South Korea

Seoul will allocate 9.5 billion won ($6.5 million) to meetings, incentives, conferences, and events (MICE) this year to support its growth and enhance the city's position as a global hub, the city government said Tuesday.

For the first time, the proportion of men taking parental leave in Korea exceeded 30 percent last year, according to government data released Sunday.

Concerns have been raised about new legislation intended to enhance student safety in schools, with critics arguing that the bills could be misused to target teachers - particularly over their mental health.

Korea is 'closely' monitoring developments related to efforts to end the war in Ukraine, Seoul's foreign ministry said Tuesday, as the United States and Russia will hold talks on the matter this week.

A court on Tuesday ruled in favor of a victim of wartime forced labor who rejected the government's compensation plan and sought direct reparations from a Japanese company, in the first such ruling.

Korea added 246,000 wage jobs from a year earlier in the third quarter of 2024, but the number of jobs for young people decreased, while the overall growth continued to slow, data showed Wednesday.

On a snowy day in Seoul earlier this month, Isadora Nunes Thomazini entered a divination shop, eager to gain insight into her future. Having lived in Korea for four years, the 21-year-old Brazilian was particularly curious about her career prospects after graduating from university next February.

“Bwahahahaha” is a weekly column that explores the roots of Korean humor by sharing translated passages from the joke book “Kkalkkal Useum,” originally published in 1916. -Ed.

Police investigating last week's murder of an 8-year-old student by her teacher in the central city of Daejeon said Wednesday the crime was apparently premeditated.

Korea's industry ministry said Thursday it will send seven trade missions to different regions in the Global South this year as part of efforts to diversify the country's trade destinations.

A senior Korean trade official said Monday he will seek to have 'mutual beneficial' discussions during his planned talks with U.S. officials in Washington, amid concerns over the potential impact of President Donald Trump's tariff policy on the Asian country.

Chinese startup DeepSeek’s saga was short-lived. The groundbreaking debut of its new chatbot, R1, in January, was initially hailed as a historic moment that could disrupt U.S. dominance in artificial intelligence (AI) and ignite a fierce U.S.-China rivalry for AI supremacy. This was compared to the Soviet Union’s 1957 launch of Sputnik 1, which […]

Young Koreans are struggling to find steady part-time jobs as full-time positions become increasingly rare. Instead, short, fragmented shifts dominate the job market, making it harder for young people to earn a stable income.

A new musical concert, titled 'When an Empath Meets a Narcissist,' explores the many questions in relationships and how we deal with them, asking if we do these things purposefully, whether we can change or if we are always stuck in these patterns of behavior and thinking.

The Marine Corps on Wednesday staged live-fire drills on islands near the tensely guarded western inter-Korean maritime border to boost readiness against North Korean military threats, the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said.

Huge lineups out front might make a restaurant look popular, but they also tend to antagonize nearby residents. Is the food really that good, or are all the customers just acting like lemmings?

A parliamentary committee Tuesday passed a bill aimed at supporting the semiconductor industry by giving bigger tax incentives to chipmakers, paving the way for the bill to become a law.

Circumstances surrounding Korea's exports continued to worsen this month due to a decrease in the prices of semiconductors and petroleum products, coupled with a global trend toward protectionism, the industry ministry said Thursday.

Acting President Choi Sang-mok on Tuesday called for the government and parliament to deliver meaningful outcomes through a newly formed committee focused on addressing key economic issues.

The government and the ruling People Power Party (PPP) were set to discuss Tuesday ways to improve competitiveness in the artificial intelligence (AI) industry.

Korea will push to develop its own version of ChatGPT, the artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot created by U.S.-based OpenAI, acting President Choi Sang-mok said Thursday, pledging full-scale government support for research and development (R&D).

Foreign residents of northern Seoul's Gangbuk District will now be able to access multilingual support features at automated civil document kiosks, as the district continues efforts to improve administrative services for its multicultural community.

A U.S.-based relief organization has won the Seoul Peace Prize for its longstanding humanitarian work in delivering medical supplies to those impacted by disasters and conflicts, the prize committee announced Tuesday.

The government plans to tighten driving ability assessments for transport workers including bus, taxi and freight vehicle drivers that are aged 65 years or older, the transport ministry said Wednesday, a move aimed at enhancing the safety of public transportation services.

At least 31 children had been improperly sent overseas for adoption through the notorious Brothers Home in Busan, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Korea (TRC) confirmed in January.

Korea needs to accept more foreigners and seek other comprehensive measures to tackle problems in connection with its ultra-low birth rate and rapid aging, a senior presidential committee official said Tuesday.

The defense ministry said Tuesday it will seek to recover the remains of more than 200 soldiers killed during the 1950-53 Korean War this year as part of an ongoing project to find and identify missing service members.

Actor Yoo Ah-in, who was sentenced to one year in prison and detained in court five months ago on charges of habitual drug use, was released on Tuesday after receiving a suspended sentence from an appellate court.

South Korea and the United States on Thursday held combined air drills, involving at least one B-1B bomber, the South's defense ministry said, in a show of force against North Korean military threats.