Swimmer eyes 2nd straight Korean MVP award at Asian Games
Korean swimmer Kim Woo-min said Thursday he will chase his second straight MVP honor for the national delegation at…
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Lee meets Hyundai Motor chief for possible investment talks
President Lee Jae Myung has met Hyundai Motor Group Executive Chair Euisun Chung in a closed-door meeting, sources said…
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Korea calls on athletes to do country proud at Asian Games in Japan
With the 2026 Asian Games in Japan merely weeks away, Korea called on its athletes to do their nation proud at the…
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Nearly 40 mil. CJ streaming users' personal info compromised
Nearly 40 million user accounts of Korean streaming platform Tving were compromised in a massive data breach stemming…
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BOK stops disclosing Korea's FX reserve ranking to prevent ranking swings from distorting external sector fundamentals
The Bank of Korea (BOK) has decided to stop disclosing Korea's ranking among major countries by foreign exchange…
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Nvidia to spend $13 bil. on Hugging Face, leaving it as open source platform
Nvidia is buying artificial intelligence (AI) software platform Hugging Face for $12.93 billion. Jensen Huang wrote in…
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Veteran director Lee Joon-ik ventures into vertical short-form drama
Renowned director Lee Joon-ik, best known for historical blockbusters such as "King And The Clown" (2005), "The Throne"…
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Israel's Katz threatens to send Iran 'back into Stone Age'
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz on Thursday threatened Iran with a massive response in the event of an attack on…
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Cheong Wa Dae denies report of possible troop deployment to Hormuz
Korea's presidential office on Thursday rejected a report claiming the government is considering sending troops to the…
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India food safety crackdown targets company of Nepal's 'Noodle King'
India on Friday ordered a Nepali billionaire's company popular for its Wai Wai noodles to discontinue some products…
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Norway seizes Russian vessel to enforce $4.2 bil. Ukrainian arbitration claim
Norwegian authorities seized a Russian vessel in the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard on Wednesday at the request of…
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Norwegian authorities seized a Russian vessel in the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard on Wednesday at the request of…
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Nearly 40 mil. Tving accounts compromised in massive data breach: probe
Nearly 40 million user accounts of Korean streaming platform Tving were compromised in a massive data breach stemming…
Read at source →Why did BOK suddenly stop disclosing its FX reserve ranking?
The Bank of Korea (BOK) has decided to stop disclosing Korea's ranking among major countries by foreign exchange…
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Hanwha Ocean clinches $1.14 bil. deal for 6 container ships from Taiwan's Yang Ming
Hanwha Ocean Co. said Thursday it has won a 1.55 trillion-won ($1.14 billion) order from Taiwan's Yang Ming Marine…
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Seoul stocks open higher tracking US gains as oil prices ease
Seoul shares opened higher Thursday, tracking overnight gains on Wall Street, while oil prices eased after U.S.…
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Iran president urges return to truce, hails Russian support
BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan — Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian on Tuesday vowed to match any U.S. move to return to a June…
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Iran defiant as Bessent says US likely to announce bank sanctions this week
DUBAI/ASHEVILLE, North Carolina — U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Tuesday Washington was likely to…
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Police leadership overhauled in massive late-night reshuffle
The chief of the Gyeongnam Provincial Police Agency was appointed deputy commissioner general of the Korean National…
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Oil prices jump 4% as fresh US-Iran fighting stokes supply fears
NEW YORK — Oil prices jumped about 4 percent to a one-week high on Tuesday as a resumption in fighting between the U.S.…
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Kremlin says Putin, Xi and Trump may hold trilateral meeting
MOSCOW — Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov said on Tuesday that Russian President Vladimir Putin, U.S. President Donald Trump…
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TCL sues Samsung for false advertising over 'Mini LED' televisions
Chinese consumer electronics company TCL sued South Korea's Samsung in Los Angeles federal court, accusing its rival of…
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Bolton sees possibility of Trump meeting Kim in Pyongyang, warns of summit risks
WASHINGTON — Former U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton on Tuesday raised the possibility of President Donald…
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US urges G20 to cut trade imbalances, focus on China
ASHEVILLE, North Carolina — The Trump administration urged other G20 countries on Tuesday to do more to protect their…
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Chipotle brings burritos to Korea, and a familiar American anxiety
SEATTLE — For many Americans, ordering at Chipotle is practically muscle memory — rice, beans, protein, salsa,…
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Bessent says Strait of Hormuz would be 'worthless piece of water' as oil pipelines bypass it
WASHINGTON — U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Tuesday that the Strait of Hormuz will be "like a worthless…
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Rise of runner-friendly cafes highlights Koreans' new wellness trend
Runner-friendly cafes are appearing near popular running routes across Korea. The businesses are gaining ground around…
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Daily food tracking linked to greater weight loss: study
Click here for more articles by Kormedi.com. People who make a habit of recording what they eat every day may lose more…
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Korea looks to AI, drones, robots to make firefighting safer
Korea is moving toward a future firefighting system in which drones and robots enter hazardous zones first, artificial…
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N. Korea's Kim reaffirms strong ties with Vietnam in National Day letter
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on Wednesday reaffirmed his commitment to deepening ties with Vietnam in a letter to…
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Hwang Hee-chan loaned to German club Schalke
Korea international Hwang Hee-chan is on his way back to Germany after five seasons in England. FC Schalke 04 of the…
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Consumer prices up 3.1% in August amid high oil prices
Korea's consumer prices moved up 3.1 percent in August from a year earlier as oil prices remained elevated. According…
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White House says US policy on N. Korea unchanged, reaffirms Trump's openness to dialogue with Kim
WASHINGTON — The United States' policy on North Korea remains unchanged, a White House official said Tuesday, while…
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TUNEXX tunes in to single frequency on 2nd EP 'BLUE MODE'
There's a passage in the bridge of rookie boy band TUNEXX's new title track that the members simply call the "kill…
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US military completes latest strikes against Iran, while Trump vows more for Tehran's retaliation
WASHINGTON — The U.S. military hit targets in Iran on Tuesday and Tehran fired missiles and drones at various sites…
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Shame is a poor archivist: Korea's unfinished reckoning with the past
Every family edits itself. Mine had more to cut than most: a collaborator, a disappearance and a child sent abroad and…
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