1 Riize to conclude 1st tour in March with Seoul gig Riize will conclude its first international tour with three shows in Seoul in March, label SM Entertainment announced Tuesday.The group will go live on March 6-8 for its “Riizing Loud” tour. The concert tour began in Seoul in July and had the six mem...
2 HD Hyundai chief calls for ‘unrivaled tech’ amid rising competition HD Hyundai Chair Chung Ki-sun highlighted record growth in 2025 and urged the group to accelerate innovation and execution amid intensifying global competition and rising protectionism, in his New Year’s address Wednesday.Chung said the group reached...
3 Zelenskyy discusses US troop presence in Ukraine with Trump KYIV, Ukraine (Reuters) -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Tuesday Kyiv was discussing with Washington a possible presence of US troops in Ukraine as part of security guarantees, and also raised what he called a faked attack on Russian ...
4 TXT collaborates with Japanese rocker Hyde for ‘SSS’ remix Tomorrow X Together will unveil a remix of “SSS,” a B-side track from its third studio album in Japan, it said on a Japanese music program Tuesday.On Jan. 26, it will drop the digital single featuring Hyde of Japanese rock band L'arc~en~Ciel, who co-...
5 [Kim Seong-kon] Adieu 2025 and welcome 2026! The turbulent year 2025 fades away and the New Year 2026 is dawning now. In 2025, Korea experienced some good things, but also went through devastating wildfires, massive flooding and bombing accidents, in addition to the usual border tensions with t...
6 Teen fight in Gangnam results in stabbing South Korean police are investigating two high school students after a street fight in Seoul's Gangnam district resulted in one teenager sustaining a stab wound to the neck.The incident occurred around 7:50 p.m. Sunday in Gangnam-gu, southern Seoul. ...
7 UAE to pull remaining forces from Yemen in crisis with Saudi Arabia The United Arab Emirates said Tuesday it was pulling its remaining forces out of Yemen after Saudi Arabia backed a call for UAE forces to leave within 24 hours, deepening a crisis between the two Gulf powers and oil producers.Hours earlier, Saudi-le...
8 S. Korea's consumer prices up 2.1% in 2025, lowest in 5 years South Korea's inflationary pressure eased to the lowest level in five years in 2025, following the sharpest price growth in decades during the post-pandemic period, government data showed Wednesday.Consumer prices, a key gauge of inflation, increased...
9 How Seoul is reshaping youth policy to build careers before graduation In response to a worsening youth job market, the Seoul Metropolitan Government is overhauling its employment policy to push career-building and work experience into the university years.The shift comes as young Koreans face a prolonged transition fro...
10 Journalist Tatiana Schlossberg, granddaughter of JFK, dies at 35 American environmental journalist Tatiana Schlossberg, the granddaughter of late president John F. Kennedy, has died from cancer at the age of 35, her family announced Tuesday."Our beautiful Tatiana passed away this morning. She will always be in our...
11 Lee hopes Trump's gift of White House golden key to deepen Seoul-Washington alliance President Lee Jae Myung on Tuesday thanked US President Donald Trump for the gift of a golden key to the White House, saying he hopes the symbolic present will help deepen the alliance between Seoul and Washington.Lee shared a photo on his X account ...
12 Will Korea-China summit rekindle hopes of K-culture comeback in China? President Lee Jae Myung's state visit to China fuels optimism over possible loosening of 8-year unofficial banWith President Lee Jae Myung set to visit China to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping on Sunday, optimism is building that long-frozen cultur...
13 Workers may soon be able to ignore late-night work messages South Korea’s government plans to push new legislation in 2026 to curb excessive working hours, including giving workers the right to disconnect from job related messages after hours and introducing half day leave as a legal entitlement.The bill, ann...
14 International matchmakers under scrutiny over consumer harm South Korea’s anti-corruption watchdog has moved to rein in the international marriage brokerage industry, citing widespread consumer harm caused by opaque contracts, hidden fees and misleading advertisements that have caused financial loss and emoti...
15 Nearly 25 Islamic State fighters killed or captured in Syria, US military says The US military said Tuesday that nearly 25 operatives of the Islamic State group were killed or captured in Syria this month following an ambush that killed two US troops and an American civilian interpreter.US Central Command, which oversees the Mi...
16 What online keywords from 2025 predict for social trends in 2026 South Korea’s Culture Ministry on Wednesday released a report outlining six major trends expected to shape daily life in the country in 2016, signaling a shift from post-political-crisis recovery to a period of social “adaptation.”The trends include ...
17 Korea readies biggest-ever business delegation for China diplomacy Lee Jae Myung's China trip underscores Seoul’s push to balance geopolitics with economic pragmatismPresident Lee Jae Myung will be accompanied by a large-scale business delegation during his state visit to China from Jan. 4-7, including the heads of ...
18 Porsche Korea donates W130m to children in need Porsche Korea announced on Wednesday that it has donated a total of 130 million won ($90,000) to ChildFund Korea and Make-A-Wish Korea to support children with incurable diseases and those from low-income families during the holiday season.The German...
19 Outcry from both sides of aisle over Minister's Yongin chip cluster remarks Climate Minister King Sung-whan sparked outcry on both sides of the aisle this week with remarks suggesting doubt about South Korea's 622 trillion won ($429.9 billion) ambition to build a semiconductor chip cluster in Yongin, Gyeonggi Province.Despit...
20 Hanwha Life wins ISO certification for AI security Hanwha Life said Wednesday it has obtained ISO/IEC 42001 certification, an international standard for artificial intelligence security governance, marking an industry first.Issued by the International Organization for Standardization, the certificati...
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