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South Korea to join economic sanctions against Russia

SEOUL: President Moon Jae-in said on Thursday that South Korea would join with other countries by imposing economic...

Published 24 Feb, 2022 01:12pm

World

North Korea fires suspected missile as S Korea breaks ground for ‘peace’ railway

SEOUL: North Korea fired a suspected ballistic missile off its east coast on Wednesday, just hours before South...

Published 06 Jan, 2022 04:13am

Sports

South Korea says no boycott of Beijing Olympics

SYDNEY: South Korea’s president on Monday ruled out joining a US diplomatic boycott of February’s Beijing Winter...

Published 14 Dec, 2021 06:40am

World

Australia signs $717 million defence deal with South Korea's Hanwha

CANBERRA: Australia signed a A$1 billion ($716.5 million) defence deal with South Korea on Monday, boosting Seoul's...

Published 13 Dec, 2021 11:20am

Sports

South Korea says no boycott of Beijing Olympics

SYDNEY: South Korea's president on Monday ruled out joining a US diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics in...

Published 13 Dec, 2021 10:04am

World

South Korea launches first domestic space rocket but mission fails

SEOUL: South Korea launched its first domestically developed space rocket on Thursday but failed to put its dummy...

Published 22 Oct, 2021 04:13am

World

South Korea says no decision on joint US military drills, but exercises should not create North Korea tension

But the negotiations stalled following a failed second summit in 2019 between Kim and Trump

Published 02 Aug, 2021 11:15am

World

North, South Korea in talks over summit, reopening liaison office

SEOUL: North and South Korea are in talks to reopen a joint liaison office that Pyongyang demolished last year and...

Published 29 Jul, 2021 04:48am

South Korean Paralympian missing after fall from mountain

ISLAMABAD: A South Korean Paralympian was missing on Tuesday after falling from the world's 12th highest mountain,...

Published 21 Jul, 2021 12:59am

World

South Korea says 1mn doses of J&J COVID-19 vaccines to arrive this week from US

South Korea's food and drug safety ministry granted final approval for the J&J product in April, after signing a deal to import the vaccine for 6 million people, though the date for their shipment has not been finalised.

Published 30 May, 2021 02:01pm

World

South Korea eyes mid-May arrival of coronavirus vaccines as stocks run down

This is because available stocks amount to just 529,000 doses of Pfizer's vaccine and 381,000 doses of the AstraZeneca product, an agency official told Reuters.

Published 03 May, 2021 01:42pm

World

South Korea's Moon to visit Biden on May 21

The meetings reflect Biden's priority on relationships with Asian allies as his administration continues to focus on competition with China.

Published 30 Apr, 2021 11:01am

World

South Korea court dismisses 'comfort women' case against Japan

Biden held his first summit with Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga at the weekend and will meet with South Korean President Moon Jae-in next month.

Published 21 Apr, 2021 11:04am

World

US, Japan plan 5G push with eye on China in Biden's first summit

The pullout will "free up time and attention and resources from our senior leadership and our military to focus on what we believe are the fundamental challenges in the 21st century and they lie fundamentally in the Indo-Pacific," the official said.

Published 16 Apr, 2021 10:37am

World

South Korea aims to fight Japan's Fukushima decision in world tribunal

"Our industry is on course to suffer annihilating damage, just with people's concerns about a possible radioactive contamination of marine products," it said in a statement.

Published 14 Apr, 2021 12:01pm

World

South Korea's Moon sacks top economic aide for raising rent amid home price uproar

Home prices in Seoul have shot up more than 50% since 2017, the fastest pace in the world, according to statistics site Numbeo.

Published 29 Mar, 2021 11:59am

World

North Korea says will ignore US while 'hostile policy' in place: Yonhap

But ultimately no progress was made towards Washington's declared aim of denuclearising North Korea, with a second summit in Hanoi in early 2019 breaking up without an agreement and Pyongyang still under multiple international sanctions for its banned weapons programmes.

Updated 18 Mar, 2021 04:05pm

World

South Korea's Moon says Olympics may be chance for North Korea, US talks

Both rulings drew a rebuke from Tokyo, which says the women and labour issues were settled under a 2015 deal and 1965 treaty, respectively.

Published 01 Mar, 2021 01:11pm

$43bn deal for ‘world’s biggest’ offshore wind farm in South Korea

SEOUL: A $43 billion deal was signed Friday to build what the South Korean government said will be the world's...

Published 06 Feb, 2021 04:06am

World

South Korea's Moon pledges to upgrade alliance with US in call with Biden

Biden has said a response to climate change will create new jobs, while Moon has introduced his ambitious Green New Deal aimed at economic recovery from the coronavirus fallout.

Published 04 Feb, 2021 10:30am

World

South Korea readies for COVID-19 vaccine with airport transport drill

The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency reported 467 new cases by Tuesday, as numbers rebounded above 400 in four days, boosted by continuing cluster infections.

Published 03 Feb, 2021 11:29am

World

South Korea's President Moon: 'America is back'

The process has been stalled ever since, despite a third encounter in the Demilitarized Zone that divides the peninsula.

Published 21 Jan, 2021 09:43am

World

South Korea's Moon urges Biden admin to follow up on Kim, Trump summit

Moon said the issue of joint South Korea-US military drills, which Pyongyang has long condemned as a rehearsal for war, can be discussed by reviving an inter-Korean military panel.

Published 18 Jan, 2021 10:15am

World

South Korea logs second-highest daily coronavirus tally as criticism of govt grows

Seoul and its surrounding areas have banned gatherings of more than four people from Dec. 23 to Jan. 3, and both restaurant owners and patrons may face up to 3 million won ($2,700) in fines for violation of the order.

