Korea Times Business Reporter
Kang Seung-woo is the Business Desk editor at The Korea Times. Prior to this position, he covered politics, national affairs, finance and sports.
Thailand has meant a lot to Korea. In the past, the Southeast Asian country dispatched more than 11,000 troops to fight in the 1950-53 Korean War, and it is currently the central hub in the region for the consumption of Korean culture, represented by hallyu, or the Korean wave.
President Yoon Suk Yeol is expected to replace Foreign Minister Park Jin in the near future, as the top diplomat, who is also a veteran politician, is seeking to run for a fifth term at the National Assembly, according to a high-placed source with direct knowledge of the Cabinet reshuffle.
Global creators composed of Koreans and foreign nationals who promote the meaning and value of the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) concluded five months of activities to promote the outcomes and values of Korea's overseas assistance.
A series of flip-flops on policy by the Yoon Suk Yeol administration is confusing the public.
In commemoration of World Taekwondo’s 50th anniversary, a taekwondo statue was unveiled at the Olympic Museum in Lausanne, Wednesday (local time).
Mayor of the Ukrainian city of Uman Iryna Pletnyova, center, and Deputy Mayor Oleg Ganich, second from right, pose after visiting K-water’s Busan Eco Delta City, Thursday. During the trip, they toured the agency’s decentralized smart water treatment plant and smart village platform center while discussing with Korean experts how to apply the facilities to Uman. Courtesy of K-water
The Korea Tourism Organization (KTO) and Velocity Ventures, a Singapore-based capital company, agreed to a Strategic Innovation Partnership, under which the two sides will support companies working with the Korea Tourism Startup Center in Singapore to expand business across Southeast Asia.
President Yoon Suk Yeol and other participants, including Defense Minister Shin Won-sik, fourth from right, Patriots and Veterans Affairs Minister Park Min-shik, seventh from left, and U.S. Ambassador to South Korea Philip Goldberg, sixth from left, observe a moment of silence during a ceremony at the War Memorial of Korea in central Seoul, Thursday, to mark the 73rd anniversary of the Battle of Lake Changjin, also known as the Battle of Chosin Reservoir, a major battle of the 1950-53 Korean War. Yonhap