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Two officials dead in apparent suicides as Itaewon investigation continues

Two senior officials — a police officer and a Seoul city government employee — were found dead in suspected suicides Friday amid continued investigations into...

President of NCSoft Yoon Song-yee receives honor at Council for Korean Americans gala

Yoon Song-yee, president and chief strategy officer (CSO) of NCSoft, was named as one of four honorees at the Council for Korean Americans' (CKA)...

Biden says U.S. will take ‘defensive’ measures should North conduct a nuclear test

The United States will have to take certain actions that will be "more defensive" should North Korea conduct a nuclear test, President Joe Biden...

President Yoon Suk-yeol arrives in Bali for G20 summit

President Yoon Suk-yeol arrived in Bali, Indonesia, late on Sunday for a three-day visit that will include his attendance at a Group of 20...

Suspect in case of two children found in suitcases to be extradited to New Zealand

The Seoul High Court on Friday ruled in favor of extraditing a suspect to New Zealand, for her alleged role in the deaths of...

Samsung rolls dice with Galaxy S23 smartphone series

Samsung Electronics’ Galaxy S23 series will have to prove its relevance as high-end smartphones following underwhelming sales by its predecessors. A trio of S23 devices...

Hanwha’s Kim meets with The Heritage Foundation’s Feulner

Hanwha Group Chairman Kim Seung-youn met with The Heritage Foundation's Edwin Feulner to discuss ways to strengthen the Korea-U.S. alliance and further foster free...

Hamilton Hotel raided, CEO taken in, over Itaewon tragedy

A special police investigation team raided the Hamilton Hotel and two other locations Wednesday morning over suspicions that the hotel was illegally extended into...

Yoon announces summit with Biden, Kishida in Cambodia

President Yoon Suk-yeol said Thursday he will hold a trilateral summit with U.S. President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in Cambodia...

SNU research team develops ‘world’s most advanced’ perovskite light-emitting diode

A local research team developed “the world’s most advanced” perovskite light-emitting diode (LED), the next-generation display after the organic light-emitting diode (OLED). The research was...