Focus on Headline

1. South Korea's Busan came up short in its bid to host the 2030 World Expo on Tuesday. Saudi Arabia's Riyadh won over Busan and Italy's Rome without a runoff vote. 2. The Ministry of Education announced Wednesday that a sample of a new set of education rules has been distributed to the Office of Education. The new rules are aimed at increasing teachers' rights and authority, and r...

1. The 182 members of the Bureau International des Expositions will vote for the host city of the 2030 World Expo on Tuesday local time. The results of the voting should come out by midnight Wednesday Korea Standard Time. 2. After it announced it will scrap the inter-Korean military agreement, North Korea has been seen installing temporary guard posts on the DMZ, with North Korean soldiers seen wi...

1. Seoul's Foreign Minister Park Jin said Sunday that South Korea, China and Japan agreed to accelerate preparations to resume the long-stalled summit among the leaders of the three countries at an "earliest, mutually convenient" time. 2. South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and French President Emmanuel Macron agreed Friday that the international community should work together to co...

1. South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol vowed Thursday to make the 2030 World Expo a platform to spread and create synergy between each nation’s culture, skills and beliefs if Busan is chosen as the host. 2. Seoul’s Foreign Ministry said Friday the top diplomats of South Korea, China, and Japan will hold trilateral talks in Busan on Sunday. The gathering is expected to focus on ways to boost trila...

1. North Korea said Thursday it will immediately restore all military measures halted under the Comprehensive Military Agreement signed in 2018, after South Korea suspended part of the tension reduction deal following the North's launch of a military spy satellite on Tuesday night. 2. South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak signed the "Downing Street Ac...

1.South Korea suspended part of a 2018 inter-Korean military tension reduction agreement Wednesday in response to North Korea's latest launch of a military spy satellite on Tuesday night. 2.President Yoon Suk Yeol said in a speech before the British parliament on Tuesday, that South Korea and Britain will deepen and broaden their partnership to tackle various security and digital challenges to...

1. According to the presidential office on Monday, South Korea and Britain will adopt the "Downing Street Accord" on the occasion of President Yoon Suk Yeol's state visit to London to upgrade the two countries' relations to a "global strategic partnership.” 2. Reuters reported Monday that North Korea notified Japan of plans to launch a space rocket between November 22nd and...

1. The South Korean government's administrative network was restored on Sunday and operating normally Monday… after the {새올}Saeol administrative network, a system used by public workers, and the online Government 24 portal experienced a system failure last Friday. 2. President Yoon Suk Yeol embarked on a weeklong trip to Britain and France on Monday. President Yoon will first visit the U.K....

1. South Korea’s presidential office said Thursday that leaders of the 14 member states of the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework agreed to launch a dialogue channel tasked with building stable supply chains in critical minerals. 2. South Korea’s Finance Ministry said Friday the country’s economy has shown signs of gradual recovery, led by improvement in exports, production and employment. This is th...

1. About half a million students in South Korea took the College Scholastic Ability Test on Thursday. The head of the exam board previously said the 2024 CSAT was designed to ensure fairness without extremely difficult questions, or the so-called “killer questions.” 2. South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on Wednesday called for enhancing the connectivity of the world economy in areas that include...

1. South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol departed for San Francisco on Wednesday to attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit. This is President Yoon’s first attendance at an APEC summit. 2. South Korea's Finance Ministry on Wednesday announced plans to implement 1 trillion won, or roughly 766.52 million U.S. dollars, in extensive tailored programs to encourage more young people to jo...

1. South Korea and the United Nations Command member states held their first meeting of defense chiefs and representatives Tuesday. In a message delivered by the Deputy Minister for Defense Policy, President Yoon Suk Yeol praised the UNC's contribution to overseeing the armistice and promoting peace on the Korean peninsula. 2. The South Korean government announced Monday that they will relax t...

1. South Korea's Defense Minister Shin Won-sik and his U.S. counterpart, Lloyd Austin, on Monday signed the revised document of the "tailored deterrence strategy," during the 55th Security Consultative Meeting,... as part of efforts to better counter North Korea's growing missile and nuclear threats. 2. South Korea's National Assembly began deliberations on Monday of the gove...

