The South Korean government will employ a stronger debt-collection system to recover public funds that were advanced to workers when their employers failed to pay wages. The plan mirrors the procedures used for collecting delinquent taxes, aiming to recoup payments more efficiently. The decision was reviewed at the fourth meeting

A former head of South Korea’s Korea Forest Service has been forwarded to prosecutors on charges related to a drunk-driving incident, with police saying he caused injuries in a traffic crash. Kim In-ho, who led the agency for about six months, was dismissed from his post earlier this year

Private education spending for Korea’s elementary to high school students totaled 27.5 trillion won in 2025, a 5.7% drop from the previous year and the first decline in five years since 2020, according to the Ministry of Education and the National Data Center. Officials cited rising prices

The U.S. economy grew at an annualized rate of 0.7% in the fourth quarter, the Commerce Department’s Bureau of Economic Analysis said, halving from a 1.4% flash estimate released last month. The growth rate also came in below the Dow Jones consensus of 1.5%. For

South Korea’s foreign ministry said in a separate briefing that Dokdo is clearly South Korean territory, from historical, geographical, and international-law perspectives, and pledged to respond firmly to any unfounded Japanese claim. The ruling party denounced the remarks as irresponsible and provocative. Kim Nam-kook, a spokesperson for the ruling

The Democratic Party of Korea has set a party primary to select its candidate for governor of Chungcheongbuk-do (Chungbuk), the central province of South Korea. The party announced four confirmed contenders on the 13th at a briefing in Seoul’s Yeouido district: No Young-min, a former chief of staff at

South Korea began implementing a package of judicial reforms, including a new remedy that allows petitions to the Constitutional Court regarding final Supreme Court rulings. On the rollout’s first day, the 12th, a notice about the partially amended Constitutional Court Act (referred to as “재판소원”) was placed at the

Tensions between the United States and Iran intensified as President Donald Trump said in a Fox News interview that he would “strike Iran very hard” next week if necessary, amid broader Middle East flare-ups. Trump also said the United States would provide escort support for ships passing through the Strait

A new English translation of a Korean-language book explores the role of a U.S. Army psychiatrist at the Nuremberg trials. Captain Douglas McGlashan Kelly accompanied 22 Nazi defendants to the courtroom, and the work by Jack Ellahy, translated by Chae Jae-yong, is published by Hippocrates at a price of

The Special Investigation Committee charged with probing the Itaewon crowd-crush decision on Tuesday to file a criminal complaint against former President Yoon Suk-yeol for failing to appear as a witness at a hearing, without a legitimate reason. The move came as the committee prepared to resume the hearing. Committee chair