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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...

Korean battery makers grow fearful as U.S. overhauls IRA subsidy program

A red alert has gone off for Korean battery makers as the United States released specific requirements on its Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) subsidy...

South Korea successfully launches solid-fuel space rocket with satellite

  The Defense Ministry announced that it had successfully launched a solid-fuel-propelled space launch vehicle (SLV) from the sea near Jeju Island on Monday afternoon. The...

Korea inks $2.6B deal to deliver 159 K-9 howitzers to Poland

Hanwha Aerospace announced Monday that it inked a 3.45-trillion-won ($2.6-billion) executive contract with Poland to deliver 159 K-9 self-propelled howitzers. The contract promises to deliver...

Korea and Japan re-establish $10 billion currency swap deal

Korea and Japan officially struck a $10 billion currency swap deal Friday. The announcement comes eight years after the end of the two countries'...

South sanctions 11 North Koreans linked to satellite launch

The South Korean government on Friday added 11 North Korean nationals who participated in the development of the recently launched spy satellite, including intercontinental...

Korea’s first homegrown spy satellite to lift off on Friday

Korea’s first homegrown reconnaissance satellite, which will be launching from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on SpaceX’s Falcon 9, has been raised...