South Korean rookie An Narin will have to wait for at least another tournament for her maiden LPGA title, after just missing the playoff in her third start of the season. An finished the JTBC Classic in third place at 15-under 273 at Aviara Golf Club in Carlsbad, California, on Sunday (local time). She ended up one shot out of the playoff between Nanna Koerstz Madsen of Denmark and Atthaya Thiti...

The head of the National Police Agency, Kim Chang-yong, tested positive for COVID-19 on Monday, officials said. The commissioner general got a positive result in a polymerase chain reaction test, the police officials said, adding that Kim will undergo seven-day quarantine and treatment till Sunday. (Yonhap)

President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol will meet with the Japanese ambassador to South Korea on Monday, his spokesperson said. Ambassador Koichi Aiboshi will pay a courtesy call on Yoon in the morning, Kim Eun-hye said during a press briefing. The meeting was initially scheduled for March 17 but postponed after Aiboshi tested positive for COVID-19. Yoon spoke with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida ...

South Korean stocks opened lower Monday, as investors remained cautious about the uncertainties related to the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the hawkish stance by the US Federal Reserve. The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index retreated 16.51 points, or 0.6 percent, to trade at 2,713.47 points as of 9:15 a.m. Stocks came off to a lackluster start as the Ukraine-Russian tensions contin...

South Korea's new daily COVID-19 cases fell below 200,000 for the first time in 25 days Monday, as the omicron-driven virus peak appears to have passed amid growing concerns over the spread of the even more transmissible "stealth omicron" subvariant. The country added 187,213 new coronavirus infections, including 25 cases from overseas, bringing the total caseload to 12,003,054, the Korea Diseas...

SINGAPORE , March 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Geberit Group, the European market leader in eco-friendly drainage systems, is supporting designers, developers and architects in Asia to create sustainable high-rise buildings with its ground-breaking SuperTube and Pluvia systems. Engineered to strike the balance between architecture and eco-friendly design, Geberit's space-saving technologies enab...

President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol will soon begin reviewing candidates for prime minister, with economics and business experts cited as some of the leading contenders for the job, sources said Monday. Chief of Staff Chang Je-won plans to recommend around five candidates to Yoon after receiving their profiles from the president-elect's human resources team, and the formal vetting process is expected ...

Sitting pretty atop their group with a spot in this year's FIFA World Cup already secured, South Korea will look to close out the regional qualifying phase on a high note against the United Arab Emirates (UAE) this week. South Korea will take on the UAE at Al Maktoum Stadium in Dubai at 5:45 p.m. Tuesday (local time), or 10:45 p.m. Tuesday (Seoul time). It will be the last matchday in Group A o...

Hyundai Motor Group's cumulative sales of eco-friendly vehicles in the United States surpassed the 500,000-unit mark in February, 11 years after its entry into the American market, the group said Monday. The group's two flagships -- Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp. -- sold a combined 15,218 environmentally friendly vehicles in the US last month, bringing their cumulative sales to 508,599 units. ...

SEJONG -- South Korea's energy imports spiked more than 85 percent this year on soaring international prices, government data showed Monday, burdening the country's trade balance and consumer inflation. The country's imports of oil, natural gas and coal came to $38.49 billion from Jan. 1-March 20, up 85.4 percent from a year earlier, according to the data from the Korea Customs Service. Crude o...

Across Europe, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has spurred a rethink of virtually all dimensions of security, from defense to energy. The war’s likely impact on security in East Asia, especially in Taiwan and Japan, has received far less attention. But the coming transformation may turn out to be just as profound. The Ukraine war, though far away, poses a substantial risk to East Asia. China is wat...

President Joe Biden and his top foreign policy advisers have demonstrated how effective diplomacy can be in a crisis. They have worked tirelessly to build a powerful, coordinated response to Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine. Though this has not yet ended the war, it has greatly increased the cost to Putin. It has also sucked up most of the oxygen in the White House, the National Security Council ...

“We aim to make Uzbekistan one of the world’s middle-income countries by 2030,” he stressed. Mirziyoev noted that the modern world economy is transitioning to digitalization and green technologies. Innovative development is paramount for development industries and business, he said. In a context where unique opportunities for business, entrepreneurship and international economic relations are o...

Artist Heo Wook is happiest when he draws lines to connect edges in his works. He has pursued an artistic concept of his own, which he calls “Cheomcheom,” that has evolved throughout his artistic career. After graduating from Beaux-Arts de Paris with degrees in drawing, painting, architecture and multimedia, Heo has explored how relationships are created among objects or people. The concept “Che...