Oct 03, 2025 PM EDT - Jason
Korea's benchmark KOSPI has climbed to fresh records this year, with gains approaching the high-40 percent range from January. The rally has been led by semiconductors and large-cap exporters that benefit from the AI hardware cycle and a still-supportive external backdrop. Turnover has widened beyond a handful of names, and the run has revived a long-running question in Seoul's markets: is the "Korea discount" finally fading
Oct 03, 2025 PM EDT - Jason
President Lee Jae-myung has instructed police and relevant ministries to take vigorous action against anti-Chinese and broader anti-foreigner rallies that cross legal lines, arguing that the scenes circulating online are beginning to harm Korea's international reputation. The order asks agencies to coordinate faster on-site responses where intimidation, harassment or incitement are alleged, and to publish clearer guidance so that both organizers and officers understand the thresholds that will trigger intervention. Tourism and culture authorities have been told
Oct 03, 2025 PM EDT - Jason
South Korea has blown past its landmark goal of hosting 300,000 international students, reaching 305,329 as of August 2025-two years earlier than planned, according to fresh counts from the Korea Immigration Service summarized by multiple industry monitors. Roughly 225,769 are enrolled in degree programs on D-2 visas, while about 79,500 are studying Korean on D-4-1 visas, with a small cohort on other training visas. The milestone effectively hits the Education Ministry's "Study Korea 300K" blueprint-220,000 degree students plus 80,000 in non-degree
Oct 02, 2025 AM EDT - Jason
South Korea's foreign minister said Seoul and Washington have reached a "rough agreement" on security alignment as the two allies push to finalize a broader economic package that could temper U.S. tariffs on Korean goods. But officials on both sides signaled that key financial pieces remain unsettled, including Seoul's request for a bilateral currency swap line, and that implementing texts for tariff relief are not yet in place. The latest
Sep 26, 2025 AM EDT - Jason
The United States has formally reduced tariffs on automobiles and auto parts imported from the European Union to 15%, a move retroactive to August 1 that locks in terms of the July U.S.-EU trade framework. The change, published in the Federal Register and implemented by the Commerce Department and the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, gives immediate cost relief to European brands and clarifies rules
Sep 26, 2025 AM EDT - Jason
South Korea will move to around-the-clock trading in the won and build an offshore settlement channel, a reform President Lee Jae-myung unveiled to global investors in New York as the currency hovered above ₩1,410 per U.S. dollar. The package is designed to fix long-criticized access frictions and bolster Korea's bid to graduate into MSCI's Developed Markets basket. Reuters first reported the plan,
Sep 25, 2025 PM EDT - Jason
The Korean won slipped back above 1,400 per U.S. dollar on Thursday as investors weighed stalled Korea-U.S. tariff talks, a firm greenback, and persistent caution around global rates. Local press reported a 1,400.6 close in Seoul-its first finish above the line in roughly two months-after intraday trading repeatedly tested the threshold this week. The move follows several days of headlines tying FX nerves to the slow grind of trade negotiations with Washington.
Sep 25, 2025 PM EDT - Jason
South Korea's government says North Korea is operating four uranium-enrichment facilities and may have accumulated as much as two tons of highly enriched uranium (HEU), a combination that points to a larger, more resilient bomb-fuel pipeline than previously acknowledged. The disclosure, delivered in Seoul on Thursday, builds on years of outside reporting about clandestine sites beyond the well-known Yongbyon complex and comes with an explicit warning that the
Sep 24, 2025 PM EDT - Jason
South Korea and the United States have nudged their tariff negotiations back into motion, with Seoul signaling that an agreement before or during next month's APEC Leaders' Week in Gyeongju is still on the table. National Security Adviser Wi Sung-lac, traveling with President Lee Jae-myung in New York, told reporters the government is "keeping the summit in mind," adding that if common ground emerges,
Sep 24, 2025 AM EDT - Jason
Major Hurricane Gabrielle is racing across the North Atlantic with a hurricane warning for the Azores. The U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) says large swells will pound the U.S. East Coast from North Carolina northward over the next couple of days, producing life-threatening surf and rip currents. As of this morning's advisory, Gabrielle carried maximum sustained winds near 115 mph and was
Sep 22, 2025 PM EDT - Isaac
If you're searching "Who won the Ballon d'Or 2025?" the truth (for now) is: the winners are announced tonight in Paris. The gala at Théâtre du Châtelet starts 3:00 p.m. ET (21:00 CEST), with red-carpet coverage earlier in the afternoon. France Football's show crowns the men's and women's Ballon d'Or and also hands out the Kopa (best U-21) and Yashin (goalkeeper) trophies.
Sep 16, 2025 AM EDT - Jason
South Korea is once again debating how it will power its future. The argument, once a matter for policy experts and engineers, has spilled into public view as the government leans more heavily on nuclear energy while pledging to expand renewables. The tension reflects a broader dilemma: how to meet rising demand without falling behind in the global push for cleaner power.
Sep 13, 2025 PM EDT - Jason
North Korea will unveil a new defense policy at its upcoming Workers' Party Congress, with leader Kim Jong Un declaring that the state will advance both nuclear weapons and conventional forces in tandem.
Jul 15, 2025 PM EDT - Hannah
The US Senate's passage of the GENIUS Act stablecoin regulation bill is driving massive adoption of dollar-pegged digital currencies in emerging markets like Africa and Southeast Asia, where they now account for 43% of transaction volume as businesses and individuals use them to bypass unstable local currencies and expensive traditional banking systems.
Jun 02, 2025 PM EDT - Hannah
The article explores Japan's growing "friendship marriage" phenomenon, where individuals enter platonic legal marriages to satisfy intense social pressure for marriage and childbearing while maintaining their authentic identities. These arrangements, facilitated by matchmaking services and involving separate living spaces but shared family responsibilities, reveal how Japanese society is quietly adapting traditional family structures to accommodate modern realities.
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