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  • Lee Jae-myung, South Korea’s president, speaks during his inauguration ceremony at the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, on Wednesday, June 4, 2025. South Korea’s newly elected President Lee took office with a pledge to revive the nation’s tariff-hit economy and seek dialogue with North Korea to diffuse tensions on the Korean Peninsula. Photographer: SeongJoon Cho/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesPolitics

    Korea’s Lee urges chaebols to quell distrust, hears trade fears

    By Hyonhee Shin, Shinhye Kang, and others
  • Brian Kim, founder of Kakao Corp., center, arrives at the Financial Supervisory Service in Seoul, South Korea, on Monday, Oct. 23, 2023. South Korean authorities arrested Kakao Chief Investment Officer Bae Jae-hyun last week for alleged stock price manipulation connected to a high-profile bidding war over K-pop agency SM Entertainment Co. earlier this year. Photographer: SeongJoon Cho/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesFinance

    Founder of one of South Korea’s biggest internet companies indicted over K-pop stock-rigging scandal

    By Shinhye Kang, Jenny Lee, and others
  • NEW YORK, NEW YORK – MAY 06: Cardi B attends the 2024 Met Gala Celebrating “Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion” at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 06, 2024 in New York City. (Photo by Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic)Finance

    Cardi B TikTok helps stock in South Korean maker of spicy instant noodles jump by 30%

    By Shinhye Kang, Jenny Lee, and others
  • South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol speaks during a press conference marking two years in office at the presidential office in Seoul on May 09, 2024. (Photo by SONG Kyung-Seok / POOL / AFP) (Photo by SONG KYUNG-SEOK/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)Leadership

    South Korea’s president is establishing a new ministry to boost the country’s birth rate, the world’s lowest, after a bruising election loss

    By Soo-Hyang Choi, Shinhye Kang, and others
  • A man walks past accessories of the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip4 displayed on a wall during a media preview event for a new flagship store of Samsung Electronics at the Gangnam district in Seoul on June 28, 2023. (Photo by Jung Yeon-je / AFP) (Photo by JUNG YEON-JE/AFP via Getty Images)

    South Koreans just became a year—or two—younger

    By Shinhye Kang, Sangmi Cha, and others
  • Employees ride an escalator at the Samsung Electronics Co. headquarters in Suwon, South Korea, on Tuesday, June 13, 2023. Samsung Electronics will unveil its next generation foldable devices at the Galaxy Unpacked event in late July in Seoul. Photographer: SeongJoon Cho/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesTech

    Samsung jumps on 4-day workweek bandwagon as it gives staff one Friday off each month in a bid to retain talent

    By Sohee Kim, Shinhye Kang, and others
  • Kim Jong Un

    Kim Jong Un plans to ring in the new year with an ‘exponential increase’ of North Korea’s nuclear arsenal

    By Shinhye Kang, Jon Herskovitz, and others
  • Do Kwon, co-founder and chief executive officer of Terraform Labs, works on his laptop in the company’s office in Seoul, South Korea, on Thursday, April 14, 2022. Kwon is counting on the oldest cryptocurrency as a backstop for his stablecoin, which some critics liken to a ginormous Ponzi scheme. Photographer: Woohae Cho/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesFinance

    Fugitive Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon reportedly hiding out in Serbia

    By Shinhye Kang, Sangmi Cha, and others
  • Whon Namkoong, co-chief executive officer of Kakao CorpTech

    Boss of Korea’s biggest social media service resigns after massive outage causes chaos

    By Heesu Lee, Youkyung Lee, and others
  • People walk past a shark character from the children’s song “Baby Shark” at Seoul Plaza in Seoul on November 3, 2020, a day after the song became the most-watched YouTube video with more than seven billion plays. (Photo by Jung Yeon-je / AFP) (Photo by JUNG YEON-JE/AFP via Getty Images)Finance

    Elon Musk tweeted about ‘Baby Shark’—and Samsung shares rallied

    By Abhishek Vishnoi, Shinhye Kang, and others
  • BTS-Big Hit Entertainment-HYBEArts & Entertainment

    K-pop agency that launched BTS into superstardom buys Bieber manager’s firm for $1 billion

    By Shinhye Kang, Heesu Lee, and others
  • A KIA logo seen on a parked car in Krakow city center on Thursday, December 10, 2020, in Krakow, Poland.Tech

    Kia Motors shares soar on rumors of $3.6 billion deal with Apple

    By Shinhye Kang, Kyunghee Park, and others
  • North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and U.S. President Donald Trump inside the demilitarized zone (DMZ) separating the South and North Korea on June 30, 2019 in Panmunjom, South Korea.International

    Markets drop after reports that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s health is in ‘grave danger’

    By Jennifer Jacobs, Shinhye Kang, and others
  • SKOREA-NKOREA-US-DIPLOMACY-DEFENCELeadership

    North Korea Launches Two Short-Range Missiles, South Korea Says

    By Youkyung Lee, Shinhye Kang, and others