Featured Society 11 February 2026 Tourism Rebounds: Data Credit: Public domain. Tourism in South Korea has rebounded from the pandemic era. In a December 19-24 survey by Hankook Research 한국리서치, 71% of respondents said they planned to travel domestically in the first half of 2026, and 41% said they planned to travel internationally. Responses have been steadily rising
Featured Business & Economy 2 February 2026 Coupang’s Data Breach Response Continues to Draw Outrage Legislative hearing and public boycott over perceived foot-dragging.
Featured Business & Economy 28 January 2026 Godfather of Korean Fried Chicken Passes Away Yun Jong-gye invented the sauced fried chicken and the pickled radish that are now universal.
Featured Business & Economy 26 January 2026 Detention Warrant Sought Against South Korea’s Richest Man The court denied the petition.
Featured Business & Economy 21 January 2026 Coupang Data Leak Sparks Class Actions Lawsuits, Regulatory Scrutiny Practically every Korean adult was affected.
Featured Business & Economy 5 January 2026 Weak Won Prompts Government Action Exchange rate may be as high as KRW 1,540 to USD 1.
Featured Business & Economy 30 December 2025 Massive Data Breach at Coupang Nearly every Korean adult is affected.
Featured Business & Economy 24 December 2025 Government Pushes for More Domestic Investment Large corporations pledged record domestic investment.
Featured Business & Economy 15 December 2025 Seoul Real Estate Reaches New Heights High-rises never cease to be popular.
Featured Business & Economy 8 December 2025 Jeonse Begins to Fade Credit: Public demand. Jeonse 전세, the unique South Korean rental system in which the renter makes a massive deposit of up to 70% of the home value, is starting to give way to the more conventional monthly rentals 월세. In September, 65% of all new rental agreements were monthly rentals,
Featured Business & Economy 21 November 2025 South Korea Attracts Global AI Investments Global AI companies rush to open Seoul offices as KRW 20t new investment is incoming.
Featured Business & Economy 18 November 2025 Palantir Takes Seoul Fashion Scene by Storm The AI company leans in on investor fandom.
Featured Business & Economy 14 November 2025 Stringent New Restrictions on Real Estate Transactions The restriction covers the entire Seoul and surrounding regions.
Featured Society 11 November 2025 Seoul Leads in Average Wages: Data High wages were skewed toward the capital region.
Featured Business & Economy 7 November 2025 Samsung Electronics Leads a Record-Breaking KOSPI Run Longstanding market leader is recovering its position lost to SK Hynix.
Featured Business & Economy 31 October 2025 KakaoTalk Withdraws Disastrous Update The change in the "everything app" sparked an immediate backlash.
Featured Business & Economy 24 October 2025 O Se-hun’s Han River Bus Flops Yet another Seoul mayor's water project fails to make a splash.
Featured Business & Economy 20 October 2025 Global Tourism Rushes In: Data Marked increase of tourism from Europe.
Featured Business & Economy 14 October 2025 Secret Deal Takes the Shine Off South Korea’s Nuclear Export Major concessions were given to Westinghouse for all future sales of nuclear power plants.
Featured Business & Economy 7 October 2025 Immigration Raid in the United States Halts Projects, Sparks Outrage For now, Korean businesses are keeping a low profile.
