For the fourth consecutive season, the South Korean club football title will come down to Ulsan Hyundai FC and Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors. And the two bitter rivals will meet for one last time this season Saturday. The murky title picture could gain more clarity after the weekend, or it could get thrown into even further chaos. The kickoff is at 4:30 p.m. Saturday at Munsu Football Stadium in the southeastern city of Ulsan. Ulsan are holding on to a five-point lead over Jeonbuk at 69-54. Third-place

Sales of imported vehicles in South Korea rose 17 percent last month from a year earlier despite the extended chip shortage, an industry association said Thursday. The number of newly registered foreign vehicles stood at 23,928 units last month, up from 20,406 units a year ago, the Korea Automobile Importers & Distributors Association (KAIDA) said in a statement. The three bestselling models last month were the BMW 520 sedan, Mercedes-Benz's E 250 sedan and Volkswagen's ID.4 all-electric SUV

The ruling People Power Party (PPP) was set to hold an ethics committee meeting Thursday to decide on an additional penalty for former Chairman Lee Jun-seok over his harsh criticism of President Yoon Suk-yeol and the party. Lee has openly gone up against President Yoon and his core associates, after the PPP suspended his party membership in July over allegations of sexual bribery and an attempted cover-up, and launched an emergency leadership committee that automatically removed him from office.

The presidential National Security Council strongly condemned North Korea's launch of two short-range ballistic missiles into the East Sea on Thursday, warning of strong countermeasures as demonstrated by the redeployment of a US aircraft carrier into South Korean waters. President Yoon Suk-yeol was briefed immediately after the launch and the NSC held a meeting presided over by National Security Adviser Kim Sung-han, according to the presidential office. Thursday's launch was the Nort

NEW YORK -- South Korea, Japan and some Western member countries of the United Nations issued a joint statement Wednesday condemning North Korea for its ballistic missile provocation. The move came after the council failed to reach an agreement on additional sanctions or adopt an official statement against the North in a meeting over the North's intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) launch earlier this week. The other signatories were two other permanent members of the council -- Brit

South Korea's new COVID-19 cases fell below 30,000 Thursday, slightly down from a week ago, amid concerns over rising reinfection rates ahead of the winter flu season. The country reported 28,648 new COVID-19 infections, including 82 from overseas, bringing the total caseload to 24,911,497, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said. Thursday's count is down from 30,861 cases a week ago and more than halved from 72,620 four weeks ago, showing the virus wave has subside

A largely disappointing regular season for South Korean players in Major League Baseball (MLB) drew to a conclusion across the United States on Wednesday, with two of five Koreans who saw action this year moving on to the postseason. One of them, San Diego Padres shortstop Kim Ha-seong, was the best of the South Korean bunch in 2022. In his second big league season, Kim established himself as a strong defender at a premium position while also showing improvements at the plate. Kim finished with

South Korean stocks opened higher Thursday despite overnight US losses, on the back of solid gains in big-cap tech shares. The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) added 18.93 points, or 0.85 percent, to 2,234.15 in the first 15 minutes of trading. Overnight, the Dow Jones Industrial Average shed 0.14 percent, and the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite went down 0.25 percent, following strong gains of the previous two sessions. Some expect a softer tone from the Federal Reserve on moneta

President Yoon Suk-yeol is set to speak by phone with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Thursday following a series of North Korean missile tests that included a launch over Japan. The plan for a phone call was announced Wednesday, a day after North Korea fired an intermediate-range ballistic missile that flew over Japan before crashing into the Pacific Ocean. The launch was the biggest provocation by North Korea in years and sent the Japanese people scrambling to evacuate while suspendin

Phishing scams in South Korea have caused more than 1.76 trillion won ($1.24 billion) in damage over the past five years, with less than 30 percent of the stolen money being retrieved, government data showed Thursday. Phishing is a process in which victims are conned into sharing their personal passwords or security codes via phone calls, messages or emails, allowing fraudsters to access their bank accounts. Money transfer scams, in which victims are deceived by scammers mostly impersonating inv

North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles toward the East Sea on Thursday, South Korea's military said, after a US nuclear-powered aircraft carrier was redeployed to the waters the previous day. The Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said it detected the launches from the Samsok area in Pyongyang between 6:01 a.m. and 6:23 a.m. It did not provide other details. The launches came just two days after the North's intermediate-range ballistic missile launch over Japan. "While strengthening

South Korea's foreign reserves shrank at the fastest pace in about 14 years last month as authorities unloaded dollars to stall the local currency's excessive slide against the greenback, central bank data showed Thursday. The Bank of Korea (BOK), however, dismissed worries that the country's foreign reserves might not be sufficient enough to defend the won down the road and brace for a financial crisis. The country's foreign reserves had stood at $416.77 billion as of end-Se

North Korea condemned the United States Thursday for redeploying a US aircraft carrier into the waters east of South Korea, saying that the move poses a "grave" threat to stability in the region. The North's foreign ministry made the condemnation in a public notice, a day after the USS Ronald Reagan aircraft carrier returned to waters near the Korean Peninsula for a joint exercise with South Korea and Japan following the North's firing of an intermediate-range ballistic missi

WASHINGTON -- US Secretary of State Antony Blinken urged North Korea to engage in dialogue on Wednesday, saying its provocative actions will only lead to increased condemnation and isolation. The top US diplomat said the North will also face increased repercussions from the international community if they continue to take such actions. "We believe that North Korea would be much better served by not only refraining from these actions, but actually engaging in dialogue," Blinken said in

WASHINGTON -- US Special Representative for North Korea Sung Kim has called on the recalcitrant state to cease its provocative actions and return to dialogue, the state department said Wednesday. In a trilateral call with his South Korean and Japanese counterparts -- Kim Gunn and Takehiro Funakoshi, respectively -- the US envoy also condemned North Korea's recent missile launch, according to department spokesperson Ned Price. "Special Representative Kim strongly condemned the DPRK'