Minimum Wage Raised by Record 16.4%

2017-07-23

South Korea's minimum wage for next year has been set at 7,530 won per hour, up 16-point-four percent, or one-thousand-60 won from this year. The ...

Seoul’s Proposal for Inter-Korean Talks: Analysis & Prospects

2017-07-21

US Requests Talks to Revise FTA with S. Korea

2017-07-16

The U.S. has formally requested talks to revise its free trade agreement (FTA) with South Korea. The U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) office ...

Is the Domestic Auto Sector Facing a Crisis?

2017-07-16

Concerns are rising of a triple crisis in the automotive industry as exports, domestic demand, and production are all down. Smaller shipments ...

S. Korea’s Average Age to Reach 53 in 2050

2017-07-16

South Korea is expected to officially become an aged society next year, with the average age of the population forecast to reach 53 by 2050, as the ...

G-20 Summit Diplomacy & Korean Peninsula

2017-07-14

N. Korea ICBM Launch

2017-07-09

Global talks are underway on sanctions against North Korea following the regime's test launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) ...

S. Korean Shipbuilders Reclaim Top Place in 1H Orders

2017-07-09

South Korean shipbuilders reclaimed the top place in global ship orders in the first half of the year. According to the British maritime market ...

President Moon’s Summit Diplomacy on N. Korean Nuclear Issue

2017-07-07

South Korea-U.S. Summit

2017-07-02

President Moon Jae-in and U.S. President Donald Trump have reaffirmed the airtight alliance to resolve the North Korean nuclear and missile threats. Following ...