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Nation jolted by this year's strongest quake

Yoon orders swift damage assessment, safety check after quake

	Korea, Kazakhstan set for summit to discuss cooperation on minerals, infrastructure

	Writer reveals secrets behind Byeon Woo-seok's character in 'Lovely Runner'

	Medical professors set to decide whether to join planned strike by community doctors

	'Zero-sugar' craze sweeps food and beverage industry

EXCLUSIVEAsian version of Grammy Awards likely to be held in Korea: source

	BOK chief highlights timely policy pivot amid high inflation

	Korea dismisses Japan's protest over maritime survey near Dokdo

	LG, Samsung, SK face soaring labor costs for US battery plants

BTS's Jin completes military service

	Korea adds fewest number of jobs in over 3 years in May

	National Assembly in turmoil over DPK's unilateral appointments of committee heads

	Government's inaction on anti-NK leaflets draws criticism

	Son Heung-min 'uncomfortable' with transfer speculation

Anti-corruption agency's decision on first lady's luxury bag scandal faces backlash

The Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission is facing a major backlash from opposition parties following its decision to close its review regarding first lady Kim Keon Hee's luxury handbag scand...

Uncertainty looms as crypto taxation begins next year

Financial industry officials and investors are expressing concerns about the taxation on cryptocurrency scheduled to begin next year, noting that the country has yet to establish the relevant legal ...

US President Joe Biden's son, Hunter, convicted of all 3 felonies in federal gun trial

Hunter Biden was convicted Tuesday of all three felony charges related to the purchase of a revolver in 2018 when, prosecutors argued, the president’s son lied on a mandatory gun-purchase form by sa...

Self-employed individuals over 60 show lowest loan delinquency rate, still struggle to retire

A man surnmaed Hong, once an office worker and now in his late 60s, says he never thought he would be running a fried chicken restaurant for more than 10 years after his official company retirement....

Beauty product manufacturers draw attention in M&A market

Manufacturers of beauty products are drawing attention in the M&A market as such products are increasingly more closely linked to medical care, information and communications technology (ICT), artif...

Samsung, union should share same goal to survive: biz lobby leader

GENEVA - Samsung Electronics and its unionized workers should pull in the same direction and pursue the same goal to survive in the fiercely competitive global semiconductor market, the head of the ...

Army deploys new amphibious bridging vehicle

The Army deployed a new amphibious bridging vehicle for the first time Wednesday as part of efforts to improve troop readiness and capabilities in river-crossing operations.

'US ready for anything' amid North Korean threats: Ambassador Goldberg

The United States remains ready for 'anything' that could happen on the Korean Peninsula, its top envoy to South Korea said Tuesday amid tensions heightened by Pyongyang's recent sending of trash-fi...

Korea, EU discuss progress of bilateral FTA, regulations

Korea's trade ministry said Wednesday that it has discussed the progress of the bilateral free trade agreement (FTA) with the European Union and asked the economic bloc to address growing regulatory...

K-book exhibition heads to France ahead of Paris Olympics

In a bid to showcase Korean literature on the global stage, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MCST) is kicking off a three-month-long Korean book promotion event coinciding with the 2024 ...

Moviation launches Korea's first urban aerial mobility services

Moviation has launched Korea's first urban aerial mobility (UAM) service, Vonaer, giving a time-saving boost to local transportation across areas with heavy traffic or geographic traits unfavorable ...

Korea, Turkmenistan pledge to elevate ties in infrastructure, plant projects, energy

Korea pledged to elevate its partnership with Turkmenistan in infrastructure, plant projects and energy by taking advantage of the latter's geopolitical stability and extensive reserves of natural r...

Foreign military attaches donate to mark 2002 inter-Korean naval battle

The Foreign Military Attache Corps in South Korea held a scholarship donation ceremony and charity walk at Seoul Battleship Park, Tuesday, to honor South Korean seamen killed in the 2002 inter-Korea...

Han Sung Motor introduces industry's first used car refund program

Han Sung Motor, the official dealer of Mercedes-Benz vehicles, introduced the industry's first '3-Day Home Service Refund' program for certified pre-owned vehicles, allowing customers to receive a 1...

