24-05-2018 16:39
A Korean Air heiress known for a "nut rage" tantrum that sparked national uproar was summoned for questioning Thursday (May 24) for illegally hiring immigrants to work as maids, the latest scandal to engulf her billionaire family.
24-05-2018 11:47
UNITED NATIONS: A UN Security Council committee has agreed to lift a travel ban on North Korean officials heading to Singapore for the planned summit between Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un next month, diplomats said.
24-05-2018 08:28
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump warned on Tuesday (May 22) his landmark summit with Kim Jong Un may be delayed, but insisted the North Korean leader is "serious" about denuclearisation.
23-05-2018 17:00
SEOUL: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's promise to dismantle his country's only known nuclear test site has shone the spotlight on the secretive facility near the Chinese border.
21-05-2018 14:11
The chairman of South Korean conglomerate LG Group has died, company officials said on Sunday (May 21). He was 73.
21-05-2018 09:00
South Korean investors are keen on entering the environmental sector in Vietnam, capitalising on the country’s huge demand for environmentally friendly technology and products.
19-05-2018 18:00
On May 19, Korean Air, the largest airline and flag carrier of South Korea based on fleet size, international destinations, and international flights, donated 50 bicycles to poor students of the northern province of Ninh Binh, thus facilitating their journey to school.
18-05-2018 15:37
South Korean Woomi Construction has become a major shareholder of domestic real estate developers Bamboo Capital Group (BCG) and Transport and Industry Development Investment Corporation (Tracodi).
15-05-2018 18:09
Korean-backed Daewon Thu Duc House has officially announced that on May 14 it had formed a joint venture with Vietnam Manufacturing and Export Processing Company (VMEP) to develop a $115-million property project in Hanoi.
14-05-2018 10:01
As more and more insurance companies are looking to co-operate on the ever-changing Vietnamese market, French-backed life insurer Prévoir recently teamed up with Korean counterpart Mirae Asset Life to found Mirae Asset Prévoir.
12-05-2018 12:46
Mumuso's goods are designed by a South Korean company, but production is outsourced to China to reduce production costs to allow competitive pricing. Additionally, the company may be hit with a fine for not including Vietnamese-language labels and instruction manuals with many of its products.
12-05-2018 10:04
The top diplomats from the United States and South Korea meet on Friday (May 11) to lay the groundwork for a summit they hope will prove a historic chance to end North Korea's nuclear menace.
11-05-2018 18:12
The Korean authorities’ investigation into tax evasion at the country’s fourth biggest group, LG Group is causing a stir. The corporation promises full cooperation, as it did in Vietnam, when LG Electronics Vietnam Co., Ltd. was caught out by tax authorities.
11-05-2018 09:49
Not including Vietnamese labels and selling Chinese goods under Korean and Japanese brands are the newest scandals erupting from several stores of Korea-based Mumuso, Japan-based Miniso, and Daiso in Vietnam.
11-05-2018 08:43
Donald Trump on Thursday (May 10) revealed his historic summit with Kim Jong Un - the first-ever between a sitting US president and a North Korean leader - will take place in Singapore on Jun 12.