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North Koreans’ repatriation comes as South Korea’s newly-elected president is working to improve inter-Korean ties.

K-pop's BTS are grossed out by them. Even K-pop BTS idol RM is seen seemingly cursing upon spotting the insects in a viral video, with fellow bandmember Jin separately seen casually blowing a lovebug out of his way mid-performance.

North Koreans sent back across their sea border after ‘failed efforts to contact Pyongyang’

As nation moves to raise retirement age, new report warns the real problem isn’t when people retire, but how

More tariffs for seemingly no reason.

DRAM prices are set to rise sharply in Q3 2025, with legacy memory types like DDR4, LPDDR4X, and GDDR6 seeing the steepest increases of up to 45% due to supply cuts and phase-outs. The effect of U.S. tariffs on memory imports from Japan and South Korea is still to be…

President Trump announced that starting August 1, the U.S. will impose a 25% tariff on all imports from Japan and South Korea, which threatens to disrupt global tech supply chains dominated by these countries.

Trump sent tariff letters to 14 countries including South Korea, Japan, Malaysia and Bangladesh.

The South Korean company’s second-quarter operating profit is expected to be less than half of what the company reported last year.

A picturesque Swiss village has begun charging tourists to access a lakeside dock made famous by the hit South Korean Netflix series "Crash Landing On You", capitalising on its newfound popularity. Iseltwald, home to just 406 inhabitants, now requires visitors to pay 5 Swiss francs (£4.40) via a turnstile to…

On Monday, Trump’s White House unveiled flat 25% tariffs on Japan and South Korea, two of the U.S.’s trading partners.