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Luxury brands continue hiking prices in Korea

Luxury fashion and cosmetics brands are raising product prices in Korea ahead of the summer spending spree, despite a series of hikes over the past few years. Morgan Stanley, a global research firm,...

China flags consequences of Yoon's stronger coupling with US, Japan

China is sending diplomatic signals that relations between Seoul and Beijing are now facing setbacks, claiming that South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol's policy of closer alignments with the United...

Pope to make historic visit to Mongolia in September

Pope Francis will go to Mongolia in early September in the first visit by a pontiff to the Buddhist-majority Asian nation, the Vatican announced Saturday.

S. Korea, US agree on joint probe into NK 'space rocket' debris once salvaged: Seoul official

South Korea and the United States agreed Saturday to jointly examine the wreckage of a purported North Korean space rocket once it is retrieved from the Yellow Sea, according to a senior Seoul offic...

Military continues salvage operation for North Korean rocket debris

Suspect in grisly Busan murder sent to prosecutors for further probe

A Busan woman who was arrested last week for allegedly killing another woman "out of curiosity about murder" was transferred to the prosecution for further investigation and indictment, police said ...

KAERI distances itself from Oxford professor's claim on Fukushima water

Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI), a government-funded research institute, issued a disclaimer, Friday, distancing itself from a controversial comment made by an Oxford physicist on the...

Airlines fiercely compete to acquire additional aircraft

Airlines are embroiled in fierce competition to acquire more aircraft as the pandemic subsides and international passenger demand surges. The global increase in passengers has resulted in a shortage...

Reasons to talk about North Korea

I occasionally give lectures to foreign travelers as a Freedom Speakers International (FSI) Keynote Speaker. The topics are mainly "The Reality of North Korea" or "The Lives of North Koreans."

TREND REPORTCheckerboard print newest trend among stars

Checkerboard clothing is considered a classic staple in fashion, yet it can be trendy also. Even simple and seemingly dull designs seem to come alive with a checkered pattern. It's been a popular ch...

How artist Michael Rakowitz resurrects lost past of Iraq through food packaging

Iraqi-American artist Michael Rakowitz has long been on a mission to revive the lost remnants of Iraq - physical, cultural and historical - through an unlikely set of materials: scraps of Arabic and...

Indo-Pacific region highlighted as important for Korean economy's future

JEJU - Partnerships with Indo-Pacific countries were highlighted as a pathway for Korea's stable economic development in the future amid intensifying geopolitical tensions between China and the Unit...

Seoul imposes sanctions on North Korean hacking group for role in space launch

Seoul announced fresh sanctions against Kimsuky, a North Korean hacking group, Friday, for its role in developing technology the regime used in its latest satellite launch.

VIDEODay in life of Korean dessert cafe owners

This is a day in the life of Jieun and Heecheol, the owners of Hica, a popular dessert cafe that has been running for about three years. In February 2023, they moved to Mangwon, a neighborhood in Se...

VIDEONew Hope club obsessing over Red Velvet Wendy and K-pop

British pop trio New Hope Club - consisting of Reece Bibby, Blake Richardson and George Smith - first turned heads in Korea in 2020 with its dance-pop track, "Know Me Too Well." The catchy song, fea...

HMM tasked with preventing sale of Hyundai LNG to foreign firm

HMM, Korea's leading shipping company that is under the control of the state-run Korea Development Bank (KDB), decided to compete with foreign companies to regain Hyundai LNG Shipping from IMM Priva...

Korean elected as president of executive body at World Meteorological Organization

Yoo Hee-dong, administrator of the Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA), was chosen as the chief of the Executive Council of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). This is the fifth time ...

Yoon receives flak for saying social welfare spending needs greater scrutiny

President Yoon Suk Yeol is facing criticism for saying that social welfare benefits need to be scrutinized more stringently based on market principles in order to ensure that Korea's resources are n...

Jeju embraces Arab, ASEAN nations for future global exchanges

The Jeju Island government is acting on its plan to further strengthen ties with Arab and ASEAN nations through an international high-level gathering. The move is led by Jeju Governor Oh Young-hun, ...

Korean stocks feared to lose steam on prolonged trade deficit, real estate doldrums

Korean stocks are feared to lose steam and move within a tight range again amid concerns of a prolonged trade deficit, weak private consumption and slow real estate market conditions, analysts said.

Roland Garros 2023

An official ball lies on the surface of Court Simonne Mathieu ahead of the Roland-Garros Open tennis tournament in Paris on May 27, 2023. Novak Djokovic will bid for a record-breaking 23rd Grand Sla...

LG Chem joins Korean firms strengthening ties with Japan

LG Chem has started recruiting young talent in Japan, indicating its intention to take advantage of thawing bilateral relations between Seoul and Tokyo, as other Korean companies are also doing.

Korean soccer's standing rises on world stage

South Korean soccer has been flexing its muscles at home and abroad in the past week or so. The young Taeguk Warriors have made the knockout stages of the U-20 World Cup, which is taking place in Ar...

POSCO, GM expand joint EV battery materials investment in North America

POSCO Future M and General Motors (GM) have announced plans to expand their joint investment in battery core and electrode materials, while also strengthening their supply chain collaboration in Nor...

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AMCHAM stresses S. Korea-US ties after NK fires 'space launch vehicle'

Instead of being panicked by the Seoul Metropolitan Government's erroneous alert over North Korea's firing of what it claimed to be a “space launch vehicle” on Wednesday morning,...

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LG Innotek develops flexible automotive lighting

LG Innotek developed Nexlide-M, a flexible and stereoscopic automotive lighting targeting the high-priced luxury car market, the company said Wednesday.

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Baek Hee-na's picture book 'Magic Candies' wins Italian literary award

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NATO's Stoltenberg condemns North Korea's satellite launch

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg on Thursday said he condemned North Korea's failed satellite launch, adding he called upon the country to "cease these provocative actions...

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Institutions' foreign securities holdings up 1.3% in Q1

Korean institutions' investment in foreign securities increased 1.3 percent in the first quarter of the year on the back of an advance in the value of overseas stocks and increas...

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Football player Suk Hyun-jun gets suspended sentence for violating military service law

Pro football player Suk Hyun-jun was handed a suspended sentence on Thursday for violating the military service law.

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Centrum launches new probiotic products in Korea

Centrum, a multivitamin brand of global healthcare company Haleon's, will launch three new probiotics products made by its Korean R&D center and produced by its Korean contract m...

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Korean culture as the solution

Many people know about Korea's low birthrate. It's one of the lowest in the world, and it's falling.

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BUSINESSPandas at Everland become tourist magnet

There has been a sharp rise in interest in pandas in the country recently with thousands of people visiting Everland, the country's largest theme park, to get a glimpse of its ba...

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In Canada, each cigarette will get a warning label: 'poison in every puff'

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