Economy

Seoul Shares Fall for Third Day on AI Bubble Fears

Written: 2025-08-20 18:48:34 / Updated: 2025-08-20 18:55:39

South Korean stocks ended lower for a third straight session Wednesday as big-cap tech shares tracked overnight losses on Wall Street following ...

Economy

US Business Groups Press Trump to Push Seoul on Digital Trade Barriers

Written: 2025-08-20 18:07:40 / Updated: 2025-08-20 18:54:14

Major U.S. business groups are calling on the Trump administration to push Seoul on easing digital trade restrictions, sending a joint letter ahead ...

Politics

Special Counsel Mulling whether to Hold Ex-PM Han in Custody in Martial Law Probe

Written: 2025-08-20 17:41:45 / Updated: 2025-08-20 18:27:20

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Special Counsel Summons Ex-Prime Minister for Additional Questioning

Detention of Ex-First Lady Extended until End of August

Politics

South Korea’s Parliament Speaker Invited to China’s WWII Victory Day Event

Written: 2025-08-20 17:35:04 / Updated: 2025-08-20 19:26:53

National Assembly Speaker Woo Won-shik has received an official invitation to attend China’s Victory Day celebrations in Beijing next month, ...

Inter-Korea

N. Korean Leader's Sister Criticizes Seoul's Rapprochement Policy

Written: 2025-08-20 17:27:20 / Updated: 2025-08-20 17:42:50

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Seoul Expresses Regret over Kim Yo-jong’s Criticism of Peace Efforts

Unification Ministry Reacts to Kim Yo-jong’s Criticism, Pledges ‘Era of Peaceful Coexistence’

Politics

Police Raid Ex-PM Hwang’s Anti-Election Fraud Group over Campaigning Allegations

Written: 2025-08-20 16:51:23 / Updated: 2025-08-20 17:04:19

Police have raided the office of an anti-election fraud group linked to former Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn on suspicion of illegal electioneering. The ...

Politics

KOSPI Down 0.68% Wednesday

Written: 2025-08-20 16:02:01 / Updated: 2025-08-20 17:03:24

The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index(KOSPI) lost 21-point-47 points, or zero-point-68 percent, Wednesday to close at three-thousand-130-point-09. The ...

Politics

Finance Minister: Petrochemical Industry Must Restructure amid Oversupply Crisis

Written: 2025-08-20 15:56:03 / Updated: 2025-08-20 15:56:48

Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Koo Yun-cheol has called on the nation’s petrochemical industry to undertake sweeping restructuring ...

Politics

Busan Forms Committee to Advance City as Global Maritime Hub

Written: 2025-08-20 15:47:17 / Updated: 2025-08-20 15:56:23

The city of Busan has launched the Global Maritime Hub Promotion Committee, a large council bringing together more than 60 institutions representing ...

Science

Showers Expected in Parts of Nation Thursday; Heat to Persist

Written: 2025-08-20 15:42:01 / Updated: 2025-08-20 15:46:03

Showers are forecast for Thursday in Incheon, northern Gyeonggi Province, northern Gangwon Province, and parts of the Jeolla and Gyeongsang regions. Morning ...