76.3 F
Los Angeles
Sunday, July 20, 2025

KOREA

Demand for private education defies Korea’s declining demographics

Despite decaying demographics, Koreans are spending more on private education and opening more cram schools. There were 109,488 cram schools and private study rooms in...

North will ‘pay a price’ for any arms supplies to Russia, U.S. says

National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan warned North Korea against providing any lethal weapons to Russia Tuesday, saying it will "pay a price" in the...

No military deals with North, Yoon warns at Asean summit

President Yoon Suk Yeol warned against attempted military deals with North Korea, apparently calling out Russia, as regional leaders gathered in Indonesia to attend...

Korea’s GDP up 0.6% in Q2 despite export decline

Korea’s gross domestic product (GDP) grew 0.6 percent in the April-June period from the previous quarter, remaining unchanged from the earlier estimate. Second-quarter expansion was...

Hyundai EVs race to top spot in Indonesia

Over half of the electric vehicles sold in Indonesia this year were made by Hyundai Motor, the Korean automaker that has been steadily strengthening...

South seeks to track and freeze North’s crypto assets

The South Korean government plans to submit a bill to track and freeze North Korean cryptocurrency and virtual assets used to fund Pyongyang's illicit...

Kim, Putin expected to discuss weapons in Vladivostok

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is expected to visit Vladivostok to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin for talks about supplying weapons for the latter’s...

Korea logs $870M trade surplus in August

Korea reported a third consecutive month of trade surpluses in August. Exports fell for 11 months straight, but imports plunged further on the fall of...

Samsung Electronics to supply HBM3 to Nvidia

Samsung Electronics will supply its high-bandwidth memory 3 (HBM3) chips to Nvidia from as early as next month, setting a major milestone for its...

Yoon warns against spreading falsehoods about Camp David alliance

President Yoon Suk Yeol on Friday issued a strong warning against those who still support totalitarian communists, opportunists and those who fuel anti-Japanese sentiments...