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Reports out of South Korea indicate Apple’s foldable iPhone could carry a price well above expectations, potentially near twice the price of the iPhone 17 Pro Max. The disclosures come from MacRumors, which cited leaks on storage options and pricing. According to the Chinese tech tipster Instant Digital, the

Retail investors in South Korea are increasingly moving into exchange-traded funds as market volatility grows following tensions between the United States and Iran. An image from Hana Bank’s flagship building in Seoul accompanies the account of how individual traders have shifted toward ETFs amid a backdrop of sharp swings

The leader of South Korea’s ruling People Power Party (PPP), Jang Dong-hyeok, said on March 13 that fairness is the lifeblood of party nominations. Speaking to reporters at the National Assembly, he responded to questions about Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon’s continued refusal to submit nomination applications, a stance

CHA Biotech Group announced on the 13th that it has sold its entire stake in Soliders Investment, the group’s venture-capital arm focused on biomedicine and healthcare, to JW Holdings. The sale covers all holdings held by CHA Biotech Group subsidiaries and related entities in Soliders Investment: 46.5% in

A prominent transplant surgeon at Severance Hospital in Seoul led a complex kidney transplant for a Korean patient whose chronic kidney failure began with an apparently minor condition. Im Da-som, now in her 30s, received her father’s kidney in February 2025 after 18 months of preparation and a rare

South Korea’s Ministry of Science and ICT says agentic AI could dramatically shorten software development timelines, with projects that once took years potentially reduced to about 40 days. The ministry described this as a sign of a fundamental shift in how software is built as AI becomes more autonomous

South Korea’s National Assembly approved the Special Act on Korea-U.S. Investment on June 12 with bipartisan support, designed to implement commitments made during the U.S.–Korea tariff talks. The law lays the groundwork for investments in the United States totaling up to about $350 billion, a figure

Kakao Pay Securities has announced that its board has nominated Shin Ho-cheol for reappointment as chief executive, with the decision to be put to the 31st regular shareholders meeting. The vote is scheduled to take place at Kakao Pay’s headquarters in Seongnam, a city in Gyeonggi Province, just south

Britain raised the possibility on March 3 that Iran may be laying mines in the Strait of Hormuz, a critical global energy chokepoint. Defence Secretary John Healey told reporters in London that reports of mine-laying “are becoming clearer,” and that while Britain possesses some autonomous mine-clearance systems, the most reliable

A new Korean-language work by Michael Alberts, a political science professor at the University of Chicago, examines land ownership and inequality through the lens of Korea’s long-running debate over who may hold farmland. The book highlights the constitutional aim of “gyeongja yujeon” (land owned by the tiller) and notes