Lotte Home Shopping, the home shopping arm of South Korea’s Lotte Group, held its regular shareholders meeting in Yeongdeungpo, Seoul, and approved a board-wide expansion of independent outside directors. Under the vote, the board composition shifted from a setup of five Lotte-recommended directors (three inside directors and two outside

Woori Bank, Nol Universe and Kona AI announced on the 13th that they have signed a business partnership to offer a foreigner-only prepaid card–based financial service. The agreement was described as aimed at improving payment convenience and financial access for foreign tourists visiting Korea. The three companies plan to

Korea’s Financial Services Commission (FSC), in a meeting with the Korea Federation of Banks and seven banks on the 13th, discussed steps to strengthen support for victims of jeonse fraud and to consider a discounted distribution of delinquent mortgage claims tied to affected properties. The proposal, described as a

A patient in Seoul’s National Medical Center was diagnosed with tuberculosis after visiting for dizziness. The 69-year-old man, identified by a pseudonym Kim Joo-hyuk, stayed two weeks in a negative-pressure isolation ward. When he was discharged, a receipt for outpatient care showed a meal charge of 31,630 won,

Iran’s next-generation leadership, Mojtaba Khamenei, issued his first public statement since his election last week, state media reported. In a written message, he pledged to keep the closure of the Strait of Hormuz as a pressure tool against adversaries and to avenge martyrs tied to the Minab incident, signaling

A tanker in the Persian Gulf, off the northwestern coast of Iraq, was struck by an Iranian naval drone on the 12th and is burning, according to reports cited by AP. The incident comes as tensions rise after Iran’s leadership signaled a hardline stance toward the United States and

France’s president Emmanuel Macron will make a state visit to South Korea on April 2–3 at the invitation of President Lee Jae-myeong. The Blue House said the trip marks the first state visit by a European leader to Korea since Lee took office, and Macron’s first visit

U.S. Central Command said on the platform X on the 12th local time that a KC-135 aerial refueling aircraft is missing after participating in a mission in western Iraq during an operation named “Operation Grand Fury.” Two aircraft were involved; one is confirmed to have crashed in western Iraq,

Woori Bank, in collaboration with Nol Universe and KonaI, has signed a memorandum of understanding to roll out a foreigner-focused prepaid card-based financial service. The partnership, announced on the 13th after the signing on the 5th, aims to enhance payment convenience and financial access for international visitors to Korea. The

The Democratic Party of Korea criticized the People Power Party (PPP) on Friday over what it called noisy and improper management of the party’s candidate nominations. The comments came as the PPP faced sudden internal turmoil after the resignation of its Nomination Management Committee chair, Lee Jeong-hyeon. DP secretary-general