A Mugunghwa train crashed into a high-speed train, the KTX-Sancheon, at 9:25 a.m. at Seoul Station in central Seoul, according to Korail.
Shares of steelmaking companies surged Thursday morning as U.S. President Joe Biden urged for a triple tariff on Chinese steel and aluminum.
Finance Minister Choi Sang-mok stressed the need for Korea to cooperate with the United States and Japan in addressing market volatility.
President Yoon Suk Yeol and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida held a 15-minute conversation, in which Kishida explained the results of his state visit to Washington for a summit with U.S. President Joe Biden last week.
Korea must draw up its diplomatic strategy focused on the Korea-U.S. alliance to ensure its survival.
Sang-dong Mine in Gangwon is assessed to hold the world’s largest reserve as a single mine.
The supply chain resilience agreement under the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework went into effect on Wednesday, the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy said.
More than half of foreign wage workers in Korea earned between 2 million and 3 million won per month last year, according to Statistics Korea.
Hanwha Ocean, the world's third-largest shipbuilder by order backlog, said Wednesday it clinched a 176.4-billion-won ($127 million) order to build a liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) carrier for a shipper based in the Americas.
Sogang University will work with Seongnam to foster semiconductor and AI talent, creating the Sogang-Pangyo Digital Innovation Campus in the city.
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