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Mercedes-Benz dealers in South Korea refuse used EQEs over EV explosion

With Mercedes-Benz EVs flooding Korea's used car market following an explosion of an EQE last month, Mercedes dealers are refusing to stock EVs in...

South Korea’s nuclear energy corporation to invest $40 million in Bill Gates’ TerraPower

The board of Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) has conditionally approved the state-run company's decision to invest $40 million in TerraPower, a U.S....

North Korea floods wash away housing land equal to 100 soccer fields, recovery efforts slow

The recent floods in northern North Korea have washed away housing land equivalent to 100 soccer fields, leaving a vast area in ruins. Satellite...

North Korea launches trash balloons towards South again, prompting emergency response at Baseball game

In the span of two days, North Korea has launched objects suspected to be balloons filled with trash towards the South three times. The...

Chip packaging is tech’s new frontier — and Korea is lagging behind

Chip packaging — or the manufacturing of the casing that surrounds a semiconductor — has become a new battleground in the tech industry. While the...

Asiana passenger who opened plane door during landing ordered to pay $523K

The passenger who caused pandemonium by opening the door of an Asiana plane during landing in May last year has been ordered by a...

North Korean teenage girls handcuffed for watching South Korean dramas, brutal punishments exposed

Videos revealing the horrific human rights violations in North Korea have been made public. Teenage girls were arrested and handcuffed for watching South Korean dramas,...

Russia sends 945 goats again to North Korea, sparking curiosity amid dairy farm plans

Russia is continuing to send goats to North Korea, raising questions about the specific purpose behind the growing livestock shipments. Russia’s Federal Service for Veterinary...

North Korea cracks down on birth control and illegal abortions amid declining birth rates

The North Korean government, viewing the issue of childbirth as a matter of national survival, has recently begun punishing traders selling birth control pills...

Mercedes-Benz sales nose-dive after EV explodes in parking lot

Mercedes-Benz suffered a steep EV sales slide in August hit hard by Koreans' growing reluctance to buy electric vehicles after a recent Mercedes EV...