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Korea consumed 940 mil. disposable cups last year

	Hyundai Motor beats Volkswagen in quarterly profit for 1st time

	CJ CheilJedang introduces frozen gimbap in Australia's Woolworths chains

	Battle of the Languages: French and English

	African Film Festival showcases diversity of African cinema

Seoul remains low-key on China's forced repatriation of NK defectors in hopes for fence-mending, 3-way summit

	Spy agency seeks to block access to propaganda song praising NK leader

	Army chief to visit US for talks with counterpart, land forces symposium

	INTERVIEWCork's lord mayor explores historical Korea-Ireland ties, paves way for future collaboration

Israel orders new evacuations in Gaza's last refuge of Rafah as it expands military offensive

	F-4 fighter jets hold farewell flight after over five decades of service

	KT sues Ssangyong E&C over demand for extra construction costs

	3 Korean robbery suspects nabbed in Philippines after 2-year run

	Major brokerages show strong Q1 performance, but real estate project financing risks loom

TEST DRIVEBMW X4 offers tranquil ride with masculine identity

What appears to be an ill-assorted match of masculinity and tranquility symbolizes the gasoline version of the BMW X4 luxury coupe SUV.

Reporter's notebookIs foreign affairs reserved only for foreign correspondents?

President Yoon Suk Yeol had his first press conference in 631 days on Thursday, but the general assessment seems disappointed, with many reporters at the event saying it wasn’t worth the wait, parti...

CICI's contests to find new ideas, AI-generated images to promote Korea

The Corea Image Communication Institute (CICI) is hosting contests to find new ideas and artificial intelligence (AI)-generated images to represent Korea. The 'New Korea - Ideas' and 'Korea Image Cr...

N. Korean hacking group stole massive amount of personal info from S. Korean court computer network

A North Korean hacking group stole a massive amount of personal information from a South Korean court computer network over about two years, the results of an investigation showed Saturday.

NIS looking into N. Korea's suspected provision of weapons to Russia

South Korea's spy agency said Sunday it is looking into suspicions that North Korean weapons made in the 1970s have been supplied to Russia for its war in Ukraine amid deepening military cooperation...

Hyundai Motor beats Volkswagen in January-March operating profit

Korea's Hyundai Motor Group beat Volkswagen Group to rank second after Toyota Group in operating profit for the January-March period, their earnings data showed Sunday.

Reciprocal relationships with North Korean refugees

I will start by issuing a warning that there could be numerous heart attacks at the Seoul Foreign Correspondents’ Club as a result of this blog post.

Being a white immigrant in Korea

Modern life says we are allowed to define ourselves. We become the masters of our own identity, narrative, and existence. Previous forms of control (society, religion, and science) have all succumbe...

Solar storm hits Earth, producing colorful light shows across Northern Hemisphere

An unusually strong solar storm hitting Earth produced stunning displays of color in the skies across the Northern Hemisphere early Saturday, with no immediate reports of disruptions to power and co...

K-Startup Center Tokyo opens for Korean firms' advance to Japan

Korea said Sunday it has opened the K-Startup Center (KSC) Tokyo to help Korean firms advance to Japan and seek stable growth through partnerships with local firms.

Afghanistan floods kill at least 153, Taliban interior ministry says

The official death toll from devastating flash floods in northern Afghanistan has risen to 153 people across three provinces, the Taliban's interior ministry said on Saturday, while the World Food P...

Russia says it has captured 5 villages in northeast Ukraine as more than 1,700 civilians flee

Moscow's forces captured five villages in a renewed ground assault in northeastern Ukraine, the Russian Defense Ministry said Saturday, and Associated Press journalists in the city of Vovchansk desc...

Wildfire evacuation notice issued for oil sands rich Alberta town

An evacuation alert has been issued for Fort McMurray, Alberta, as an out-of-control fire rages southwest of the major Canadian oil town, making it among the first actions ahead of the wildfire seas...

Trump says not considering Nikki Haley as running mate

Donald Trump said on Saturday that former Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley was not being considered to be his running mate in the November election, dismissing a report by news site Axi...

NK appoints new ambassador to UN office in Geneva

North Korea has appointed a new ambassador to its mission at the United Nations office in Geneva, the U.N. website showed Saturday.

Netanyahu defiant after Biden warning on arms supplies to Israel

U.S. President Joe Biden's warning to Israel that he could withhold some arms supplies has shaken Israelis used to relying on their main ally at a time when the country faces widening political spli...

Teen and Miss USA quit their crowns, citing mental health and personal values

The reigning winners of Miss USA, Noelia Voigt, and Miss Teen USA, UmaSofia Srivastava, resigned from their titles within days of each other this week in a shock to the Miss Universe Organization.

New Biden tariffs on China's EVs, solar, medical supplies due Tuesday: sources

President Joe Biden is set to announce new China tariffs as soon as next week targeting strategic sectors, including a major hike in levies on electric vehicles (EVs), according to three people fami...

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Editorial

Combating population crisis

Disappointing press conference

Thoughts of the Times

To preserve species diversity

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AI and climate change

The mother of all feedbacks?

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National

Daejeon-based artist explores mortality

Companies

Golfzon faces record $5.47 mil. fine after data breach leaks info of 2.21 mil. customers to dark web

Golfzon was fined 7.5 billion won ($5.47 million), the largest fine ever imposed on a company here, for leaking the personal information of over 2.21 million customers by the Pub...

Tech

LG CNS empowers enterprise innovation with generative AI

Korea Post employees participate in a tour of LG CNS' Gen AI Studio to try out the company's generative AI service for image creation. LG CNS said Thursday it launched Gen AI Stu...

Video

Lifestyle

Seoul's Lotus Lantern Festival to welcome all in illuminating weekend nights

North Korea

N. Korea tears down S. Korean-built fire station at Mount Geumgang resort: Seoul

North Korea dismantled a fire station built with the South Korean government's budget at the Mount Geumgang resort on the North's east coast last month, the unification ministry...

Finance

Koreans are financially better off than they think, survey shows

Kang Min-ku, a 40-something CEO of a medium-sized manufacturing company in Jeonju, North Jeolla Province, thinks he belongs to the middle class, although he owns a business that ...

Sports

Kim Hyo-joo takes opening-round lead at Ladies European Tour event at home

Korean Kim Hyo-joo grabbed the first-round lead at the very first Ladies European Tour taking place on her home soil Friday.

Business

HD Hyundai, Palantir unveil AI-based unmanned surface vessel

HD Hyundai and Palantir Technologies unveiled the design of the Tenebris, an unmanned surface vessel (USV) under their joint development, during the first-ever Artificial Intelli...

Blog

Bernado Kastrup and Korea's search for meaning

Human existence is a funny thing. We are smart. We are stupid. We are capable of breathtaking feats of beauty, heart wrenching moments of cruelty, and pure nihilism as we sit, gl...

Multicultural Community

Daejeon-based artist explores mortality

Paul Fortunato, a Daejeon-based artist whose surname means “lucky” in Italian, survived a horrific episode of internal bleeding that could have ended his life. During his illness...

World

Ukraine says Russia launches cross-border offensive in northeast

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