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South Korea’s price-control policy on petroleum products entered full effect as of midnight on the 13th, after President Lee Jae-myung announced the move at a Blue House meeting with senior aides on the 12th. The measure aims to curb domestic fuel costs in the face of global oil price

On the 12th local time, President Donald Trump spoke at a White House event marking Women’s History Month. A day later, he said in a post on Truth Social that he had ordered U.S. forces to strike Iran’s Kharg Island oil-export terminal, targeting Iran’s military facilities

Hanwha Aerospace has announced a memorandum of understanding with Krafton to jointly develop artificial intelligence technologies and establish a joint venture, the company said on the 13th. The agreement outlines steps for collaboration in AI technology and its commercialization. The partners will focus on co-developing the core technologies behind physical

South Korea’s won slid against the U.S. dollar in late trading, briefly topping 1,500 won per dollar. The USD/KRW rate reached 1,500.1 at 5:17 p.m. on the 13th, the first intraday move above 1,500 in seven sessions. For the week’s

Kakao Pay plans to add “Information Services” as a new business objective at its upcoming shareholders’ meeting on the 23rd, signaling a formal pivot toward a stablecoin business and the launch of a next-generation digital wallet called the Super Wallet. The move comes as the government and the ruling party

The ruling People Power Party faced internal tensions over its candidate nomination process ahead of the June 3 local elections after Lee Jung-hyun, the head of the party’s nomination management committee, signaled his intention to resign. The development prompted a cautious response from the party leadership as it seeks

In Ulsan’s northern Buk District, the hillside near Hyangtojeonmaeul village is drawing attention as the Byeonsan windflower, a herald of spring, comes into bloom. Weather officials say the coming weekend will be largely cloudy across the city, with notable temperature swings between morning and afternoon, around 10 degrees Celsius.

Former U.S. President Donald Trump said on Truth Social that U.S. forces attacked Kharg Island, Iran’s principal crude export terminal in the Persian Gulf, and destroyed all military facilities there. In a post dated the 13th local time, Trump wrote that, at his order, U.S. Central

South Korea’s Financial Supervisory Service shows that Han Seong-sook, the minister of SMEs and Startups and a former Naver chief executive, was the country’s top-paid executive at Naver last year. Her total compensation reached 10.343 billion won, according to the FSS’s electronic disclosure system. Her pay

South Korea’s President Lee Jae-myung reiterated a call for broader regional consolidation, arguing that administrative unification should go beyond the current idea of merging South Chungcheong (Chungnam) with Daejeon to include North Chungcheong (Chungbuk) and the central city itself. He spoke at a town hall gathering in Cheongju, the