Shinhye Kang

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 Images

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

By Hyonhee Shin, Shinhye Kang, and others

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)

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)

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 Images

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

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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 Images

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 Corp

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)

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

By Abhishek Vishnoi, Shinhye Kang, and others

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

By Shinhye Kang, Heesu Lee, and others

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.

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

By Jennifer Jacobs, Shinhye Kang, and others

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

By Youkyung Lee, Shinhye Kang, and others