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Korea’s local governments are piling up debt while their spending remains stubbornly detached from fiscal reality as old programs survive, new ones are added and cash handouts grow. A 200-meter (656-foot) underground bunker in Cheongju, North...
Korea is once again hitting the gas on its decentralization drive. Around 350 public institutions will begin moving out of the Seoul metropolitan area next year, with key government departments including the Ministry of Justice and the...
Pressure on Samsung Electronics and SK hynix to build more factories in the United States is intensifying as a fresh tariff proposal could impose duties not only on chips but also on products containing them, including laptops, gaming...
The Embassy of China in Korea demanded on Thursday that the Gwangju Biennale immediately correct what it called a wrongful naming of Taiwan, warning of damage to relations between Beijing and Seoul, as Chinese artists announced their...
The incoming leadership of the National Police Agency (NPA) issued a public apology Thursday and announced a sweeping overhaul over a string of recent misconduct that has shaken trust in the force. “I want to begin my first address to the...
North Korea’s revised Workers’ Party charter — a governing document that in practice outranks its constitution — strips out language on unification and inter-Korean relations while spelling out expanded powers for leader Kim Jong-un,...