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BC Card filed for a patent that automatically saves the data of its customers' assets as a non-fungible token (NFT) on a blockchain net, the Korean card company said Sunday....

Korean skaters shone at the World Short Track Speed Skating Championships in Seoul over the weekend, with Park Ji-won winning gold in the men's 1,500 meters and Choi Min-jung taking silver in the women's race over the same distance....

HYBE is abandoning efforts to purchase SM Entertainment....

Korean star Im Sung-jae posted his career low score at The Players Championship with a stunning 8-under 64 on Saturday to give himself an outside chance of challenging for the PGA Tour's flagship tournament....

Tottenham Hotspur rolled back the clock on Saturday, sinking Nottingham Forest 3-1 in a comfortable win with goals from Harry Kane and Son Heung-min that came out of the 2021-22 season playbook....

An Byeong-hun welcomed the arrival of his second child, a baby girl, earlier this week. She may well be the Baby Luck that has been missing as he chases a maiden PGA Tour title....

The reopening of China's economy, and the return of Chinese tourists, is projected to help boost Korea's economy as it struggles with slow growth....

In the electric vehicle industry, the partnerships between General Motors and LG Energy Solution and between Ford and SK On appeared so solid and long-standing that media outlets often called the relations an alliance....

For Koreans, the practice of yuhak, meaning "studying overseas," is one that conjures an impression of professional ambition, cultural exoticism and privilege, but the idea of attending school abroad appears to have lost its luster in recent years...

The Busan Expo bidding committee held its third meeting Friday with SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won and Prime Minister Han Duck-soo in attendance....

The adoptive mother and siblings of LG Chairman Koo Kwang-mo filed an inheritance litigation against the 45-year-old company head, initiating a rare legal family dispute in Korea's fourth largest conglomerate....

Korea lost their second straight game of the 2023 World Baseball Classic on Friday night, taking a tough 13-4 defeat to old rivals Japan as pitching problems quickly undercut a brief early lead....

SK geo centric recently visited PureCycle Technologies' recycling plant in Ironton, Ohio, for a technological consultation to optimize the chemical recycling process....

South Korea, the United States and Japan may consider establishing an extended deterrence consultative body, or even an...

DB HiTek, a Kopsi-listed chip company, is pushing to split off its semiconductor designing business, reversing its previous stance....

Korean Air Lines is increasing its flights to China sevenfold as Korea no longer requires travelers from China to take a Covid-19 test before entering the country....

Prosecutors have launched an investigation of current KT CEO Ku Hyeon-mo and Yun Kyoung-lim, a KT president and nominee to replace Ku as CEO of the telecom giant, over alleged misappropriation of corporate funds and breach of trust....

Korea and the United States will continue to consult closely over Seoul's concerns regarding the U.S. Chips and Science Act, Seoul's trade minister said Thursday....

Singer Nam Tae-hyun, a former member of the boy band Winner who was booked by police for drunk driving, apologized through his label Noname Music ......

Kim Si-woo wore a big smile after signing for an opening 3-under 69 at The Players Championship on Thursday. And rightly so....

Every year, spring starts in the south and slowly makes it's way up the country. You cannot get further south in Korea than Jeju Island, making it the best place to seek out the first signs of spring....

Japan thumped China 8-1 to rise to the top of Pool B at the 2023 World Baseball Classic on Thursday evening as Italy edged out Cuba to complete the day's Pool A action....

A former executive assistant of Democratic Party Chairman Lee Jae-myung was found dead in his apartment on Thursday. The man, surnamed Jeon, worked for Lee when he was Gyeonggi governor......

A pick-up truck drives all over the country, from Seoul to Busan and Daegu. When it stops, the driver will and arrange plastic baskets on the ground, each with a different fruit inside. But there's something peculiar about this makeshift fruit......

Korea posted a current account deficit of over $4 billion in January, affected by weakness in exports and a surge in outbound travel....

Samsung Electronics rolled out organic light-emitting diode (OLED) TVs in the domestic market Thursday....

North Korea fired a single short-range ballistic missile from Nampo into the West Sea, according to South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff on Thursday....

Korean airlines are increasing services to China after the two countries agreed to increase flights on their routes to pre-pandemic levels....

LG Corp. installed an advertisement promoting Busan's bid to host the World Expo in 2030 at Busan Station and eight other locations, both home and abroad....

A blaze in Hapcheon County, South Gyeongsang, was finally brought under control Thursday morning nearly 20 hours after it broke out....

President Yoon Suk Yeol, left, talks with Hyundai Motor Group Executive Chair Euisun Chung during his visit to Hyundai Motor's manufacturing plant in Ulsan on Thursday....

An increasing number of adults are being forced to live with their parents for financial reasons, a report showed, and these difficulties are altering their plans for the future, such as marriage....

An employee organizes displayed suits at a suit shop in Yeongtong District, eastern Suwon, on Thursday afternoon. The city government of Suwon has been running a free suit rental program Chungnarae for Suwon residents between the ages of 19......

The Korean company established a legal entity in Hanoi, Vietnam, dedicated to automotive parts R&D....

Legoland Korea Resort signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Chuncheon National Center for Forest Education of the Korea Forest Welfare Institute on Thursday to revitalize field trips....

Suga from the boy band BTS donated 100 million won ($75,000) to the nongovernmental organization (NGO) Save the Children on Thursday, his birthday, to help those affected by the earthquake ......

Nam Tae-hyun, former member of the boy band Winner, has been booked by the police for drunk driving, the Seoul Gangnam Police Station said on Wednesday. According to the police, Nam opened the door to his parked car in Gangnam ......

A new vegan food brand called My Plant has hit the market, releasing products including vegan tuna and vegan dumplings, Dongwon F&B announced Tuesday....

Stocks opened higher Thursday amid woes over faster rate hikes by the Federal Reserve....

North Korea is expected to conduct a nuclear test as it continues to develop its missile capabilities in an attempt to drive a wedge between the United States and South Korea, a U.S. intelligence report said Wednesday....

Korea reported 10,890 new Covid-19 cases Thursday, up some 3,300 from the same day the previous week, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency....

The number of Facebook users in Korea fell to a record low last month as a growing number of young people opted to use Instagram and other social media platforms, industry data showed Thursday....

Youn Mee-hyang, a lawmaker who previously led a civic group supporting victims of Japan's wartime sexual slavery, returned to the group's street rally Wednesday after a three-year absence, during which she struggled with allegations of corruption....

Doyoung, Jaehyun and Jungwoo from the boy band NCT will form a subunit, according to SM Entertainment on Wednesday. SM Entertainment confirmed with the Korea JoongAng Daily on Wednesday that Doyoung, Jaehyun and Jungwoo ......

The chairman of Hankook Tire and Technology was arrested on charges of embezzlement and illicit inter-affiliate support on Thursday....

Korea's Tom Kim recalls watching with pride when Kim Si-woo triumphed at the 2017 Players Championship to emerge as the youngest winner of the PGA Tour's flagship tournament....

The Netherlands and Panama jumped to the top of Pool A on the first day of the 2023 World Baseball Classic on Wednesday, sending Cuba and Chinese Taipei to the bottom of the group in the early days of the tournament....

Tottenham Hotspur crashed out of the Champions League on Wednesday night after losing on aggregate to Milan in a tepid and uninspiring round of 16 clash....

The ex-CEO and employees of Toptec, an electronic display manufacturer, were found guilty for leaking Samsung Display edge panel technology to China....