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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

Last year, Korea’s private tutoring bill for elementary through high school fell for the first time in five years, down 5.7% to 27.5 trillion won. The Ministry of Education and the National Data Agency reported that the overall tutoring participation rate dipped to 75.7%, and the

A Korean-language review of Br Harold’s book, translated by Kim Chang-gyu and published by Hyunsan, surveys how people relate to robots and the people who love them. The author uses a Georgia Tech study of 379 households with a Roomba vacuum to explore what users think and feel toward