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Yoon says Busan is ‘ready’ to hold best World Expo at BIE assembly

PARIS — President Yoon Suk Yeol said that Korea is "ready" to share its experiences and give back to the international community in an...

Interpark changes name, aims to draw 50M inbound tourists

Interpark, an e-commerce company, changed its name to "InterparkTriple," and reoriented its business focus towards inbound tourism sales. The concert and travel ticket provider, which...

Chinese living in Korea shouldn’t be able to vote, PPP leader says

Chinese nationals living in Korea should not have the right to vote in Korea, the leader of the ruling party said in a parliamentary...

Yoon, Macron discuss security, economy in Paris summit

PARIS – President Yoon Suk Yeol held a bilateral summit with French President Emmanuel Macron at Élysée Palace in Paris on Tuesday to discuss...

Police crackdown 3,670 drug offenders in Korea within three months period

Thousands of drug offenders have been apprehended in Korea during a three-month-long special crackdown, police said on Friday. A total of 3,670 people involved in...

Korea to get tough on industrial espionage from China

Korea is set to toughen criminal punishments on technology theft following a series of highly publicized data leaks, often involving Chinese businesses and employees...

Korean investors making bets on the yen

Korean investors are buying up yen to take advantage of the Japanese currency's weakness. They are eyeing foreign exchange gains if the yen stages...

Jay Park to accompany Yoon to Vietnam as part of business delegation

Singer and rapper Jay Park will be joining President Yoon Suk Yeol's state visit to Vietnam next week as the CEO of a popular...

Korea ‘second-tier’ in addressing human trafficking, U.S. report says

Korea was again stamped as second-tier in the annual human trafficking report by the United States released Thursday, for its "inadequate" efforts to prevent...

High labor costs lead owners in Korea to choose unmanned shops

Unmanned ice cream shops, which proliferated during the pandemic, are easy targets for thieves. But high labor costs mean owners would rather have a...