Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol said on Friday he was sorry for not being able to meet public expectations after the Constitutional Court removed him from office over his short-lived martial law declaration in December.
FuriosaAI, a South Korean artificial intelligence (AI) chip startup, has turned down an $800 million takeover offer from US tech giant Meta Platforms, industry sources said on Monday.
The National Police Agency is looking into instructing police stations nationwide to prohibit the discharge of guns used for the purpose of killing dangerous wild animals.
Google has requested the South Korean government to allow the US tech giant to transfer the country's high-precision map data overseas, following failed attempts earlier on two occasions, officials said on Friday.
South Korean prosecutors on Wednesday demanded a two-year prison term for opposition leader Lee Jae-myung on charges of lying as a presidential candidate during the 2022 election.
The South Korean government is open to talks with doctors if they come up with a unified and reasonable solution to resolve an impasse over a reform to hike the number of medical students, a senior official said on Tuesday.
Most South Korean users of recently burgeoning Chinese e-commerce platforms were dissatisfied with various aspects of their services despite their competitive pricing, a poll showed on Monday.
The month-long confrontation between the South Korean government and doctors was feared to worsen further as medical school professors were to tender mass resignations and cut back on patient care starting March 25, while the government was to suspend the licenses of striking trainee doctors, officials said on Sunday.
South Korean and US warplanes staged a combined live-fire exercise against North Korean cruise missile and long-range artillery threats in waters off the west coast this week, officials said on Friday.
South Korean Prime Minister Han Duck-soo on Wednesday said the government's decision to increase the medical school enrollment quota by 2,000 to address the shortage of doctors was based on scientific analysis.
