Chinese President Xi Jinping is expected to travel to Pyongyang as early as next week to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, the latest in a tight sequence of summits running through Beijing that has unsettled not only Seoul but possibly...
The AI boom propelled Korean chipmakers to unprecedented profit, ushering in a new bonus system tying payouts to a fixed percentage of annual profits that amount to six times an employee’s annual salary or more. Samsung’s tentative...
Starbucks Korea’s merchandise machine — the loyalty engine that powered nearly two decades of growth — is now fueling one of the biggest crises in the company’s history. Even the government has jumped into the fray, with Interior Minister...
— North Korea’s Korean Central Television reports on May 21 that the North’s Naegohyang Women’s FC advanced to the final of the AFC Women’s Champions League after defeating South Korea’s Suwon FC by 2-1 in a semifinal at Suwon Sports Complex...
The Korean government has publicly rejected a proposal by the commander of U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) to transfer wartime operational control, or Opcon, of Korean forces to Seoul by early 2029. The Korean government is pushing for the...