[Newsmaker] Seoul to extend visas for foreign workers to address rural...
Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun speaks at the disaster response meeting on Wednesday. (Yonhap)The South Korean government will take steps to extend visas for foreign...
Indonesia farms see boom in online sales of sacrificial animals for...
BOGOR, Indonesia: As Indonesian Muslims prepare to celebrate the Eid al-Adha festival, farms are seeing a boom in online sales that limit the need...
Military to resume reserve forces’ training in September in scaled-back manner...
(Yonhap)The defense ministry decided to hold this year's regular training sessions for reserve forces in a scaled-back manner starting in September after monthslong delay...
Screen golf a serious sport in South Korea
DAEJEON, South Korea: On the final green of the tournament, Ha Ki-won carefully took his stance and addressed the ball. A gentle strike, and...
Korea seeks to extend foreign workers’ stay permits to cope with...
(South Korean Embassy in Iraq-Yonhap)South Korea will push to extend stay permits for foreign migrant workers who cannot return home due to the coronavirus...
Govt, opposition at loggerheads over FATF, NAB legislations
The opposition and the government on Tuesday failed to reach a consensus on legislation related to the action plan of the Financial Action Task...
Marlins shut down until next week after virus cases: MLB
LOS ANGELES - Major League Baseball shut down the Miami Marlins for the remainder of the week on Tuesday after four more members of...
Seoul, Washington lift limitations on Korea’s use of solid rocket fuel
National security advisor Kim Hyun-chong. (Yonhap)South Korean government, military and private organizations are now able to develop solid-fuel launch vehicles following the latest revision...
Central Retail Vietnam revenues surpass US$1.1 billion after rapid expansion
Thai retail conglomerate Central Group plans to cover 90 per cent of Vietnam’s provinces within five years via subsidiary Central Retail.
Central launched in...
‘Already punished’: Acquitted Hong Kong protest couple rebuild
HONG KONG - Henry Tong and Elaine To were preparing to spend their first wedding anniversary in separate prison cells -- until their acquittal...
