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YouTube Premium prices to jump at least 43 percent in Korea

YouTube raised the prices of its Premium subscription service by nearly 43 percent — and up to 71.5 percent for some — in Korea,...

U.S. F-16 fighter jet crashes into sea off Korea

A U.S. Air Force F-16 fighter jet crashed in Gunsan, North Jeolla on Monday. The Korea Coast Guard said the incident took place near Eocheong...

U.S. lawmaker urges Indo-Pacific nations to consider NATO-like alliance to deter China, North Korea

A U.S. conservative lawmaker called on nations in the Indo-Pacific to consider a NATO-like security apparatus to curb Chinese and North Korean threats. “Our adversaries...

Korea logs sixth month of surplus, largest in two years

Korea logged a current account surplus for the sixth consecutive month in October on a trade surplus that was helped by a jump in...

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...