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Earlier this week, the production team of "Wednesday," the Netflix drama series, visited Korea to promote its second sea...
15/08/2025

Earlier this week, the production team of "Wednesday," the Netflix drama series, visited Korea to promote its second season, released on Aug. 6.

Earlier this week, the production team of "Wednesday," the Netflix drama series, visited Korea to promote its second season, released on Aug. 6. Th...

President Lee Jae Myung has nominated a Financial Services Commission (FSC) chief from the government bureaucracy and ap...
15/08/2025

President Lee Jae Myung has nominated a Financial Services Commission (FSC) chief from the government bureaucracy and appointed a close aide as head of the Financial Supervisory Service (FSS).

President Lee Jae Myung has nominated a Financial Services Commission (FSC) chief from the government bureaucracy and appointed a close aide as hea...

Korea is poised to reinvigorate its long-stalled gender policy agenda after President Lee Jae Myung nominated Won Min-ky...
15/08/2025

Korea is poised to reinvigorate its long-stalled gender policy agenda after President Lee Jae Myung nominated Won Min-kyong, a veteran women’s rights activist and attorney, as the new minister of gender equality.

Korea is poised to reinvigorate its long-stalled gender policy agenda after President Lee Jae Myung nominated Won Min-kyong, a veteran women’s righ...

Foreign visitors to Jeju Island can now ride buses without buying a separate ticket or transit card, simply by using a V...
15/08/2025

Foreign visitors to Jeju Island can now ride buses without buying a separate ticket or transit card, simply by using a Visa card issued in their home countries.

Foreign visitors to Jeju Island can now ride buses without buying a separate ticket or transit card, simply by using a Visa card issued in their ho...

Discussions on the reorganization of financial authorities under the Lee Jae Myung administration are expected to be ext...
15/08/2025

Discussions on the reorganization of financial authorities under the Lee Jae Myung administration are expected to be extended after the plan was omitted from the presidential committee’s announcement of the new government’s five-year blueprint, officials said Thursday.

Discussions on the reorganization of financial authorities under the Lee Jae Myung administration are expected to be extended after the plan was om...

Foreign Minister Cho Hyun said Thursday that U.S. President Donald Trump could play a critical role in achieving a break...
15/08/2025

Foreign Minister Cho Hyun said Thursday that U.S. President Donald Trump could play a critical role in achieving a breakthrough in the ongoing stalemate with North Korea.

Foreign Minister Cho Hyun said Thursday that U.S. President Donald Trump could play a critical role in achieving a breakthrough in the ongoing stal...

The Fair Trade Commission will temporarily suspend its push to regulate monopolistic platform firms from the United Stat...
15/08/2025

The Fair Trade Commission will temporarily suspend its push to regulate monopolistic platform firms from the United States amid Korea’s unsettled trade negotiation with the world’s largest economy, its chairman nominee said Thursday.

The Fair Trade Commission (FTC) will temporarily suspend its push to regulate monopolistic platform firms from the United States amid Korea’s unset...

A survey has found that six out of 10 iced coffee drinkers in their 20s and 30s enjoy the beverage year-round, with iced...
15/08/2025

A survey has found that six out of 10 iced coffee drinkers in their 20s and 30s enjoy the beverage year-round, with iced Americanos topping the list of favorites. The findings confirm the dominance of the so-called “Eoljuk-a” — a Korean phrase meaning “I’d rather freeze to death than skip my iced Americano.”

A survey has found that six out of 10 iced coffee drinkers in their 20s and 30s enjoy the beverage year-round, with iced Americanos topping the lis...

Korea’s move to bring its adoption process entirely under government control was promoted as a safeguard against the abu...
15/08/2025

Korea’s move to bring its adoption process entirely under government control was promoted as a safeguard against the abuses that have long marred the country’s adoption system. Yet for many adoptees searching for their birth roots here, the change has sparked frustration, anxiety and skepticism over whether it will truly address decades of injustice.

Korea’s move to bring its adoption process entirely under government control was promoted as a safeguard against the abuses that have long marred t...

President Lee Jae Myung said South Korea will not seek to absorb North Korea for unification, in an address marking the ...
15/08/2025

President Lee Jae Myung said South Korea will not seek to absorb North Korea for unification, in an address marking the 80th anniversary of Korea’s liberation from Japanese 1910-45 colonial rule, Friday.

President Lee Jae Myung said South Korea will not seek to absorb North Korea for unification, in an address marking the 80th anniversary of Korea’s...

Korean conglomerates are yielding to government and ruling party requests to reconcile with subcontracted workers, while...
15/08/2025

Korean conglomerates are yielding to government and ruling party requests to reconcile with subcontracted workers, while foreign companies still watch with concern over the labor-friendly administration’s efforts to redefine “employer” and limit damages lawsuits against striking workers.

Korean conglomerates are yielding to government and ruling party requests to reconcile with subcontracted workers, while foreign companies still wa...

The proposal to form a coalition with Japan to establish an economic community similar to the European Union sparked a s...
15/08/2025

The proposal to form a coalition with Japan to establish an economic community similar to the European Union sparked a sensation earlier this year, when Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry and SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won introduced the idea.

The proposal to form a coalition with Japan to establish an economic community similar to the European Union sparked a sensation earlier this year,...

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