1. South Korea’s Constitutional Court President Yoo Nam-seok retired on Friday, leaving a leadership vacuum at the country’s two top courts. The Supreme Court has been without a head since September after former Chief Justice Kim Myeong-su retired. 2. The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meeting will be held in San Francisco, California starting from the 11th to the 17th. U.S. President Joe Biden...

1. The main opposition Democratic Party on Thursday passed a pro labor bill, better known as the "yellow envelope bill," and three other bills on broadcasting laws through the National Assembly. 2. The state-run electricity supplier Korea Electric Power Corporation, or KEPCO, increased power prices for "large-capacity" industrial uses by 10.6 won per kilowatt-hour starting Thur...

1. According to a report by the U.S. Treasury on Tuesday, South Korea has been removed from the U.S.' list of countries to monitor for their foreign exchange policies. This marks South Korea's first exclusion since it was put on the list in April 2016. 2. The environment ministry on Tuesday called off a plan to ban disposable paper cups at cafes and restaurants, while also extending the gr...

1. South Korea's Interior Ministry said Monday that municipal governments will regularly report on bed bug cases amid an increase in cases. The government's joint countermeasures headquarters set up a nationwide status board on Tuesday to prevent the spread of the insect.2. According to NSC spokesperson John Kirby, U.S. President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu disc...

1. South Korea's Financial Services Commission said Sunday that it will temporarily ban stock short selling until the start of July 2024. The move is effective starting Monday, and comes amid efforts to crack down on illegal short selling by global investment banks. 2. The South Korean government on Monday finalized a blueprint to build a theme park in the reclaimed land of {새만금}Saemangeum...

1. While speaking at a ceremony celebrating Daedeok R&D Special Zone’s 50th anniversary on Thursday, President Yoon Suk Yeol addressed criticism for cutting the state budget for research and development by declaring plans to expand related funding. 2. President Vladimir Putin on Thursday signed a law withdrawing Russia's ratification of the global treaty banning nuclear weapons tests. U.S....

1. South Korea’s Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a lower courts’ acquittal of nine former officials of the Korea Coast Guard, who were all charged with failing to carry out their duty in the rescue operation for the sinking of the Sewol ferry in April 2014. 2. According to Statistics Korea on Thursday, South Korea’s inflation grew at a faster pace in October, staying above 3 percent for the third...

1. The National Assembly on Wednesday began reviewing the South Korean government’s 2024 budget proposal of 657 trillion won, or roughly 487 billion U.S. dollars. President Yoon Suk Yeol delivered a budget speech the day before saying he will stick to a sound fiscal policy next year. 2. The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency said Wednesday it has applied for product approval from the Mini...

1. South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on Tuesday delivered a budget speech, pledging to stick to a sound fiscal policy next year and put top priority on stabilizing people’s livelihoods. He also called for bipartisan support on passing the government’s budget proposal. 2. According to data by Statistics Korea on Tuesday, South Korea’s industrial output rose for the second consecutive month in Se...

1. Marking the first anniversary of the tragic Itaewon crowd crush on Sunday, bereaved families held memorial events throughout the day. People marched from Itaewon station to Seoul Plaza for a memorial ceremony held in front of City Hall. 2. The John F. Kennedy Library Foundation on Sunday presented South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida with the special In...

1. The South Korean government on Friday announced plans to “gradually” raise the national pension premium rate to improve the financial soundness of the system as the population ages,... but stopped short of presenting detailed reform measures. 2. South Korea’s Prime Minister Han Duck-soo will embark on a five-nation tour of Africa and Europe next week to rally support for South Korea’s bid to ho...

1. South Korea’s Presidential Office said Wednesday that President Yoon Suk Yeol and Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamin bin Hamad Al Thani agreed to upgrade the two countries’ relations to a “comprehensive strategic partnership” as they held a summit in Doha. 2. South Korea’s Constitutional Court ruled Thursday that the legislative procedures for the so-called “Yellow Envelope Bill'' and a revision...