Ian Werther

The 16th Gwangju Biennale has announced its theme: “You must change your life,” drawn from the final line of Rainer Maria Rilke’s poem Archaic Torso of Apollo. The festival is scheduled to run from September 5 to November 15 at the Gwangju Biennale Exhibition Hall in southwest Korea. The

South Korea’s Ministry of Education released the 2027 medical school enrollment plan and the allocations for 2028–2031, showing a focus on regional universities outside Seoul. The plan targets 32 regional medical schools and notes that the increases apply to the regional doctor workforce programs. Under the plan, the

Incheon’s mayoral candidate Yu Jeong-bok of South Korea’s ruling People Power Party (PPP) held an urgent press conference at the party’s central office, urging a quick end to internal strife over nominations for the June 3 local elections. He said the party’s central figures have become

Land Power, a book by Michael Albertus, traces how land ownership has long shaped power and inequality across civilizations. Focusing on roughly the last 200 years, it highlights a global realignment in who controls land and how that control translates into economic, social, and political influence. The author argues that

South Korea’s budget chief announced that the government will begin drafting a supplementary budget funded largely by excess tax receipts, rather than new borrowing. The plan would use windfalls from corporate tax and securities transaction tax to address high oil prices, household cost pressures, and export challenges, with a

Seoul’s National Human Rights Commission has recommended that the government pause and reexamine a plan to require facial recognition for mobile-phone activations. The proposal, pushed by the Ministry of Science and ICT, aims to curb crimes tied to “dopo phones” — devices activated using stolen or forged IDs — by mandating

Samsung SDI used a side event at Inter Battery 2026 in Seoul to promote its solid‑state battery efforts, with a focus on robotics applications. The company said solid‑state cells could deliver absolute safety while being light and offering high energy density, enabling up to eight hours of operation

The U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) announced two separate Section 301 investigations under the Trade Act, expanding pressure on foreign producers over issues that affect American workers and markets. One probe targets goods produced with forced labor, while another concerns manufacturing overproduction. In the first action, the USTR said it

U.S. Central Command said one KC-135 aerial-refueling aircraft was lost during operations in western Iraq on Monday, in an incident linked to the operation known as “Grand Fury.” CENTCOM added that the loss occurred in friendly airspace and there is no indication at this time that enemy action was

An employee in his 30s working in the transport department of Daegu’s Suseong District Office annex was found dead this morning, police said. The death occurred after a 119 emergency call was placed yesterday evening by the same person. The 119 call came in at 11:35 p.m.