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Korea struggles to cope with waste crisis

Waste has long been associated with human activities, with its amount having consistently increased in parallel with economic development. Korea is no exception. According to the Ministry of Environment, the total amount of waste produced in the country has continued to increase, with the latest figure tallied at 497,238 tons per day as of 2019. This was up 11.5 percent from 446,102 tons per day in 2018. The ministry is planning to announce statistics for 2020 in December, and the figure is expected to have surged further, as people stuck at home during the COVID-19 pandemic have come to depend more on online shopping for food and daily necessities, resulting in their production of more domestic waste.

Moon's UN trip feared to end empty-handed

President Moon Jae-in will depart for New York, Sunday, to attend the United N...

[ANALYSIS] Gov't loan forbearance to burden incoming administration next year

Concerns are mounting that the recent government decision to extend forbearanc...

SK Innovation stock falls on split-off approval

SK Innovation's (SKI) share price fell Thursday, following shareholder approval of the company's plan to separate its battery business as ...

Gov't on alert over Chuseok gatherings

The health authorities are urging citizens to refrain from gathering and traveling, amid growing concerns that the country's virus cases a...

New COVID-19 cases fall under 2,000

Jeju braces for Typhoon Chanthu

Jeju made preparations for the impact of Typhoon Chanthu on Thursday as the storm moved toward the resort island from the south, packing s...

[INTERVIEW] Wisdom we learned from our seven years in US

A 34-year-old author, who identifies herself only with her pen name Hae-gil, published a memoir this week about her and her parents' seven years of living as legal aliens in the ...

World Taekwondo demonstration team wraps up thrilling journey on 'America's Got Talent'

The World Taekwondo (WT) demonstration team put on another spectacular show at the season finale of “America's Got Talent,” capturing the interest and curiosity of the audience w...

POSCO, Hyundai Steel team up to recycle seashells

POSCO and Hyundai Steel will jointly recycle seashells as part of efforts to enhance environmentally-friendly manufacturing processes in steel production.

Inter-Korean arms race intensifying

Contrary to the narrative of establishing peace on the Korean Peninsula, the arms race between the North and South is intensifying as both countries accelerate their missile deve...

Floral artist seeking to offer unforgettable wedding day to couples

The prolonged COVID-19 pandemic has changed many things in life, including weddings, and this has also affected the design work of Nicolai Bergmann, a world-renowned floral artis...

[INTERVIEW] 'The Bad Man' zooms in on child soldier in Myanmar

Myanmar has one of the world's longest-running civil wars and is estimated to have one of the largest numbers of child soldiers in the world. The Kachin Independence Army (KIA), ...

Indonesian Embassy purchases Hyundai's IONIQ 5

The Embassy of Indonesia in Korea purchased Hyundai Motor's electric vehicle (EV), the IONIQ 5, as part of the Southeast Asian nation's effort to boost EV-related businesses as i...

Libraries as repositories of human culture and history, captured in photos

To photographer Lim Young-kyun, libraries have long been more than just repositories of books. In fact, these buildings have left their mark in history as a symbolic archive and ...

Conglomerates suspending regular recruitment system

Most major conglomerates will no longer hold large recruitment drives to hire large numbers of new employees all at once, instead switching to a system where they hire new worker...

LG bets on smart factory initiatives

LG Uplus is pushing forward with “smart factory” initiatives, as the LG telecom affiliate aims to boost the sales of its smart factory-oriented business significantly over the ne...

International human rights groups criticize Korea's 'fake news' bill

Human Rights Watch and three other human rights organizations have sent a joint letter to President Moon Jae-in and the National Assembly calling for the revision of a media bill...

BTS' 'Dynamite' makes Rolling Stone's 500 greatest songs list

"Dynamite," the megahit song by K-pop superband BTS, has made the list of the 500 greatest songs of all time published by U.S. entertainment magazine Rolling Stone.

Brand name coffee doesn't taste any better than that of small shops: study

Coffee sold at major coffee franchises doesn't necessarily taste any better than that of small independent coffee shops or coffee sold in bulk, a study shows.

Financial authorities virtually acquit HLB of unfair trading

The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC), a sub-commission within the Financial Services Commission (FSC), eventually rejected a request from the Financial Supervisory Service...

Concerns about Samsung SDI spin-off lead to Thursday's price drop

Samsung SDI's stock price fell by 3.33 percent on Thursday, reflecting the market's concerns over the possible spin-off of the firm's lucrative battery business unit.

Singaporeans, whether vaccinated or refusing to be jabbed, feel social divide over COVID-19

When the Singapore government announced strict segregation measures in August for those who were not yet vaccinated against COVID-19, it had an immediate desired effect. Vaccinat...

Man and dementia patient wife found dead

An 80-year-old man who had been taking care of his wife suffering from dementia for years was found dead with his wife, presumably killed by him.

Son Heung-min to miss Tottenham's continental match after leg injury

Tottenham Hotspur's South Korean star Son Heung-min will miss the club's continental match this week with a leg injury sustained on recent international duty.

Han Sun-hwa feels more relaxed after quitting K-pop girl group

As a K-pop singer, Han Sun-hwa didn't love every facet of her job. She lived with a high amount of anxiety and struggled with the lifestyle that came with being famous. She could...

Oscar winner Youn Yuh-jung named among TIME's 100 most influential people

South Korean actress Youn Yuh-jung, who won an Oscar earlier this year for her role in the immigrant film "Minari," has been named one of the 100 most influential people of 2021 ...

