The U.S. Department of the Treasury announced new sanctions targeting six individuals connected to North Korea and third-country associates, along with two affiliated entities, for allegedly helping finance Pyongyang’s weapons programs through illicit means. The sanctions expand existing prohibitions on individuals and networks linked to North Korea’s

Chai Communications, a South Korean total marketing firm, swept three prizes at the 33rd Advertisers of the Year awards, organized by the Korean Advertising Society. The wins underscore the agency’s prominence in Korea’s competitive advertising market. The centerpiece of the haul was the Gmarket campaign, launched in September

The Supreme Court of Korea has upheld a lower court ruling in a case brought by about 970 retired employees of Hanwha Ocean. The retirees had argued that a portion of their management incentive pay should be included in the severance-pay calculation. The court ruled that management incentive pay is

KAIST said on Thursday that President Lee Kwang-hyung will stay in office until a successor is appointed, reversing his earlier plan to resign. The decision comes after the university's board urged leadership continuity during the presidential search. Lee had indicated he would resign after a KAIST board meeting

A woman in her 20s has been forwarded to prosecutors on charges that she neglected her 20-month-old daughter, leading to the child's death, with authorities also adding a charge of neglect toward her first-born daughter, who attends elementary school. The Incheon Metropolitan Police Agency identified the suspect as

South Korea’s main opposition party criticized the Foreign Ministry for naming Baek Tae-woong, a professor at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa School of Law, as the country’s new ambassador to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). The party said Baek has a history of

In Washington, D.C., on March 12 local time, South Korea’s Prime Minister Kim Min-seok met at the White House with JD Vance, described by Korean officials as a U.S. official, and they exchanged a handshake in front of reporters. The encounter followed Kim’s ongoing visit to

The United States Trade Representative (USTR) has opened an investigation into 60 trade partners over goods produced with forced labor, including South Korea, with the aim of blocking such imports. The move signals a broad effort to scrutinize global supply chains for labor abuses. The 60 targeted countries include South

A senior monk of the Jogye Order, Venerable Wonhaeng Daesongsa of Jagwangdang, died on the evening of the 12th. The Jogye Order’s Elders’ Council said he passed away at 7:47 p.m. at Woljeongsa, the main monastery of the fourth district headquarters on Odaesan. Born in 1942, Wonhaeng

On March 12, President Donald Trump told attendees at a White House event marking Women’s History Month that Iran is “a country of terror and hatred,” and said Tehran is “paying a heavy price” as the United States conducts military operations there. He described the situation as rapidly evolving