A bank employee stacks U.S. dollar bills at Hana Bank branch in Seoul, Tuesday. Yonhap Korea’s central bank posted nearly 17 trillion won ($12.5 billion) in returns from foreign assets in 2025, helped by a weaker won and a rally in stock markets, data from the bank showed Sunday. The Bank of Korea (BOK) recorded…
Dong Jun pitches shared security governance and military cooperation while warning against coercion and regressive historical trends at the Beijing Xiangshan Forum. Chinese Defence Minister Dong Jun has said that countries around the world should cease provocative acts and check the resurgence of regressive historical trends. Dong made his remarks, likely to be taken as…
Gyeonggi Province Gov. Choo Mi-ae speaks to reporters at a hospital in Gyeonggi Province, Saturday, after paying her respects to firefighter Kim Jin-seok, who died earlier that day from injuries sustained battling a factory blaze. Courtesy of Gyeonggi Provincial Government Gyeonggi Province Gov. Choo Mi-ae faces growing backlash over derogatory remarks portraying firefighting as a…
Role-playing game Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 by French video game studio Sandfall Interactive and Hollow Knight: Silksong, the sequel to the critically acclaimed Hollow Knight, by Australian indie game studio Team Cherry were both released in 2025, marking a very memorable year for video games. Both titles were heralded as hallmarks in video game development,…
Yeongdeok County Office in North Gyeongsang Province / Courtesy of Yeongdeok County Local governments across Korea are competing to host prisons, once widely regarded as undesirable facilities, as shrinking populations and struggling local economies prompt communities to seek new sources of jobs, residents and spending. Cheongsong and Yeongdeok counties in North Gyeongsang Province, Jecheon in…
