Not a financial hub yet? Go overseas (KOR)

As K-pop and K-dramas made Korea a cultural hub, a BTS may emerge from the financial industry.

2023-06-09

Korea, Japan to discuss currency swap line during ministerial talks

Korea will discuss re-establishing a currency exchange swap line with Japan that expired in 2015 during a ministerial meeting in late June.

2023-06-08

Regression to an unequal society? (KOR)

Has our society become a place where people can openly say, “I dream of an unequal world”?

2023-06-08

FKTU walks away from minimum wage talks with government

The Federation of Korean Trade Unions (FKTU), the country’s largest umbrella union, walked away from a communication channel with the government, in a move that escalates tensions between the laborers and the Yoon Suk Yeol administration.

2023-06-07

Not foreigners anymore (KOR)

Over 200,000 people from 110 countries around the world are naturalized as Korean citizens, but the related system is still lacking.

2023-06-07

USFK to run space-based early warning system with allies

The space command of United States Forces Korea will be tasked with sharing information from U.S. reconnaissance satellites with South Korea and Japan.

2023-06-06

Seismic changes in the intermediary goods trade (KOR)

The changes of the intermediate goods trade mechanism are demanding fundamental solutions for 10, 20 years ahead.

2023-06-06

U.S.-China tensions overshadow Shangri-La Dialogue

Reining in North Korea threats dominated South Korean Defense Minister Lee Jong-sup's talks with counterparts from the United States, Japan and China in Singapore, but his efforts to solicit cooperation were overshadowed by U.S.-China tensions.

2023-06-05

He or she? Think again (KOR)

As changing gender identity awareness is accelerating, it seems difficult to turn the tide.