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ArticleKorea plans record W821tr budget on chip tax wind­fall

South Korea will raise gov­ern­ment spend­ing by 12.8 per­cent to a record 820.9 tril­lion won ($599.5 bil­lion) in 2027, the fast­est increase on record, as sur­ging tax rev­enue gives Related con­tent on Seoul room to expand invest­ment in...

ArticleS. Korea to send 44-mem­ber dis­aster relief team to flood-hit Nepal

ArticleKOREA’S ART SEASON

Vis­it­ors stand in line for tick­ets at the National Museum of Mod­ern and Con­tem­por­ary Art, Korea in cent­ral Seoul on Tues­day, as the 2026 Korea Art Fest­ival gets under­way. The fest­ival fea­tures four bien­nales — the Gwangju Bien­nale,...

ArticleSys­tem for miss­ing per­son cases

Pres­id­ent Lee Jae Myung on Tues­day instruc­ted Prime Min­is­ter Han Seong-sook to over­haul the sys­tem for hand­ling miss­ing-per­son cases, under­scor­ing the import­ance of estab­lish­ing clear lines of ulti­mate respons­ib­il­ity in the pro­cess.

ArticleChi­potle enters Korea

Three dec­ades after a single burrito shop in Den­ver opened on the idea that food has the power to change the world, Chi­potle Mex­ican Grill car­ries that ethos into its very first Asian store Wed­nes­day in Gang­nam-gu, Seoul.

ArticleHyundai union OKs wage deal

Hyundai Motor’s labor union has approved a tent­at­ive agree­ment that includes higher base pay, bonuses and new hir­ing com­mit­ments, con­clud­ing months of con­ten­tious wage nego­ti­ations and strikes.

ArticleKorea’s health spend­ing rises

South Korea’s health spend­ing has more than doubled since 2014, reach­ing a record 225 tril­lion won ($164 bil­lion) last year, equal to 8.4 per­cent of gross domestic product.

ArticleDesign Miami Seoul opens

Design Miami Seoul opened to the pub­lic Tues­day at Dong­daemun Design Plaza, kick­ing off a six-day run that coin­cides with the city’s biggest art week, head­lined by Frieze Seoul and Kiaf.