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U.S. bill calls to maintain 28,500 American troops in Korea

U.S. House of Representatives and Senate negotiators released their compromise draft of an annual defense policy bill Thursday, which calls for maintaining 28,500 U.S....

South Korea, Japan urge security cooperation in dealing with ‘provocative’ North

South Korean National Security Adviser Cho Tae-yong and his Japanese counterpart, Takeo Akiba, stressed that Pyongyang's "unprecedented provocations" pose a serious threat to peace...

Foreigners become net buyers of Korean stocks in November, end 3-month selling streak

Foreign investors of Korean stocks were net buyers last month after three months of being net sellers, having purchased a net 3.3 trillion won...

Two Koreans among Forbes’ ‘100 Most Powerful Women’

Lee Boo-jin, eldest daughter of late Samsung Chairman Lee Kun-hee, and Naver CEO Choi Soo-yeon were named by Forbes as two of the "100...

Envoys from Seoul, Washington, Tokyo meet in Japan to address North’s cyberattacks

Nuclear envoys and negotiators of South Korea, the United States and Japan met in Tokyo on Thursday to launch a trilateral working group to...

Twitch exits Korea, leaving opening for Naver

Twitch, a San Francisco-based streaming service owned by Amazon, is pulling out of Korea due to expensive networking fees. While local users and streamers mourn...

AliExpress under scrutiny for counterfeit items

A 39-year-old smuggler, identified only as Yang, was caught by the Korean customs agency after making 300 million won ($228,212) from selling 746 counterfeit...

South confirms closure of seven North Korean embassies

North Korea shut down seven embassies due to financial struggles, said the Foreign Ministry in Seoul. “North Korea recently shut its embassies in Guinea, Nepal,...

Korea, Japan’s nuclear envoys

  BY ESTHER CHUNG

WKBC Organizing Committee disbands, expressing gratitudes to community

  The Organizing Committee of the 21st World Korean Business Convention (WKBC) held a closing ceremony to express its gratitude to the Korean American community...