Published 23 Dec, 2020 09:47am

World

South Korea president calls for steps to help exporters hit by strong won

He said that measures to boost exports and investments should be further bolstered at a time when domestic demand and consumption are shrinking due to a worsening COVID-19 situation at home.

Published 14 Dec, 2020 12:31pm

World

South Korea scrambles to build container hospital beds to combat third

The resurgence of infections has rekindled concerns about an acute shortage of hospital beds, prompting Seoul city to begin installing container beds for the first time since the start of the pandemic.

Published 10 Dec, 2020 09:19am

World

South Korea's Moon says more COVID-19 vaccines should be secured despite budget constraints

The remarks, in a statement from the presidential Blue House, came as South Korea reported 686 new coronavirus cases

Published 09 Dec, 2020 01:28pm

World

U.S. envoy arrives in South Korea amid stalled efforts to restart talks with the North

The visit may be the last for Biegun in his current role, after Trump lost his bid for reelection to Democratic challenger Biden, who will take office in January.

Published 08 Dec, 2020 04:10pm

World

South Korea to boost testing as coronavirus surge threatens 'medical collapse'

Moon said testing sites should operate longer hours to allow people working to get tested at their convenience and more drive-through testing facilities should be set up, Chung said.

Published 07 Dec, 2020 04:35pm

World

South Korea's Moon orders coronavirus testing to be expanded amid third wave

Moon said testing sites should operate longer hours to allow people working.

Published 07 Dec, 2020 09:09am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Dec 18	278.55
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Dec 18	278.25
USD to Japanese Yen / Dec 18	153.63
USD to Swiss Franc / Dec 18	0.89
Pound Sterling to USD / Dec 18	1.27
Euro to USD / Dec 18	1.05

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Dec 17	6,050.61
Nasdaq / Dec 17	20,109.06
Dow Jones / Dec 17	43,449.90
India Sensex / Dec 18	80,231.76
Tokyo Nikkei / Dec 18	39,081.71
Hang Seng / Dec 18	19,857.31
FTSE 100 / Dec 18	8,222.99
Germany DAX 30 / Dec 18	20,267.35

Item	Value
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Dec 17	241,860
Petrol/Litre / Dec 18	252.10
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Dec 18	70.43
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Dec 18	17,585
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Dec 18	2,644.54
Diesel/Litre / Dec 18	255.38

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
LSE Capital / Dec 18 LSE Capital Limited(LSECL)	6.70 ▲ 1.00 (17.54%)
S.G.Power / Dec 18 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	9.17 ▲ 1.00 (12.24%)
Faran Sugar (R) / Dec 18 Faran Sugar Mills Limited (R)(FRSMR)	9.43 ▲ 1.00 (11.86%)
Gulshan Sp. / Dec 18 Gulshan Spinning Mills Limited(GSPM)	4.47 ▲ 0.42 (10.37%)
Aisha Steel Mill / Dec 18 Aisha Steel Mills Limited(ASL)	11.06 ▲ 1.01 (10.05%)
Oilboy Energy / Dec 18 Oilboy Energy Limited(OBOY)	11.50 ▲ 1.05 (10.05%)
Suhail Jute / Dec 18 Suhail Jute Mills Limited(SUHJ)	61.55 ▲ 5.60 (10.01%)
Attock Cement / Dec 18 Attock Cement Pakistan Limited(ACPL)	259.27 ▲ 23.57 (10.00%)
AL-Ghazi Tractors / Dec 18 Al-Ghazi Tractors Limited(AGTL)	564.23 ▲ 51.29 (10.00%)

Stock	Price
National Bank / Dec 18 National Bank of Pakistan(NBP)	66.38 ▼ -7.38 (-10.01%)
First Imrooz Mod. / Dec 18 First Imrooz Modaraba(FIMM)	180.01 ▼ -19.99 (-10.00%)
Imperial Limited / Dec 18 Imperial Limited(IML)	20.16 ▼ -2.24 (-10.00%)
J.A.Textile / Dec 18 J.A. Textile Mills Limited(JATM)	44.37 ▼ -4.93 (-10.00%)
Macter Int. Ltd / Dec 18 Macter International Limited(MACTER)	331.40 ▼ -36.82 (-10.00%)
Mari Petroleum / Dec 18 Mari Petroleum Company Limited(MARI)	728.78 ▼ -80.98 (-10.00%)
Synthetic Prod / Dec 18 Synthetic Products Enterprises Limited(SPEL)	45.89 ▼ -5.10 (-10.00%)
Biafo Ind. / Dec 18 Biafo Industries Limited(BIFO)	198.85 ▼ -22.08 (-9.99%)
Bilal Fibres / Dec 18 Bilal Fibres Limited(BILF)	12.61 ▼ -1.40 (-9.99%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Dec 18 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	151,921,663 ▼ -0.15
Pak Elektron / Dec 18 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	107,502,606 ▲ 0.34
Cnergyico PK / Dec 18 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	67,234,901 ▼ -0.51
B.O.Punjab / Dec 18 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	60,136,151 ▲ 0.13
Pak Refinery / Dec 18 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	55,973,468 ▼ -1.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Dec 18 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	46,669,770 ▼ -0.33
Sui South Gas / Dec 18 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	42,923,281 ▲ 1.67
PIA Holding Co.Ltd / Dec 18 PIA Holding Company Limited(PIAHCLA)	36,897,118 ▼ -0.46
Aisha Steel Mill / Dec 18 Aisha Steel Mills Limited(ASL)	36,858,206 ▲ 1.01

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