(Photo=Pixabay) South Korea is widely regarded as one of Asia’s advanced and prosperous economies. But a new study suggests that the financial security associated with a stable middle class life reaches far fewer households than the country’s overall wealth might imply. More than half of South Korean households qualify as middle class when income alone is measured. Once researchers added

Photo=Ottogi South Korean food companies are increasingly using global entertainment franchises to refresh established brands and reach consumers beyond traditional grocery channels, a trend that could create new marketing opportunities for consumer-product companies and entertainment partners. Ottogi is the latest example. The food maker said September 17 that it will launch a limited-edition version of its Yeul Ramen instant noodles

(Photo=Hyundai Rotem) Poland has received 18 more South Korean K2 tanks as it races to rebuild and expand its armored forces on NATO’s eastern flank, where the country borders Belarus and Russia’s Kaliningrad region. The delivery is part of a military buildup that accelerated after Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine and Poland’s transfer of older equipment to Kyiv. That buildup

Photo=Samsung Apple’s entry into the foldable-phone market is already reshaping the premium smartphone landscape in South Korea, with early sales data offering U.S. technology companies and investors a glimpse of how Apple’s arrival could expand the category while intensifying competition for high-end consumers and component suppliers. Sales of Samsung Electronics’ Galaxy Z Fold 8 rose about 10% in the week

Photo=Motionelements South Korea’s growing appetite for artificial intelligence and other foreign digital services is opening a new front for U.S. technology companies—and highlighting a widening dependence on overseas software that could reshape the country’s services economy. The trend accelerated in the first half of 2026. South Korea ran a $6.44 billion deficit in knowledge-service trade, the second-largest half-year shortfall on