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Korea JoongAng Daily, 16 Oct 2026

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ArticleKospi dives over 7% on AI doubts, rate fears

Stocks plunged more than 7 per­cent Thursday, as con­cerns about a sup­ply glut from Chinese chip­makers, doubts about returns on AI invest­ments and the pro­spect of another U.S. rate hike weighed on investor sen­ti­ment. The drop triggered sell-side...

Kospi dives over 7% on AI doubts, rate fears

ArticleIs U.S. mov­ing Opcon trans­fer goal­posts? Seoul seems to think so.

South Korean and U.S. mil­it­ary offi­cials are dead­locked over Seoul’s read­i­ness to assume war­time oper­a­tional con­trol (Opcon), after Wash­ing­ton deemed sev­eral bench­marks unmet this year des­pite hav­ing cleared them a year earlier,...

Is U.S. mov­ing Opcon trans­fer goal­posts? Seoul seems to think so.

ArticleNorth test fires mis­siles from sub in show of nuc­lear might

North Korea test-fired two types of sub­mar­ine-launched stra­tegic cruise mis­siles (SLCM) in the East Sea on Wed­nes­day, show­cas­ing its abil­ity to launch a nuc­lear retali­at­ory strike while test­ing South Korean and U.S. detec­tion...

North test fires mis­siles from sub in show of nuc­lear might

ArticlePRAYERS, FOOD AND COMMUNITY IN SEOUL’S ISLAMIC STREET

Korea is no longer the homo­gen­eous nation it once was. The coun­try saw a record high 2.16 mil­lion for­eign res­id­ents as of 2025, account­ing for more than four per­cent of the pop­u­la­tion. Many of them have found com­fort in set­tling near one...

PRAYERS, FOOD AND COMMUNITY IN SEOUL’S ISLAMIC STREET

ArticleFALL COLORS, WINTER FLAVORS: SEASONAL CLASSICS COME EARLY

While fall foliage may only now be at its peak, the sud­den drop in tem­per­at­ure has brought winter com­fort foods — namely steamed buns, fish-shaped pastries and roas­ted sweet pota­toes — to store shelves as early as Septem­ber, almost a month...

FALL COLORS, WINTER FLAVORS: SEASONAL CLASSICS COME EARLY

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