Regular, stable jobs disappearing amid pandemic

Compared with other developed economies, Korea's job market seems to be faring reasonably despite the COVID-19 pandemic. However, it has a chronic problem of dualism, comprising ...

Eximbank donates meal boxes for vulnerable groups

The state-run Export-Import Bank of Korea (Eximbank) has delivered meal boxes to socially vulnerable in Seoul to fulfill its corporate social responsibility (CSR) ahead of the Ch...

BLACKPINK's Lisa to help improve children's education in Thai hometown

Lisa of K-pop girl group BLACKPINK has offered to help improve children's education in her hometown in Thailand, a South Korean foundation said Thursday.

Video

Filipina K-drama fan appears in more than 60 Korean dramas

'Mom, I'm sorry, I'm a failure': Exam ...

'I love how I get paid to have fun': F...

ESG in Korea: 'Happy employees mean ha...

How I built a multi-million dollar Tur...

Auto

Local EV maker, 2 others submit bids for SsangYong Motor

Indonesian Embassy purchases Hyundai's IONIQ 5

Hyundai, Gwangju city joint venture starts mass production of Casper

Hyundai, LGES start construction of Indonesia joint battery plant

Hyundai Motor, LG Energy break ground for battery factory in Indonesia

Hyundai to begin car production under President's signature job project

Samsung Display supplies OLED panel for ASUS laptops

SK Innovation stock falls on split-off approval

LG bets on smart factory initiatives

Conglomerates suspending regular recruitment system

Traditional small businesses still unsatisfied with Kakao

Google seeks to clean up corporate image after sanctions

Finance

Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley reportedly handling Yanolja's US listing

Concerns about Samsung SDI spin-off lead to Thursday's price drop

[ANALYSIS] Gov't loan forbearance to burden incoming administration next year

Financial authorities virtually acquit HLB of unfair trading

Eximbank donates meal boxes for vulnerable groups

Regular, stable jobs disappearing amid pandemic

Entertainment

Song Joong-ki, Park So-dam to host opening of Busan film festival

Oscar winner Youn Yuh-jung named among TIME's 100 most influential people

BLACKPINK's Lisa to help improve children's education in Thai hometown

BTS' 'Dynamite' makes Rolling Stone's 500 greatest songs list

[INTERVIEW] 'The Bad Man' zooms in on child soldier in Myanmar

Han Sun-hwa feels more relaxed after quitting K-pop girl group

Editorial

More concern than hope

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi's two-day visit to South Korea raised more co...

Win-win carmaker

Gwangju Global Motors (GGM), a provincial automaker launched as part of the Mo...

Columns

IOC gets it wrong on North Korea

Sometimes there are situations where we have the ability to do something, but it is...

Shadows of 9/11

We all remember where we were on Sept. 11, 2001. We all remember with sheer disbeli...

Thoughts of the Times

Reflecting on my tutoring days

My very first job was as a tutor when I was in high school. Throughout my college y...

North Korea confirms missile launches from train

Ballistic missile from train

US condemns North Korean missile launch

North Korea fires 2 ballistic missiles

Cheong Wa Dae to convene emergency meeting on North Korea's missile ...

North Korea fires 2 ballistic missiles into East Sea: Joint Chiefs o...

Kyung Hee University System's Peace BAR Festival to kick off Friday

Foreign Minister Chung, US climate envoy discuss cooperation on clim...

Moon's UN trip feared to end empty-handed

Inter-Korean arms race intensifying

Korea struggles to cope with waste crisis

Gov't on alert over Chuseok gatherings

EBay Korea sales surge from int'l Chuseok discount promotion

SK Innovation stock falls on split-off approval

Samsung Display supplies OLED panel for ASUS laptops

LG bets on smart factory initiatives

Indonesian Embassy purchases Hyundai's IONIQ 5

POSCO, Hyundai Steel team up to recycle seashells

Hanok accommodations offer traditional atmosphere

Brand name coffee doesn't taste any better than that of small shops:...

Fairmont Ambassador Seoul launches private wedding packages

InterContinental presents cinema package with CGV

Floral artist seeking to offer unforgettable wedding day to couples

Libraries as repositories of human culture and history, captured in ...

What does tolerance even mean?

Joseon women and their manifest destiny (II)

The death of Korean politics

Joseon women and their manifest destiny (I)

Police brutality in 19th-century Joseon (II)

The Korean proletariat

General Milley

More concern than hope

Win-win carmaker

Initial Taliban moves fail to convince Afghanistan's neighbors

The West's unspoken failure in Afghanistan

Reflecting on my tutoring days

Simone Biles condemns US Olympic Committee, FBI for sex-abuse crisis

World Taekwondo demonstration team wraps up thrilling journey on 'Am...

Son Heung-min to miss Tottenham's continental match after leg injury

Korea left with more questions than answers in final World Cup quali...

MMA fighter Belfort humbles former boxing champion Holyfield with 1s...

Medvedev ends Djokovic's bid for year Grand Slam at US Open

Macron says French forces killed Islamic State leader in Sahara

Australia: Strategic shifts led it to acquire nuclear subs

France suspends 3,000 unvaccinated health workers

Singaporeans, whether vaccinated or refusing to be jabbed, feel soci...

SpaceX launches 4 amateurs on private Earth-circling trip

Biden announces Indo-Pacific alliance with UK, Australia

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