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South Korea’s Prime Minister Kim Min-seok met with then-U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House on an unscheduled visit on the 13th local time. The encounter unfolded as Washington and Seoul monitor the prospects for North Korea-U.S. diplomacy, with Trump signaling interest ahead of a planned

Hyundai Motor’s Asan plant in South Korea faced a workplace clash after seven union officials occupied the plant’s support office, shouted at staff, and damaged equipment and plants, according to a factory notice dated the 10th. The incident followed days of escalating tensions at the site. The seven

South Korea’s climate, energy and environment ministry and Korea Electric Power Corporation announced a reform of industrial electricity tariffs designed to better align prices with renewable energy production and demand patterns. The plan, unveiled after deliberation by the Electricity Pricing Committee, aims to reduce waste from surplus daytime solar

At the Banking Hall building in central Seoul’s Jung-gu on March 13, the 10-29 Itaewon disaster truth-finding hearing of South Korea’s Special Investigation Committee resumed. The committee’s chair, Song Ki-chun, spoke to reporters as the session began. The Special Investigation Committee announced that it had decided to

On the afternoon of the 13th, the first day of South Korea’s gasoline price ceiling policy, drivers in Busan queued at a Haeundae district gas station as the cheapest gasoline in the area was priced at 1,757 won per liter, according to Yonhap News Agency. The policy’s

The South Korean Blue House said President Lee Jae-myung will host French President Emmanuel Macron on a state visit scheduled for the 2nd and 3rd of next month. Macron’s trip would mark the first time a European leader visits Korea since Lee’s administration began, and it would be

Krafton, the South Korean game developer, and Hanwha Aerospace have formed a strategic alliance centered on physical artificial intelligence. The two companies signed a memorandum of understanding on the 13th to pursue joint development and eventual commercialization across defense and other sectors. Under the agreement, Krafton and Hanwha Aerospace will

South Korea’s financial markets moved lower on March 13, 2026. The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) finished down 96.01 points, or 1.72%, at 5,487.24. The tech-heavy KOSDAQ rose 4.56 points to close at 1,152.96. In the foreign exchange market, the

South Korea has begun enforcing a nationwide oil price ceiling policy, taking effect from midnight on the 13th. President Lee Jae-myung announced on X that “from today we will fully implement the oil price ceiling” to help stabilize domestic fuel costs amid unsettled international markets. He asked citizens to report

A weekend weather forecast from the Korea Meteorological Administration says the entire country should see mostly cloudy conditions as a high-pressure system moves eastward along the northern East Sea. The result is a pronounced day-to-night temperature swing of about 15 degrees Celsius, with frost possible in inland areas early in