starting in November, when South Korea will set up camp and start playing tune-up games.The regular seas

SACHEON -- Police on Monday raided the offices of South Korea's sole aircraft manufacturer, Korea Aerospace Industries Co., in a southern city, as part of a corruption probe involving some employees, officials said. Korea Aerospace Industries factory in South Korea`s southeastern city of Sacheon in this photo provided by KAI. (Yonhap)A group of investigators searched the divisions in charge of factory construction and accounting at the company headquarters in Sacheon, 437 kilometers south of Seo

South Korea's two major business lobby groups have come under criticism for not playing their roles in major corporate and labor issues, market sources said Monday. The Federation of Korean Industries and the Korea Employers Federation haven't made their official stance toward the government's recent appointment of a former labor activist as chief of the Economic and Social Development Commission and an imminent court ruling on the matter of calculating regularly paid bonuses as part of standard

The new leader of the minor opposition People's Party renewed his pledge to strongly keep the ruling bloc in check on Monday, heralding a tough road ahead for President Moon Jae-in seeking its legislative support for his reform agenda.Co-founder and former presidential candidate Ahn Cheol-soo reclaimed the party's leadership on Sunday, vowing to cement its identity as a "practical, middle-of-the-road" political force and play an active role to keep the government from growing "self-righteous and

South Korea's shipping industry is still reeling from the fallout from Hanjin Shipping Co.'s bankruptcy last year as the remaining companies have yet to fill the vacuum left by Hanjin, once the nation's top player, analysts said Monday.Hanjin Shipping, previously the world's seventh-largest shipper, was put under court receivership in September last year as its creditors rejected a self-rescue plan and refused to save the failing business before it was declared bankrupt in early February.Hanjin

CJ Cheiljedang Corp., South Korea's leading maker of processed foods, said Monday it has completed the acquisition of a Brazilian company to expand its foothold in the vegetable protein business.Earlier in June, the Korean firm announced its plan to buy Selecta, a Brazilian company that manufactures soy protein concentrate, for 360 billion won ($320 million). It is a world-leading manufacturer of sustainable vegetable protein with sales reaching some 400 billion won last year. Its 2016 operating

A remake album celebrating the 25th anniversary of groundbreaking Korean pop musician Seo Tai-ji's debut will also be released in limited vinyl copies, according to the publisher Monday.The Seo Tai-ji Co. said that it has printed 2,500 LP editions of "Time: Traveler," a 20-song album consisting of covers of Seo's past catalogue, which will come out Saturday.  (Seo Taiji Company)The retrospective album is a collection of songs produced by today's leading K-pop artists, including BTS, Suran, Younh

Singer BoA has been tapped as the promotional ambassador for the Jeju Biennale, an inaugural international art event on the resort island of Jeju, the organizer said Monday."BoA's image of always challenging herself and trying to adapt to different trends in the Korean music scene while globally raising the profile of K-pop matches exactly with what the Jeju Biennale is pursuing," said the organizer Jeju Museum of Art in a statement. BoA (Yonhap)The singer will attend the opening ceremony at the

"The Battleship Island" has been invited to a competition category of this year's Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia in Spain, the movie's local distributor said Monday.Sitges, one of the world's largest genre film festivals, is set to run from Oct. 5-15 in the city located 35 kilometers southwest of Barcelona.The Korean historical action flick will be shown in the Orbita section for introducing most notable films of the year and honoring a title chosen by the jury compose

Three homegrown films -- "V.I.P.", "A Taxi Driver" and "Midnight Runners" -- waged a neck-and-neck race for box office dominance sweeping the top three posts over the weekend, data showed Monday.According to the computerized box office figures from the Korean Film Council, "V.I.P." topped the weekend chart by selling 598,717 tickets. Directed by Park Hoon-jung, the crime thriller starring Jang Dong-gun, Kim Myung-min, Lee Jong-suk and Park Hee-soon is expected to surpass the 1 million mark on Mo

South Korean stocks traded lower Monday morning, with market heavyweights coming under foreign selling. The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index shed 7.98 points, or 0.34 percent, to 2,370.53 as of 11:15 a.m.Market kingpin Samsung Electronics fell 1.49 percent. SK hynix, a major chipmaker, declined 1.02 percent, and POSCO, the No. 1 steelmaker, was down 0.6 percent.Naver, the country's top Internet portal operator, gained 0.5 percent.Hyundai Motor, the No. 1 automaker, remained flat.The l

South Korea's national football team will train with a full squad this week as Europe-based players are to return home Monday for the upcoming World Cup qualifiers.South Korea, led by head coach Shin Tae-yong, called up 26 players for their last two matches in the final Asian qualifying round for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. The Taeguk Warriors are scheduled to host Iran on Thursday and take on Uzbekistan five days later.Sixteen players -- mostly domestic K League Classic-based -- have been training

South Korea's Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha met a US congressional delegation Monday to discuss North Korea and pending bilateral issues.Ed Royce (R-CA), the chairman of the US House Foreign Relations Committee, arrived in Seoul on Sunday for a four-day trip with three other Congressmembers."We brought a large bipartisan delegation again here in order to express our desire to continue to build on a relationship between South Korea and the US," Royce said at the start of the meeting."We are loo

Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Kwon Oh-hyun delivered an official statement to staff on Monday on the latest verdict on the firm's heir-apparent Lee Jae-yong, urging workers to continue giving best efforts at their respective positions."Although this situation of uncertainties is regrettable, we should all steadily wait until the truth is revealed," Kwon said in a statement sent to employees. On Friday, the Seoul Central District Court found Lee guilty of bribery, embezzlement and other charg

North Korea on Monday condemned President Moon Jae-in's recent "red-line" warning over its weapons programs, calling it "silly" talk.Moon said on Aug. 17 that North Korea would be crossing a red line if it weaponizes a nuclear-tipped intercontinental ballistic missile. It marked the first time that South Korea's president clarified what the red line means."It is presumptuous of South Korea's leader to talk about a red line even as its master (the United States) does not dare to bring about," the