Two weeks into the Middle East war, international oil prices rose for a third straight trading session. Brent crude for May delivery settled at $103.14 per barrel, up 2.7% from the previous day. Brent finished above $100 a barrel for two consecutive sessions, the highest closing level since

In Seoul, crowds were seen at a lottery retailer as people bought tickets ahead of the latest drawing. The 1,215th Lotto draw, conducted on the 14th, produced the first-prize numbers: 13, 15, 19, 21, 44, 45, with the second-prize bonus number 39. Korean Lotto uses six main numbers plus

Seoul is seeing a political clash over a sensational accusation that a high-ranking party official tried to strike a deal with prosecutors to drop a case. The Democratic Party of Korea said it will file a complaint against Jang In-su, a former MBC journalist who claimed the alleged “prosecution dismissal

A video posted on X on the 7th shows two missile launchers firing toward Iran, and the New York Times reported on the 13th that the missiles appear to have been fired from northern Bahrain toward Iran. The NYT cited footage captured in a Bahraini urban area near an airport

South Korea’s local elections on June 3 are moving into a full campaign phase in Gwangju, where candidates for the mayoral posts in Buk-gu (Buk District) and Nam-gu (Nam District) are lining up. The ruling Democratic Party is preparing to begin its formal nominating process for both districts, with

A sightseeing boat stopped in the waters off Gamji Beach in Busan's Yeongdo District after its engine failed, leaving 45 passengers on board. Two passengers complained of pain and were taken to a hospital, while the others were reported to be in stable condition. According to the Busan

The Jeollabuk-do (North Jeolla Province) provincial government said the National Medical School Establishment and Operation Act passed the full committee of the National Assembly’s Health and Welfare Committee, bringing closer a plan to create a national medical school focused on essential and public health care personnel. Under the bill,

Iran warned via state media on Tuesday that energy facilities owned by oil companies cooperating with the United States in the Middle East would be attacked if Iran’s own oil and energy infrastructure came under attack. The warning followed a claim by former U.S. President Donald Trump that

A man in his 40s wearing an electronic ankle monitor stabbed a woman in her 30s with a knife and fled in Namyangju's Onam-eup, Gyeonggi Province, authorities said. The attack occurred around 9:00 a.m. this morning, the 14th. Emergency responders found the woman at the scene

Southwestern Korea is forecast to see temperatures near seasonal norms this weekend in Gwangju and the Jeollanam-do region, but with a pronounced day-to-night temperature swing that could exceed 10 degrees Celsius. For Saturday, inland Jeollanam-do is expected to have morning lows between -2°C and 3°C, with daytime highs