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North Korea Kim Jong Un’s Message to Trump: We’re Not Interested

SEOUL—North Korean leader Kim Jong Un appeared to rebuff the prospect of reviving his nuclear diplomacy with President-elect Do...

Banking & Finance NH Investment selected as UN GCF manager

South Korea's NH Investment & Securities announced on Thursday that it was selected as the first Asian securities firm to manage the Climate Tec...

North Korea This Song Is Catchy and Going Viral. It’s Also North Korean Propaganda.

SEOUL—Jordan Daniels, a 31-year-old pianist and software engineer in California, posted a cover of a catchy new tune on TikTok. One asp...

North Korea Kim Jong Un’s Balloon Barrage: Bags of Excrement Fly Into the South

SEOUL—An unusual sight drifted into South Korean skies on Wednesday: Large white balloons carrying plastic bags of North Korean trash. Some co...

North Korea North Korea’s missiles tested on the battlefields of Ukraine

SEOUL—One of the world’s biggest illicit-arms suppliers just got a major advertisement.In recent weeks, Russian forces have fired...

Economy S.Korean newly married couples’ birth rate at record low

South Korea’s fertility rate among newly married couples, who account for most of the country’s newborns, hit a trough last year, adding...

North Korea Kim Jong Un urges women to be good comrades — and give birth

SEOUL—Kim Jong Un has a new mission for North Korean women: Have more babies.Kim acknowledged the impoverished nation’s plunging bi...

North Korea China Appears to Have Repatriated North Koreans Despite International Pressure

SEOUL—China appeared to have repatriated a large number of North Koreans this week, despite international pressure given the harsh punishment ...

Automobiles Hyundai promotes Busan’s bid for 2030 Expo in New York with art cars

Hyundai Motor Group supports Busan’s bid to host the 2030 World Expo with IONIQ 5, IONIQ 6, and Genesis G80 covered with graffiti reading &l...

Business & Politics North Korea’s Kim Jong Un Expected to Meet Putin in Russia

WASHINGTON—North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is expected to travel to Russia soon to meet with President Vladimir Putin, U.S. officials said Mon...

Blockchain FNSValue, UN agency to provide passwordless authentication for fintech

South Korean blockchain company FNSValue Co. on Monday signed a partnership agreement with the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the Unit...

North Korea US to send Its biggest sub to Korean Peninsula in message to North and South

SEOUL—The U.S. plans to send its largest nuclear-armed submarine to South Korea for the first time in four decades, in an effort to deter Nort...

North Korea N.Korea's military reconnaissance satellite launch imminent

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un broke a month of stealth to visit the site of preparations for the launch of the first military reconnaissance satel...

North Korea North Korea's first spy satellite launch imminent

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un instructed officials to make preparations to launch its first military reconnaissance satellite as planned, the Nort...

Bio & Pharma GC Biopharma gets WHO pre-qualification approval for chickenpox vaccine

South Korea's GC Biopharma Corp. is set to regain the No. 1 spot in global production of chickenpox vaccines after earning qualification to enter th...

Companies Samsung Global Goals app rakes in over $10 million in charity 3 years after launch

Samsung Electronics Co. on Monday said Samsung Global Goals, a charity app for the company's Galaxy smartphones and devices, exceeded $10 million in...

North Korea Kim Jong-un appears with daughter in public for first time

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has unveiled for the first time his second child, daughter Ju-ae, who was born in 2013.The Korean Central News Agenc...

North Korea North Korea missile tests drawing tougher response from US, South Korea

SEOUL—The U.S. and South Korea are responding to North Korea’s unprecedented number of missile tests this year with a greater show of ...

ROK-U.S. SCM US and South Korea to update wartime plans for North Korea

SEOUL—The U.S. and South Korea said they would update their joint wartime contingency plans for North Korea, as the Kim Jong Un regime has&n...

Entertainment Netflix’s Squid Game slammed by Kim Jong-un’s propagandists as ‘beastly’

SEOUL—“Squid Game,” Netflix Inc.’s dystopian drama set in South Korea, is the top-watched show in more than 9...

North Korea North Korea puts on show of missile might as Kim Jong-un snubs US

North Korea put on one of its largest displays of missiles at an event at which dictator Kim Jong Un said Pyongyang couldn’t trust r...

ESG SK Chairman vows to achieve carbon neutrality ahead of 2050 UN target

SK Group has pledged to achieve carbon neutrality prior to 2050, the year set by the United Nations (UN) to reach net-zero carbon emissions globally...

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North Korea’s Kim Jong Un Expected to Meet Putin in Russia

WASHINGTON—North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is expected to travel to Russia soon to meet with President Vladimir Putin, U.S. off...