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Grandson of late president Chun dishes dirt on family

The grandson of late former president Chun Doo-hwan has been setting tongues on fire with a series of revelations about his family, including accusations...

Hyundai Motor Group ranks third-largest automaker in world

Hyundai Motor Group is now the world's third-largest automaker, outpacing General Motors and Stellantis. It's the first time the combined sales of Hyundai Motor and...

Korea Ginseng Corporation establishes R&D center in California

The Korea Ginseng Corporation, KT&G’s ginseng affiliate, established a research and development center in Fullerton, California, with the aim to continuously invest in overseas...

North Korea using nuclear weapons will mean end of regime: Pentagon spokesperson

Any use of nuclear weapons by North Korea will be the end of the reclusive regime in Pyongyang, a U.S. Department of Defense spokesperson...

World’s largest chip complex planned for Korea

A massive chip cluster costing 300 trillion won ($230 billion) will be built in Gyeonggi by 2042, the Korean government said Wednesday. The initiative is...

Department of Defense cites threats in Indo-Pacific in requesting record budget

The U.S. Department of Defense cited threats and challenges posed by China and North Korea in requesting an increase in defense expenditures to a...

Grand bargain ends HYBE’s run at SM Entertainment

HYBE is walking away from the battle for SM Entertainment after an 11th hour meeting on Friday with representatives from the target and the...

Biden asks Yoon Suk Yeol to lead plenary session in upcoming democracy summit

U.S. President Joe Biden has formally requested that Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol chair a plenary session of the second Summit for Democracy, according...

North fires two submarine-launched ‘strategic cruise missiles’ on Sunday

North Korea fired two submarine-launched “strategic cruise missiles” on Sunday, the North’s Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said. The missiles were fired from 8.24 Yongung...

SK geo centric completes consultation with U.S. partner

SK geo centric completed technical consultation with a U.S. chemical recycling start-up for its upcoming recycling plant in Ulsan, the company said Friday. SK geo...