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South Korea's special counsel probe just hit a record 690 days and 2.7 billion won in added funding — already longer than the U.S. Mueller investigation. Here's why, and what's left to prove.
Netflix's 'Teach You a Lesson' passed 57.5 million views in seven weeks, becoming Netflix's second most-watched Korean title ever after Squid Game. Here's what its four-week non-English No. 1 run reveals.
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KOSPI bounced back 3.56% to 6,747.95 one day after its 4.46% crash. The three forces behind the rebound, a 30-day special counsel extension that ended a 50-day parliamentary standoff, and 120mm more rain on saturated ground — with context the headlines skip.
i-dle's 'We made' sold 620K in week one, down 42% from 'We are', yet 'Gimme Dat Love' topped iTunes in 21 countries and YouTube Trending in 34 nations. Here's what the split means.
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South Korea's won makes up only 0.1% of global payments, outside the top 20. Here's how Seoul's new 2026 roadmap aims to fix that — and the risks that come with it.
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KOSPI fell 4.46% to 6,516 after China's Kimi K3 AI model rattled chip stocks. Here's the DeepSeek precedent, how to prepare for 80mm-per-hour rain on tomorrow's Seoul commute, and why BTS's first-ever World Cup halftime show matters.
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Seoul just unveiled a plan to free the won after 30 years as a 'restricted currency.' Yet won settles just 3.4% of Korean exports, versus 84.2% in dollars.
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Korea unveiled a roadmap to make the won a freely exchangeable currency — yet only 3.4% of exports settle in won. Plus a night-rain safety checklist after 89mm fell in one hour, and Dplus KIA's first international title in six years.
tvN's 'Street Restaurant Fighter' has averaged 2% ratings for three weeks -- half of PD Lee Woo-hyung's earlier hit 'Baeksajang.' The data behind the gap with its online buzz.
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A massive fire at a Coupang warehouse in Incheon triggered Korea's first national fire mobilization order in five years. We examine why safety rules tightened after the 2021 Icheon disaster still left older warehouses exposed.