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BLACKPINK-emblazoned Korean Air jet to promote Busan Expo bid

A Korean Air jet emblazoned with an image of K-pop girl group BLACKPINK will help promote South Korea's bid to host the 2030 World...

W+K opens in Seoul to ride the K-wave

Wieden+Kennedy, an advertising agency best known for creating Nike's "Just Do It" tagline, is just doing it in Korea, with the aim of tapping...

Suspect could face death penalty in drug-laced drink scam

Prosecutors on Thursday indicted and detained three suspects allegedly involved in the drug-laced drink blackmail scheme that occurred in a dense private cram school...

SK On signs deal with Colorado-based Westwater Resources to develop anode materials

  SK On signed an agreement with Colorado-based Westwater Resources to co-develop anode materials, the key component in making electric vehicle batteries. Under the three-year agreement,...

North Korean youth hold rally against South-U.S. deterrence deal

North Korean youth and students held a rally to denounce a recent agreement reached by South Korean and U.S. leaders on strengthening U.S. extended...

Yoon praises return of ‘virtuous cycle’ with Japan and U.S.

President Yoon Suk Yeol, center, in meeting with People Power Party lawmakers at the lawn of the newly opening Yongsan Children's Garden on Tuesday....

Kospi gains points, U.S. Fed meeting expected to raise interest rate

Stocks closed higher Tuesday for a third day, ahead of the U.S. Federal Reserve's policy meeting later this week. While the won fell against...

Another S. Korean wartime sexual slavery victim dies; survivors now at 9

Another South Korean woman who was forced into sexual slavery by Japan during World War II has died, the gender equality minister said Tuesday,...

President’s office confirms Kishida’s visit to Seoul

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will make a two-day visit to Korea over Sunday and Monday to meet with President Yoon Suk Yeol, the...

Industry minister visits Boston Dynamics, praises achievements

Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy Lee Chang-yang visited Hyundai Motor’s Massachusetts-based Boston Dynamics on Friday as he accompanied President Yoon Suk Yeol on...