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First arrests made in Itaewon crowd crush case

Two senior intelligence officers suspected of ordering the deletion of an internal intelligence report warning of a possible crowd surge in Itaewon on Oct....

Hallyu doesn’t guarantee start-ups’ success, experts say

The rising popularity of K-pop and Korean dramas has made Hallyu seem like a guarantee for success in overseas markets, but that may not...

71st Operation Christmas Drop begins, Korea joins U.S. and its allies

Korea is taking part in Operation Christmas Drop for the second consecutive year, with an Air Force C-130 flying to remote Pacific islands and...

Trade Minister heads to the U.S. to lobby for IRA changes

Korean Trade Minister Ahn Duk-geun will visit the United States for talks on the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), which limits subsidies to electric vehicles...

Game companies realize K-pop is a whole new world

Game companies had big dreams of expanding their businesses using K-pop. Dreaming has given way to reality. Game publisher NCSoft is trying to sell Universe, a...

Seoul asks Washington to include car-sharing EVs in IRA

The Korean government asked the U.S. government to include car-sharing EVs such as Uber and Lyft in the EV tax incentives under the Inflation...

At CSIS forum, experts survey ‘more tense’ geopolitical landscape

Cooperation between the United States and South Korea is key to resolving Seoul's worries over the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), a White House official...

SentBe offers U.S. remittance services

SentBe, a remittance provider, started offering transfer services from the United States on Monday. It also offers outward remittance services to Singapore and Indonesia. “I’ve learned...

Korea’s ties to U.S., China not a zero-sum game: Kagan

Korea's relations with China and the United States do not have to be a zero-sum game, said Edgard Kagan, a senior director of the...

Pyongyang’s ire means cooperation is working, says Seoul envoy

Korean Ambassador to the United States Cho Tae-yong said recent North Korean tirades against South Korea are a sign that international sanctions and Washington-Seoul...