Asia South Korea A 20 June petition demanding the impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol for ‘the omnishambles that South Korea is facing’ has generated thousands of signatures, setting the conditions for a parliamentary committee to hold two hearings to deal with it
Asia South Korea May and June saw efforts to enhance relations with China and engageme across multiple fronts in Asia and Africa, to foster economic cooperation and security and navigate complex international dynamics, says SK Report of Asan Institute for Policy Studies
Asia South Korea A survey conducted with 130 presidents of universities showed 52,7% saw attracting foreign students as a key to secure operations of their institutes, as more and more universities in South Korea face financial crises due to a shrinking student population
Asia South Korea Four months into the prolonged medical standoff, patients are once again left on edge as medical staff, private practitioners and the largest lobbying group for doctors voted to strike on 18 June to protest the drastic medical school quota expansion
Asia South Korea Korea-Africa Summit opens tomorrow Tuesday 4 June 2024 in Seoul as Korea seeks to expand diplomacy with 48 African nations, essential partners to realize the country's vision of becoming a global pivotal state and secure stable supply of natural resources
Asia South Korea The national space agency said it will work to develop small reusable space rockets in collaboration with the private sector and explore one of the stable Lagrange points in a bid to make of South Korea a top-five global space power
Asia South Korea NATO hosted military staff talks with Korea at HQ in Brussels, with discussions focusing on resilience building and future opportunities for cooperation; the previous military staff talks had taken place place in 2023 in Seoul
Asia South Korea Hyundai Motor Group has surpassed Volkswagen Group for the first time in Q1 quarterly operating profit, becoming the world’s second-most-profitable carmaker, according to data and industry officials
Asia South Korea The new National Assembly of 300 members selected in last week's general election will have no independent members for the first time in over five decades: 58 candidates without political party affiliation ran in 254 constituency, but none prevailed
Asia South Korea An activist group led by ecologist Shin Joon Hwan would like to gradually replace all cherry trees of the Yoshino, or Tokyo cherry, variety with a type it claims is native to the country, since cherry trees are symbolic of Japanese colonial rule
Asia South Korea Housing supply measures to favor households with newborns up to 2 years old came into effect to curb housing costs, one of the factors bringing the country’s fertility rate to the world's lowest level; 70.000 units per year are offered in the operation
Asia South Korea Doctors and trainees, on strike for days, who do not return to work today 1 March will be punished with at least a three-month suspension of their medical licence and other legal action, Minister of the Interior declared
Asia South Korea 9.000 trainee doctors have tendered their resignations and over 8.000 are on strike to protest a government plan to expand the intake of medical students; South Korea that has one of the lowest doctor-to-patient ratios for a major economy