President Yoon's amiable approach toward Japan called into question over Sado mine nomination bid

President Yoon Suk Yeol’s outreach policy toward Japan might start to be called into question as Japan pushes to include the Sado mine on UNESCO’s World Heritage list in July.

Krafton's Dark and Darker Mobile to gauge success through global tests

Krafton will conduct a large-scale test for its new mobile game Dark and Darker Mobile in major global markets in August, with the United States, Japan and Turkey being potential target countries, t...

Kukkiwon considers sending taekwondo educators to Cuba for first time

Kukkiwon, a state-sponsored taekwondo academy, is planning to send taekwondo educators to Cuba for the first time, four months after the establishment of South Korea’s diplomatic relations with the ...

Korea, Cuba to hold first diplomatic talks since formation of bilateral ties

Average prices of 5 popular eating-out dishes keep rising

The average prices of five popular eating-out dishes in Korea kept rising last month, data showed Tuesday, in the latest sign that soaring food inflation is taking a bite out of people's pocketbooks.

KOREA ENCOUNTERSSindang-dong: forgotten history of a gentrifying neighborhood

Twenty-five years later, history began to repeat itself. Much like in Mullae-dong, Seongsu-dong and Euljiro, cafes, wine bars and foreign food eateries began to move into aging rice warehouses and o...

Samsung Electronics, labor union to resume wage talks this week

Unionized workers of Samsung Electronics have decided to resume talks with the company later this week, about two weeks after wage negotiations broke down, industry sources said Tuesday.

Entertainment & Arts

Opinion

Editorial

Doctors' strike contested

Tit-for-tat clashes

Thoughts of the Times

Reading and appropriating Judith Butler

Columns

Attracting high-skilled talent to Korea and supporting international families

Singapore summit, 6 years on

Cartoons

National

Korea welcomes UN Security Council's adoption of resolution for ceasefire in Gaza

Companies

Hyundai Motor, Kia expected to benefit from Toyota's vehicle certification scandal

Hyundai Motor and Kia will likely cash in on Toyota Motor's involvement in a series of vehicle certification scandals. This issue will likely see a rise in demand for Korean cars...

Tech

ChatGPT tops 1 mil. users in Korea amid growing popularity: data

The number of OpenAI's ChatGPT users in Korea rose 30 percent last month, surpassing 1 million for the first time on the increasing popularity of the artificial intelligence chat...

Video

Lifestyle

Gyeonghui Palace night tour program to kick off June 21

North Korea

N. Korea's vice public security minister leaves for Russia

North Korea's vice public security minister has left for Russia, state media reported Tuesday, amid deepening cooperation between the two nations following their leaders' summit ...

Finance

More embezzlement uncovered at Woori Bank

Woori Bank discovered another of its employees who was involved in embezzlement, approximately two years after a 70 billion won ($50.83 million) embezzlement case made headlines.

Sports

Alcaraz beats Zverev to win first French Open title

Carlos Alcaraz fought back to defeat Alexander Zverev in a five-set French Open final on Sunday and become the youngest man to win Grand Slam titles on all three surfaces.

Business

Seoul ranked 9th best city for startup ecosystem in 2024 Startup Genome report

Seoul was ranked the ninth best city for launching a startup in an annual report published on Monday by a U.S. startup research firm, the highest spot the city has ever achieved.

Blog

17 years old and outside of Seoul

Living in Suncheon as a teenage girl who likes to hangout is pretty boring. There’s little in the way of entertainment for someone my age. It is all about navigating the same nei...

Multicultural Community

The Hechyeomoyeo presents over 250 artists at Insa-dong's KOTE

The Hechyeomoyeo, a group exhibition series of artists — Korean and foreign, local and overseas — is returning for the sixth time, this time presenting the works of m...

World

Elephants might call each other by name: study

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	INTERVIEWFrom lines to life: Italian illustrator conjures up 'extra+ordinary' spectacles of everyday lives