South Korea’s local elections on June 3 are moving into a full campaign phase in Gwangju, where candidates for the mayoral posts in Buk-gu (Buk District) and Nam-gu (Nam District) are lining up. The ruling Democratic Party is preparing to begin its formal nominating process for both districts, with

A sightseeing boat stopped in the waters off Gamji Beach in Busan's Yeongdo District after its engine failed, leaving 45 passengers on board. Two passengers complained of pain and were taken to a hospital, while the others were reported to be in stable condition. According to the Busan

The Jeollabuk-do (North Jeolla Province) provincial government said the National Medical School Establishment and Operation Act passed the full committee of the National Assembly’s Health and Welfare Committee, bringing closer a plan to create a national medical school focused on essential and public health care personnel. Under the bill,

Iran warned via state media on Tuesday that energy facilities owned by oil companies cooperating with the United States in the Middle East would be attacked if Iran’s own oil and energy infrastructure came under attack. The warning followed a claim by former U.S. President Donald Trump that

A man in his 40s wearing an electronic ankle monitor stabbed a woman in her 30s with a knife and fled in Namyangju's Onam-eup, Gyeonggi Province, authorities said. The attack occurred around 9:00 a.m. this morning, the 14th. Emergency responders found the woman at the scene

Southwestern Korea is forecast to see temperatures near seasonal norms this weekend in Gwangju and the Jeollanam-do region, but with a pronounced day-to-night temperature swing that could exceed 10 degrees Celsius. For Saturday, inland Jeollanam-do is expected to have morning lows between -2°C and 3°C, with daytime highs

A Swiss elevator-maker, Schindler Holding AG, lost its international investor-state dispute against the South Korean government, with the arbitration panel at the Permanent Court of Arbitration ruling in Korea’s favor. The panel dismissed all of Schindler’s claims in the case, which began under the ISDS framework. The ruling

The 16th Gwangju Biennale unveiled its theme, “You Must Change Your Life,” at a press briefing in Seoul’s Centropolis on the 13th. The theme, announced ahead of the festival’s September 5 opening in Gwangju, is drawn from Rainer Maria Rilke’s 1908 poem Archaic Torso of Apollo, which

A fishing vessel fire occurred around 90 kilometers southwest of Chagi-do, off Jeju Island, on the 14th, authorities said. The 29-ton nearshore gillnet boat A, registered in Hanrim, was operating in the area when the fire broke out on the upper deck. The Jeju Coast Guard dispatched a helicopter and

The Korea Meteorological Administration says Saturday, March 14, 2026, will be a day of partly cloudy skies nationwide as a high-pressure system moves eastward along the northern edge of the East Sea. The setup should keep conditions relatively calm but with notable temperature swings between day and night. Morning temperatures