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.

The Education Ministry and the National Data Agency released the 2025 survey results on private tutoring costs for elementary to high school students. In North Gyeongsang Province (Gyeongsangbuk-do), the average monthly private tutoring expenditure per student is 329,000 won, the second-lowest among Korea’s 17 provinces and metropolitan cities.

South Korea on March 13 began enforcing a petroleum price ceiling to curb fuel costs as international oil markets surged following rising tensions in the Middle East. Brent crude briefly crossed the $100 per barrel threshold for the first time since August 2022, with markets reacting to developments tied to