The verdict sidelines Jay Y Lee from important decisions at the world’s biggest electronics firm in a time of global uncertainties. A South Korean court has sentenced Samsung Electronics vice chairman Jay Y Lee to two-and-a-half years in prison, with implications for
Exhausted from the isolation, extra chores and sleepless nights of the coronavirus pandemic? Get a robot to help. Firms debuted artificial intelligence-enabled gadgets aimed at making staying home during the COVID-19 crisis easier, safer and less frustrating at this year’s first fully
Top court’s ruling brings an end to Park Geun-hye’s legal process, clearing the way for a special presidential pardon. South Korea’s top court has upheld a 20-year jail sentence for former President Park Geun-hye over bribery and other crimes as it wrapped
The secretive Shincheonji Church of Jesus was at the centre of public anger early last year over a surge in cases traced to its followers. The elderly leader of a secretive religious sect at the centre of an early coronavirus outbreak in
The number of people in work slumped at the fastest rate in nearly 21 years as shops, restaurants were slammed by COVID. South Korea’s unemployment rate surged to an 11-year high in December, while the number of people in work plunged at
Iranian officials tell South Korean delegation Seoul must give Tehran access to its frozen money, refrain from ‘politicising’ seizure of the vessel. Tehran, Iran – Iran’s foreign minister has told a visiting South Korean delegation the “technical” issue of a ship seized
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has been named the “general secretary” of the Workers’ Party, a position formerly held by his late father and grandfather, state media reported on Monday, in a move that appears to be aimed at bolstering his
In landmark ruling, Seoul court says Japan should pay 12 ‘comfort women’ an equivalent of $91,000 each for war-time abuses. A South Korean court ordered Japan on Friday to compensate 12 women who were forced to work as sex slaves in wartime
South Korea is sending a delegation to Iran to seek the release of a tanker seized in Gulf waters by Iranian forces, with a senior diplomat set to go ahead with a scheduled visit to Tehran on Sunday amid tensions over $7bn
The vessel, which was led to Bandar Abbas after being seized, was said to be carrying 7,200 tonnes of ethanol, according to the IRGC Navy. Tehran, Iran – Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Navy seized a South Korean vessel for “environmental