The won-dollar exchange rate surpassed the one-thousand-340 won mark for the first time in more than 13 years on Monday.On the Seoul foreign exchange, the local currency traded at one-thousand-340-point-two won against the dollar at around 2 p.m., up 1…
A woman believed to be related to two children found dead in suitcases in New Zealand last week is reportedly in South Korea. Seoul police on Monday said they responded to New Zealand’s request via Interpol to track down the woman and asked for additio…
KCON, a major annual K-pop and culture festival that was held offline after a two-year hiatus due to COVID-19, returned to Los Angeles this past weekend. According to event organizer CJ ENM, around seven-point-17 million people from 176 countries atten…
Ever-climbing energy and food costs contributed to a second-quarter increase in the nation’s consumer prices at the fastest rate in 24 years.According to Statistics Korea on Monday, the national consumer price index came to 107-point-54 in the April-to…
A competition to see who can remain the most spaced-out will resume in Seoul for the first time in three years.The Seoul Metropolitan Government said on Monday that the “2022 Han River Space-Out Competition” will take place near Seoul’s Jamsu Bridge st…
North Korea has harshly criticized the South Korea-U.S. military exercise which began on Monday.Pyongyang’s propaganda outlet, Ryomyong, issued commentary on Monday and blasted the Yoon Suk Yeol administration for forging ahead with what it called a wa…
U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Daniel Kritenbrink will visit South Korea from Thursday.Yonhap News on Monday quoted diplomatic sources as saying that the assistant secretary will make a three-day trip to South Kore…
The won-dollar exchange rate surpassed the one-thousand-330 won mark for the first time in more than 13 years on Monday. On the Seoul foreign exchange, the local currency traded at one-thousand-335-point-five won against the dollar at 9 a.m., up nine-p…