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Photo Credit: Joel Muniz The South Korean government launches an initiative aimed at fortifying the country’s developing K-pop artists with a $2.2 million injection. South Korea’s Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism, as well as the Korea Creative Content Agency, has announced an initiative to further strengthen the country’s music industry with the selection of

People watch a 24-hour Yonhap News TV broadcast on a large screen at Seoul Railway Station, showing footage of a joint striking drill involving long-range artillery and missile systems conducted by the Korean People's Army eastern front division at an undisclosed location in North Korea. Kim Jae-Hwan/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images North Korea launched missiles

India and South Korea hold their third round of consular consultations at the Foreign Ministry in Seoul on Tuesday. (Foreign Ministry) India and South Korea held their third round of consular consultations in Seoul on Tuesday. Representing the two sides, Yoon Joo-seok, director general for consular affairs and overseas Koreans, and Binoy George, director general

Wi Sung-lac said security consultations with the U.S. were being affected by a dispute related to U.S.-listed e-commerce firm Coupang Inc CPNG.N, but called for alliance issues to be handled independently from legal matters. Seoul has called for talks with the U.S. over a security agreement to proceed separately from issues related to a probe

Department of State On April 1, Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy Sarah Rogers and Republic of Korea (ROK) Ministry of Foreign Affairs Deputy Minister for Public Diplomacy Ambassador Lim Sang-woo held the second U.S.-ROK Public Diplomacy Dialogue in Seoul. The officials discussed the essential role of public diplomacy in a modernized, forward-looking U.S.-ROK

S. Korea's ruling and opposition parties agreed to pass a package of economic measures, including a currency stabilization bill, as the won weakened...

South Korea proposes $17.3 billion extra budget to mitigate Middle East shock

South Korean regulators have taken strong action against one of the country’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges after uncovering millions of compliance failures tied to anti-money laundering rules. Authorities have fined Bithumb 36.8 billion won (about $24.6 million) and imposed a six-month partial suspension following an investigation that revealed widespread violations of financial monitoring requirements...