Author: Seoul Reporter

A display screen at a bus station in downtown Seoul exhibits a discover that bus companies have been suspended, Wednesday. YonhapUnionized bus drivers in Seoul have reached a collective wage cope with the administration, ending a two-day strike that induced main disruptions for commuters, based on officers Thursday.The settlement was reached in a particular mediation session held late Wednesday on the Seoul department of the Nationwide Labor Relations Fee following marathon negotiations, based on Seoul metropolis authorities officers.Bus companies within the capital will function usually beginning Thursday morning after the capital’s unionized bus drivers launched their first strike in two…

Yoon Suk-yeol smiles whereas talking to his legal professionals throughout the ultimate listening to of his trial on the Seoul Central District Court docket on expenses of orchestrating an rebellion, held on Jan. 13, 2026. (courtesy of the Seoul Central District Court docket) Particular counsel Cho Eun-seok, who oversaw the prosecution of Yoon Suk-yeol on expenses of orchestrating an rebellion, requested the harshest accessible sentence for the previous president: the demise penalty. That is an applicable request for a person who overtly betrayed his nation by plunging it right into a disaster and not using a shred of regret. The particular…

Authorities Advanced Daejeon, the place the Public Procurement Service headquarters is positioned, is seen on this up to date photograph. YonhapThe Public Procurement Service (PPS) has partnered with the Korea Commerce-Funding Promotion Company (KOTRA) to spice up Korean companies’ enlargement into abroad procurement markets, PPS mentioned Wednesday.It mentioned a joint seminar was held at The Ambassador Seoul — A Pullman Lodge, attracting greater than 60 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to discover alternatives in round 190 international locations.The seminar passed off as a part of a cross-ministry effort to decrease boundaries and improve cooperation for SMEs, which have comparatively fewer…

Korean Commerce Minister Yeo Han-koo, proper, shakes palms with Dutch Minister of Financial Affairs Vincent Pieter Geert Karremans throughout a gathering in The Hague, the Netherlands, Dec. 3, 2025. Courtesy of the Ministry of Commerce, Trade and SourcesKorea and the Netherlands agreed Wednesday to deepen know-how cooperation in superior industries, together with the semiconductor and quantum sectors, as a part of efforts to answer the worldwide provide chain restructuring, Seoul’s trade ministry stated.The 2 sides signed a letter of intent for the initiative throughout a biennial joint innovation committee assembly held in The Hague, based on the Ministry of Commerce,…

Deep within the New Zealand forest, the booming thud of the kākāpō’s historic mating ritual sounds extra like a bass speaker than birdsong. What’s extra, it dangers falling silent perpetually.This sound comes from no bizarre inexperienced fowl. The astonishingly uncommon kākāpō is the world’s heftiest parrot, weighing as much as 8 kilos and dwelling for so long as 90 years regardless of being flightless and virtually blind.

Protection Minister Ahn Kyu-baek solutions a query of a lawmaker throughout a plenary session of the Laws and Judiciary Committee on the Nationwide Meeting in Seoul, Jan. 12. YonhapProtection Minister Ahn Gyu-back on Wednesday known as for efforts to spice up arms exports as Korea seeks to turn into the world’s fourth-largest protection exporter by 2030.”We are actually racing to turn into (one in every of) the world’s prime 4 nations within the arms trade,” Ahn mentioned in a coverage briefing session, additionally attended by the chiefs of the state arms procurement company and senior navy officers.”We’re at a stage…

Flight attendants of Asiana Airways, left, and Korean Air pose at Incheon Worldwide Airport Terminal 2, Wednesday, as Asiana Airways started its operations within the terminal. Korea Instances photograph by Shim Hyun-chulAsiana Airways on Wednesday started its operations at Incheon Worldwide Airport’s Terminal 2, wrapping up its 25-year operation at Terminal 1.At 4:55 a.m. Wednesday, OZ177, which departed from Tokyo Haneda Airport, arrived at Terminal 2, turning into the primary Asiana flight to reach at Terminal 2. The primary flight that departed from Terminal 2 was OZ112, which jetted off to Osaka at 7:06 a.m.At Terminal 2, Asiana Airways passengers…

The won-dollar change charge and KOSPI and KOSDAQ indices are displayed on a display screen within the dealing room of Hana Financial institution in Jung-gu, Seoul, on Jan. 14. (Captured from Channel A Information) It has been revealed that when the won-dollar change charge fell late final 12 months as a result of sturdy intervention by overseas change authorities, retail buyers seized the chance to change for {dollars} and considerably elevated their abroad investments. With the won-dollar change charge recovering to its pre-intervention degree, nearing 1,480 received, the failure of the market intervention has grow to…

Socar’s car-sharing service app (Captured from Socar web site) The founding members of “Tada,” which was an emblem of mobility innovation however got here to a halt attributable to regulatory obstacles, have reunited. Following former Socar CEO Lee Jae-woong’s return to the administration entrance line as board chairman after 6 years, Lee Jeong-haeng, former Toss Funds product director who created the technological basis for Tada, has additionally rejoined Socar. The reunion is meant to pursue new companies, together with autonomous driving, in earnest. With the federal government and ruling occasion asserting a deregulation development for autonomous driving…

Wreckage on the website the place a prepare was derailed when a building crane collapsed and fell onto its carriages, inflicting a number of casualties, in Sikhio district, Nakhon Ratchasima province, Thailand, Jan. 14. Reuters-YonhapBANGKOK — A building crane fell onto a transferring passenger prepare, inflicting a fiery derailment Wednesday that killed no less than 30 individuals and injured scores in northeastern Thailand.The derailment occurred on a part of a deliberate high-speed rail venture that can ultimately join China with a lot of Southeast Asia.Anuphong Suksomnit, the governor of Nakhon Ratchasima province, the place the accident passed off, mentioned 4…