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Coupang hit with $102 million fine from FTC over search results manipulation

Coupang was slapped with a 140 billion won ($102 million) fine by Korea's Fair Trade Commission (FTC) for manipulating its search results to enhance...

Russia’s Putin expected to visit North Korea in a ‘few days’: Seoul

Russian President Vladimir Putin is expected to visit North Korea within the next few days, said South Korea's presidential office, with Seoul closely monitoring...

U.S. weighing sanctions on advanced chip technology to China

The U.S. government is considering further restrictions on China's access to advanced chip technology, according to Bloomberg on Wednesday, that could significantly hinder China's...

Chaos looms as more medical professors opt for indefinite strike in Korea

Fears of chaos in Korea's medical system are growing after more doctors at the country’s largest teaching hospitals decided on Wednesday to stage an...

Korea, stronghold of Samsung, left out of Apple Vision Pro’s overseas rollout

Korea was again excluded from the list of countries that will receive Apple's Vision Pro. Apple announced Monday at its annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) that...

South Korean military fired warning shots as North’s troops crossed border Sunday

North Korean troops briefly crossed the military demarcation line (MDL) Sunday and retreated after the South Korean military fired warning shots, the South’s Joint...

Tax delinquency worsens skepticism of oil claim consulting firm ACT-GEO

ACT-GEO, a U.S. consulting company that conducted a study on the potential discovery of oil and gas off Korea's east coast, was found to...

Naver Papago, Korea’s AI-powered translation service, surpasses 20 million users

Users of Naver Papago, the Korean online portal operator’s artificial intelligence-powered translation service, have steadily increased, topping 20 million last month on overseas demand,...

Seoul responds to Pyongyang’s trash balloons with loudspeakers at border, propaganda broadcasts

South Korea announced Sunday that it would install loudspeakers near the inter-Korean border and resume propaganda broadcasts for the first time in six years in...

North Korea sends 310 more trash-filled balloons to South as tensions further inflate

The South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said Monday that North Korea has sent more than 310 filth-filled balloons over the inter-Korean border...