Eighteen people have been killed, and nine others remain unaccounted for following heavy rains and landslides that began ravaging the country last week, the government said Monday.
Stock prices of South Korea's leading chipmaker Samsung Electronics and crosstown rival SK Hynix have witnessed different trajectories, pricing in contrasting outlooks for their business prospects, as reported by the Korean Herald.
South Korea is bracing for more potential casualties from heavy rainfall, with the death toll rising to 14 and 12 people still missing. The severe weather has affected several regions, with the southern county of Sancheong being the most severely affected, Al Jazeera reported.
State news agency Yonhap reported that Kim was summoned to the special counsel's office inside the Seoul High Prosecutors Office in southern Seoul to be questioned as a witness in the case involving Yoon's failed attempt to impose martial law.
A delegation of special envoys, led by South Korea's former Prime Minister Kim Boo Kyum, met with Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla at Parliament House on Friday and extended best wishes to President Lee Jae Myung for his recent electoral success.
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung had dispatched a team of special envoys to India, to mark his administration's opening push to bolster both bilateral and multilateral ties. The delegation called on PM Modi and S Jaishankar yesterday.
A delegation of special envoys from South Korea paid their respects and offered floral tributes to Mahatma Gandhi at the Raj Ghat memorial on Friday, marking a significant moment in the diplomatic relations between the two nations.