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Zambia looking for concrete gains from Korea-Africa talks: deputy secretary

Zambia is urging South Korea to move beyond pledges and deliver financing commitments, industrial investment and technology partnerships as Seoul expands its engagement with African countries, says Siazongo Siakalenge, Zambia’s deputy secretary to the cabinet for finance and economic development. In an interview with The Korea Herald, Siakalenge said that Lusaka hopes the meeting will deliver practical partnerships in infrastructure, digital transformation, green growth and industrial developmen

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Special Counsel Team: Yoon Began Preparing for Martial Law in November 2023

[Politics] : A special counsel team looking into former President Yoon Suk Yeol’s insurrection case says Yoon began preparing for the December 2024 martial law declaration in November 2023. Kim Ji-mee, an assistant special counsel on the team, told reporters at a briefing on Monday that the team confirmed through its ... [more...]

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Number of Late 20s ‘Taking a Break’ from Work Jumps to Highest in 6 Years

[Economy] : The number of young people in their late 20s who took a break without looking for a job has increased by more than 30-thousand, the largest number in six years. According to data by the Korean Statistical Information Service(KOSIS) on Thursday, the number of economically inactive people aged between 25 ... [more...]

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New BOK chief signals looming rate hikes as inflation pressure builds

South Korea's central bank on Thursday kept its benchmark interest rate unchanged, signaling a pivot toward tighter monetary policy, while raising its 2026 growth forecast to 2.6 percent. The Monetary Policy Board held the key rate steady at 2.5 percent, extending the rate freeze in place since May 2025. However, hawkish signals became more pronounced, with two of the seven board members calling for a 25-basis-point rate hike. "Whether looking at inflation, growth, the exchange rate or the prope

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Growing number of Koreans in late 20s giving up on work

South Korea saw the sharpest April increase since 2020 in the number of people in their late 20s who were neither working nor looking for work, even as the country’s population in that age group continued to shrink, government data showed Thursday. The economically inactive population aged 25 to 29 reached 784,000 in April, up 37,000 from the same month in 2025, according to the Korean Statistical Information Service. The last time Korea saw such a steep rise in economically inactive people in t

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Veteran Zerg champion defends title at ASL Season 21

Park Sang-hyun has defended his title on the final stage of the Google Play AfreecaTV StarCraft League, or ASL, Season 21, defeating Lee Young-ho four to three in a best-of-seven match to become the fourth player to repeat as an ASL champion. Lee, better known as his in-game moniker Flash, specializes in playing the Terrans in StarCraft. Looking to become the first five-time ASL champion, he took the early 2-to-0 set score, but Park stormed back to tie the scoreboard at 2-to-2, making the game a

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S. Korea a model in Ukraine's postwar reconstruction: governor

South Korea’s rapid industrial rise after the Korean War could serve as a blueprint for Ukraine’s reconstruction, according to Vitaliy Kim, governor of Ukraine’s Mykolaiv region. In an interview with The Korea Herald, Kim said Ukraine is looking to South Korea for investment, industrial technology and long-term strategic cooperation as it prepares for a recovery effort estimated at over $635 billion. “As an example, I want to see the model of South Korea in the 1970s, when they imported technolo

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‘Natural Wegovy’ egg recipe stirs weight-loss buzz in Korea

While the use of weight-loss injections such as Wegovy and Mounjaro grows in Korea, some people looking for cheaper ways to curb their appetites are turning to an egg-and-oil recipe that has circulated on social media. The recipe, usually made with boiled eggs, extra virgin olive oil and pepper, is promoted online as a way to increase the body’s secretion of GLP-1, a hormone linked to satiety and reduced food intake. Some users have compared it to injectable GLP-1 drugs such as Wegovy and Mounja

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Zambia looking for concrete gains from Korea-Africa talks: deputy secretary

Special Counsel Team: Yoon Began Preparing for Martial Law in November 2023

Number of Late 20s ‘Taking a Break’ from Work Jumps to Highest in 6 Years

New BOK chief signals looming rate hikes as inflation pressure builds

Growing number of Koreans in late 20s giving up on work

Veteran Zerg champion defends title at ASL Season 21

S. Korea a model in Ukraine's postwar reconstruction: governor

‘Natural Wegovy’ egg recipe stirs weight-loss buzz in Korea