Korea

2023 World Korean Business Convention: A milestone event for overseas Koreans

The opening of the 2023 World Korean Business Convention (WKBC), a festival and expo event for ethnic Koreans around the world, is just three...

Yoon might discuss Fukushima water with Kishida at next meeting

President Yoon Suk Yeol could raise the issue of Japan’s plan to release radioactive wastewater from the ruined Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant with...

Ambassador for North’s human rights likely to be reappointed

Lee Shin-hwa, South Korea’s ambassador for international cooperation on North Korean human rights, will likely be reinstated for another year as the Yoon Suk...

Yoon pledges support for Korean science at home and abroad

President Yoon Suk Yeol stressed that the government must invest in "world-class" research and development and support building a "global network" of Korean scientists...

Korea, China hold first high-level meeting in months

Deputy Foreign Minister Choi Yong-sam met with Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Sun Weidong in Beijing on Tuesday, marking the first high-level meeting between the...

Seoul mayor suggests immigration offers fix to low birthrates

Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon said he thinks a greater number of foreigners should be allowed to reside permanently in the capital, contingent upon the...

Korean companies keen on unique skills of foreign workers

“Companies hire foreigners because we are different and have new ideas,” said Nidhi Agrawal, an artist signed under Wave Entertainment. “If I tried to...

DP passes resolution on Fukushima water discharge

The liberal Democratic Party (DP) adopted a parliamentary resolution Friday calling on the government to file a complaint with the International Tribunal for the...

Korea’s tougher immigration investment requirement may target Chinese

The already frayed relations between Korea and China could escalate as the Justice Ministry’s plan to toughen the immigration investment program. The Justice Ministry on...

Yoon Suk Yeol names new unification minister

President Yoon Suk Yeol on Thursday conducted a wide-ranging reshuffling of ministers and vice ministers, including his unification minister, as he enters his second...