
South Korea Weighs Higher Property Taxes to Curb Housing Speculation
South Korea is preparing to revisit its real-estate tax regime as the government considers raising taxes on owners
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South Korea is preparing to revisit its real-estate tax regime as the government considers raising taxes on owners

Samyang Foods, a South Korean instant-noodle maker whose Buldak Hot Chicken Flavor Ramen has become one of the

South Korea’s court-supervised restructuring of Homeplus, one of the country’s largest supermarket chains, is emerging as a high-stakes

South Korean financial regulators are stepping up oversight of the country’s internet-only banks amid concerns that a record-breaking
(Photo=Weverse capture) A South Korean court has handed a suspended prison sentence to a Brazilian woman convicted of stalking Jung Kook, a member of BTS, the South Korean pop group that became a global cultural phenomenon and the first K-pop act to top the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart, underscoring Seoul’s increasingly hard-line approach toward celebrity harassment. The Seoul Western
(Photo=Korean Forces Network) Hanwha Aerospace, South Korea’s largest aerospace and defense company, is seeking to expand into Argentina’s armored vehicle modernization program as the company pushes deeper into the global military maintenance market. According to Latin American defense publication Zona Militar, Hanwha has expressed interest in participating in the Argentine Army’s effort to upgrade its fleet of aging M113 armored
(Photo=KAI) Malaysia is moving closer to fielding its first fleet of South Korean-made FA-50M light combat aircraft, marking another milestone in Seoul’s emergence as a major defense supplier across the Indo-Pacific. The Royal Malaysian Air Force said support facilities for the FA-50M at Kuantan Air Base are expected to be completed by October, while pilot training in South Korea is
Photo=Tving A data breach at South Korean streaming platform Tving has affected 19.53 million users, according to government findings released on June 22, making the incident one of the largest personal-information leaks in the country’s history and raising fresh concerns about identity theft and corporate cybersecurity practices. The revised figure is more than 6.5 million users higher than the preliminary
(Photo=LG) South Korea’s LG Group, a sprawling conglomerate whose businesses span home appliances, electronic components, information technology services and artificial intelligence research, is moving quickly to deepen ties with Nvidia as the U.S. chip giant seeks to expand AI applications beyond data centers and into the physical world. Just two weeks after LG Chairman Koo Kwang-mo met Nvidia Chief Executive