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Thousands of doctors in South Korea stage anti-government protests

Police banned four current leaders of the country's largest medical lobbying group from leaving the country on Sunday amid a deepening crisis over the...

Posco to source 60,000 tons of graphite from Africa in pull away from China

Posco Future M, a battery material affiliate of Posco Group, will source natural graphite, a key material for anodes, from Africa, in a deal...

European embassies in North prepare to reopen after four-year closure

  European countries are reportedly preparing to reopen embassies in North Korea after four years of closure due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Germany, Sweden, Switzerland, Poland,...

Now a multibillion-dollar empire, Korean webtoons draw global fans

Elevated to a global phenomenon, Korean webtoons have captivated diverse audiences, propelling the industry into a multibillion-dollar powerhouse. In the world of Disney+'s streaming series...

President calls Korea, Japan ‘partners’ at March 1 address

President Yoon Suk Yeol called South Korea and Japan “partners” seeking global peace against North Korea's military threats and said his government would pursue...

Fertility rate of South Korea continues free fall in 2023 at 0.72: Data

Korea’s ever-plummeting fertility rate continued its free fall in 2023 to reach another all-time low of 0.72 children per woman, down by 0.06 from...

Meta CEO Zuckerberg discuss online disinformation, AI cooperation in South Korea

President Yoon Suk Yeol voiced concerns that spreading disinformation on social media poses a "serious problem that threatens liberal democracy" in a meeting with...

Zuckerberg meets Samsung chairman, LG CEO in Seoul

  Meta's Mark Zuckerberg met with LG Electronics CEO William Cho and Samsung Electronics Executive Chairman Lee Jae-yong in Seoul on Wednesday. During his meeting with...

4 injured at K-pop photo shoot in abandoned Osan factory

Four people were injured on Wednesday afternoon during a photo shoot for a K-pop act in an abandoned factory building in Osan, Gyeonggi. The four...

Samsung develops industry’s largest capacity HBM3E chips for faster AI learning

Samsung Electronics succeeded in developing its fifth-generation high bandwidth memory (HBM) chips HBM3E which has the industry’s largest capacity of 36 gigabytes, the Korean...