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Rescue workers and firefighters try to help injured people near the scene of a crowd surge in Seoul, South Korea, Sunday, Oct. 30, 2022. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

S. Korea in shock, grief as 151 die in Halloween crowd surge

Tens of thousands of people were believed to have gathered in Itaewon for festivities on Saturday night

30 Oct 2022 11:02 AM IST

Samsung Electronics wins $6.6 billion Verizon order for network equipment. (AFP Photo)

Samsung sets goal to attain 100 per cent clean energy by 2050

SEOUL: Samsung Electronics is shifting away from fossil fuels and aiming to entirely power its global operations with...

15 Sept 2022 4:43 PM IST

A medical worker takes a nasal sample from a man during a COVID-19 testing at a makeshift testing site at the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, July 15, 2021. (AP/Ahn Young-joon)

S Korea tests new virus steps as infections reach new high

Officials also planning to treat most mild cases at home and reshape a testing regime that had been centered around PCR...

26 Jan 2022 11:33 AM IST

President of South Korea, Moon Jae-in. (Twitter)

Skand Tayal | Korean lessons: Pardon politics, prosecutors, big...

This year, rather surprisingly, President Moon Jae-in of the Democratic Party of Korea pardoned his predecessor, former...

7 Jan 2022 3:32 AM IST

The Rio Olympics opening ceremony started with fireworks and laser lit choreography on Friday as Brazil sought to forget seven years of troubled preparations and the Olympic movement to temporarily put aside its doping crisis. (Photo: AP)

Foreign Pulse: Koreas' Olympic thaw - Dreams of peace rise

The two high-strung Koreas need to breathe and exult as one people, if only temporarily.

6 Feb 2018 12:14 AM IST