S. Korea's official development aid falls 3.9 pct in 2025

South Korea's official development assistance posted an on-year decrease of 3.9 percent to $3.87 billion in 2025, due to a weak exchange rate and reduced multilateral aid, the government said Friday. Citing preliminary data from the Development Assistance Committee of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, the Office for Government Policy Coordination said South Korea's ODA last year consisted of $3.21 billion in bilateral aid and $660 million in multilateral aid. While bilat

By The Korea Herald

South Korea mulls aid to Thai worker injured by air gun

South Korea is considering support for an undocumented Thai worker injured by an air gun alleged fired by his boss when he was at work in a factory and is still hospitalised in the East Asian country.