News about South Korea

KUALA LUMPUR (July 30): South Korea-based semiconductor testing specialist K-Test Co Ltd has broken ground on a US$50 million (RM205 million) manufacturing facility in Perak, marking the group's first plant in Southeast Asia as it expands its global footprint to meet growing customer demand.

This article appeared in the July 9, 2026 issue of the monthly print edition.

The company said its first hotel in that country, Travelodge Myeongdong Euljiro, has been registering an occupancy rate of above 80% and an average daily rate of more than 90,000 won (RM320) since January.

PETALING JAYA (July 30): The absence of international tourists for 18 months due to the Covid-19 pandemic has led to the closure of nearly half of the retail businesses at Myeongdong (pictured) in Seoul, South Korea, reported Pulse News Korea on July 29.

PETALING JAYA (June 23): emart24, one of South Korea’s biggest convenience stores, launched its first outlet in Malaysia in Bangsar South yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 13): Police in South Korea are reportedly searching for a Malaysian female in connection to the disappearance of millions of dollars in cash from a casino on a popular holiday island.

SEOUL (Nov 19): The South Korean government will be offering 114,000 rental units for the public by acquiring and converting unoccupied hotels and offices into residential studios.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 28): The Ministry of Health (MoH) has announced a temporary halt of the use of two influenza vaccines, namely SKYCellflu Quadrivalent and VaxigripTetra, after a number of deaths following flu shots in South Korea.

  SEOUL (Aug 17): South Korea warned today of tighter Covid-19 restrictions as the country’s biggest outbreak linked in nearly six months appeared.

SEOUL (August 11): South Korea’s public health authorities have discovered three new mutated genome sequences of the novel coronavirus among imported cases-- two from Pakistan and one from Uzbekistan, reported Yonhap News Agency.