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Police arrest teens suspected of vandalizing historic Seoul palace

Police arrested Tuesday a 17-year-old individual suspected of vandalizing the wall of Gyeongbok Palace in Seoul on Saturday. The unidentified teen was taken into custody...

North fires ICBM into sea amid worsening war of words

North Korea fired an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) toward the East Sea on Monday, a move immediately condemned by South Korea, the United States...

FDA approves first-ever Korean blood product to enter U.S. market

GC Biopharma’s blood product won approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the pharmaceutical company said Monday. GC Biopharma’s Alyglo is the eighth...

Gyeongbok Palace wall graffiti suspect surrenders

The suspect who most recently vandalized the left wall of Yeongchumun, the western gate of Gyeongbok Palace in central Seoul, turned himself in on...

Drug arrests at all-time high, but impact questioned

The number of people arrested in Korea on drug-related charges this past year reached 17,152, according to the National Police Agency (NPA) on Monday,...

U.S. guideline on IRA to benefit Korean battery, renewables companies

The U.S. tentative guideline on its tax cut eligibility under the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) is likely to benefit Korea's electric vehicle battery, solar...

Hanshin University president apologizes for school’s staff forcing Uzbek students leave Korea

Hanshin University's president apologized after reports that the university's staff forced its Uzbek international students to leave Korea. "Our university recently caused concern due to...

Korea protests unauthorized entry from Chinese and Russian aircraft

The Ministry of National Defense lodged complaints against the Chinese military attaché and Russian defense attaché to Korea on Friday after their military aircraft...

Korea’s population set to plummet back to 1970s levels

In 50 years, Korea's population will likely shrink from the current 52 million to 36 million, a level last seen during the impoverished 70s,...

North Korea blasts imminent start of U.S.-led trilateral missile data-sharing system

North Korea slammed on Thursday a plan by South Korea, the United States and Japan to commence a real-time trilateral missile warning data-sharing system...