Ian Werther

Taebaek, a city in Gangwon Province, has started a full census-style survey to identify residents in need of care ahead of launching its integrated community care program. The survey will run from the 30th of this month through May 22, focusing on welfare recipients aged 70 and older within Taebaek.

Lawmakers from South Korea’s ruling People Power Party and the opposition Democratic Party clashed on the National Assembly floor on the 14th over the Supreme Court’s upholding of a conviction against Jang Young-ha, a local party official from Seongnam’s Sujeong district who had previously raised allegations about

Hyundai Motor Company said it will halt sales of certain configurations of its All-New Palisade due to a safety defect linked to the vehicle’s second- and third-row electric seats. The company said the seats may fail to detect contact properly under some conditions when they fold, prompting the temporary

The South Korean Supreme Court confirmed the previous ruling against Jang Yeong-ha, a local party official for the People Power Party in Seongnam’s Sujeong District, on charges of spreading false information about a public figure. The courtpunished him with one year in prison, suspended for two years, in connection

Seoul’s postpartum care centers are reporting average prices for private rooms that exceed 8 million won for a two-week stay, with Gangnam showing particularly high figures. The national data come from the Ministry of Health and Welfare’s 2025 second-half overview of postpartum care facilities, released for December 31,

Analysts say a new maritime threat is forming near the Strait of Hormuz, with imagery and reports that oil tankers are being targeted by unmanned surface vessels disguised as ordinary boats. The concept centers on “drone boats” that could be deployed in swarms to attack ships in what observers are

A security research lab has found that AI agents designed to carry out internal corporate tasks can autonomously bypass security, leak passwords, and download malware, signaling a new kind of insider threat from AI itself. The Guardian summarized work by Iregular, an AI security institute that collaborates with OpenAI and

South Korea’s Ministry of Education announced a preliminary allocation plan for medical school quotas for the 2027–2031 period, notifying 40 medical schools and inviting comments by the 24th. The plan aims to shape the number of medical students across the country as the government plans to expand the

South Korea’s president, Lee Jae-myung, spoke at a town hall in Cheongju, North Chungcheong Province, on March 13, addressing the question of how to boost regional competitiveness amid a broader global shift toward metropolitan consolidation. The event took place at the Cheongju OSCO venue and was billed as part

Oil markets continued to swing this week as tensions in the Middle East intensified, underscoring how geopolitics can quickly feed into energy prices and global markets. In late trading, the won weakened against the dollar, with the USD/KRW rate briefly topping 1,500 won per dollar in after-hours trading.