Two South Korean fishermen kidnapped in waters off Ghana in August have been released, their company said Saturday. The two were abducted on Aug. 28 when their Ghanaian-flagged fishing vessel was attacked by a group of armed militants in waters 200 kilometers southeast of Ghana. The boat had a total of 50 crew members, but the militants had only taken the two South Koreans hostage, Seoul officials said earlier.  "The crew members were released just now," an official from their

South Korean shares are likely to move in a tight range in the coming week amid rising uncertainties from the presidential election and stimulus talks in the United States, analysts said on Saturday. The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) closed at 2,341.53 points on Friday, dropping 2.11 percent from the previous Thursday, the last session before the holiday weekend. Local analysts attributed the KOSPI's weekly decline to the resurgence in COVID-19 outbreaks at home. South K

North Korea said on Friday it has embarked on an "80-day battle" to see progress in recovery from COVID-19, floods and typhoons, as well as better economy. The Rodong Sinmun, the official newspaper of the North Korean Workers’ Party, said in an editorial that the country "cannot successfully seize the extensive and pressing goals ahead of us by the year-end with the usual level of supervision and working attitude." "(We) must robustly fight on to achieve a glorio