High Jumper Woo Sang-hyeok Wins Silver Medal at World Championships 2022-07-24 South Korean high jumper Woo Sang-hyeok won the silver medal at the world championships, coming the closest to claiming South Korea’s first ... Listen News
BOK Raises Key Rate by 50 Basis Points for First Time Ever 2022-07-17 For the first time ever, the Bank of Korea(BOK) raised its key interest rate by 50 basis points as it seeks to contain rapid inflation.The central ... Listen News
Presidential Office Slams Repatriation of N. Korean Fishermen 2022-07-17 The presidential office has characterized the repatriation of two North Korean fishermen in 2019 under the previous administration as a crime ... Listen News
Constitutional Court Holds Hearing on Capital Punishment 2022-07-17 The Constitutional Court held a hearing on Thursday to deliberate whether capital punishment violates the Constitution.The hearing reviewed ... Listen News
'Squid Game' Nominated for 14 Emmys, including Best Drama Award 2022-07-17 “Squid Game” earned over a dozen nominations for this year’s Emmy Awards, including in the best drama category, becoming the ... Listen News
June Huh Awarded Fields Medal, Becoming 1st Person of Korean Descent to Win 2022-07-10 A Korean American mathematician who has been serving as a distinguished professor at the Korea Institute for Advanced Study(KIAS) has won the Fields ... Listen News
Inflation Growth in June Hits Nearly 24-Year High at 6% 2022-07-10 Consumer prices rose six percent on-year in June, increasing at the fastest pace in nearly 24 years.According to Statistics Korea on Tuesday, the ... Listen News
PPP Ethics Committee Decides 6-Month Suspension of Chair's Party Membership 2022-07-10 The ethics committee of the ruling People Power Party(PPP) has suspended the party membership of its chair, Lee Jun-seok, for six months over the ... Listen News
Gov't: Nuclear Power to Account for 30% of Nation's Energy by 2030 2022-07-10 The government has announced that nuclear power will account for 30 percent of the nation’s energy production by 2030 as part of the Yoon administration’s ... Listen News
Belt-Tightening Policy to Replace Expansion to Improve Fiscal Health 2022-07-10 The government is aiming to rein in fiscal deficit to within three percent of the nation's gross domestic product in a move to improve fiscal ... Listen News