South Korea’s Hanseo Yes24 Cultural Foundation has released Indonesian author Lat Kumala’s novel Cigaret Girl as the seventh title in its Southeast Asian Modern Literature Series. The launch was held March 13 at the Korea Press Center’s Korea-ASEAN Center lounge in Seoul. The author described the book

Religious leaders across South Korea gathered on the 13th to issue a joint declaration aimed at expanding a culture that respects life and restoring public morale. The Korea Association of Religious Leaders, a nonprofit foundation, announced plans to carry these aims into nationwide campaigns. The declaration was issued by representatives

South Korea’s Ministry of SMEs and Startups says it is activating a broad, cross-minister emergency response to the Middle East crisis as it threatens raw material supplies and rising oil prices, with a focus on preventing broader damage to small businesses and regional industries. The ministry held two urgent

Adobe, the U.S. software giant best known for Photoshop and Acrobat, reported a strong start to its fiscal year despite industry chatter about a “SaaSpocalypse.” For the quarter ended February, the company said revenue rose 12% year over year to $6.4 billion, the highest first-quarter figure in its

A South Korean government task force on prosecutorial reform says it will hold a second public discussion on March 16 to decide whether to abolish or maintain the so-called supplementary investigations in the prosecutorial system. The group also noted that it submitted two reform bills—one creating a Major Crime

Industry Minister Kim Jeong-kwan said on the first day of South Korea’s oil price ceiling that market prices are already easing. He spoke after a government meeting dedicated to reviewing the oil market, held at the Korea Trade Insurance Corporation in Seoul. Kim noted that it may take up

Former People Power Party leader Han Dong-hoon spoke at a Talk Concert 2026 event in Seoul on the 8th, held at Jamsil Indoor Stadium in the Songpa district. He addressed questions about whether he betrayed the country by entering politics or by his stance toward President Yoon Suk-yeol, insisting that

South Korea’s broad money supply, known as M2, rose in January, continuing a three-month upward trend. The Bank of Korea (BOK) said M2 averaged 4,108.9 trillion won for January, up 0.7% from December, equivalent to an increase of about 27.7 trillion won. The BOK explained

Baek Byung-dong, a composer long regarded as a pioneer of Korea’s modern music and a former professor at Seoul National University, has died on the 12th at age 90. A student of Yun Isang, he was a leading figure in shaping Korea’s postwar contemporary music scene. Born in

Seoul — VeslAI announced on the 12th that it has signed a memorandum of understanding with domestic AI semiconductor maker Ribelion to collaborate on cloud infrastructure built around a domestically produced neural processing unit (NPU) and an AI software platform, as part of a broader “K-AI full-stack” initiative. The agreement aims