Featured Blue House 18 January 2023 Yoon Administration Proposes 69-hour Work Week The new proposal would allow up to 80.5 hours of work per week.
Featured Business & Economy 13 January 2023 Dunchon-dong Redevelopment Project Subscription Augurs Trouble Anemic demand for new luxury condos signals rough roads ahead for Seoul's real estate market.
Featured Business & Economy 6 January 2023 Credit Crunch Crushes Startups South Korea’s start-up companies are the latest victims of fallout from the Legoland Bond Crisis.
Featured Business & Economy 5 January 2023 In the Truckers’ Strike, the Yoon Suk-yeol Administration Sees Opportunity Crackdown on labor unions is buoying the unpopular administration.
Featured Business & Economy 14 December 2022 FTX Wreckage Washes Ashore in South Korea Busan's ambition to be a crypto hub took a hit.
Featured Business & Economy 7 December 2022 Truckers Strike Again for Minimum Guaranteed Pay Truck drivers are demanding continuation and expansion of the Freight Safety Fee.
Featured Business & Economy 28 November 2022 Coupang Finally Turns Profit After Eight Years After years of terrible labor conditions and decline in share price, Coupang is finally making money.
Featured Business & Economy 21 November 2022 Legoland Bond Crisis Spreads Internationally as Heungkuk Life Rocked Asian Bond Market Heungkuk's Life's non-call of its 30 year bond shook the confidence in Asian bonds generally.
Featured Business & Economy 16 November 2022 Legoland Bond Crisis Continues to Choke off South Korea's Capital Market Yoon Suk-yeol administration demanded the Bank of Korea to print more money. The central bank declined.
Featured Business & Economy 11 November 2022 Lack of Safety Measures at SPC Pastry Factory Kills Worker While the Government Attempts to Roll Back Regulation Industrial accident sparked a mass boycott, but the Yoon administration proposed relaxing the Serious Disasters Act.
Featured Business & Economy 9 November 2022 Legoland Default Levels South Korea's Bond Market Lotte E&C takes an emergency loan of KRW 700b while Seoul's largest redevelopment is at the brink of failure.
Featured Business & Economy 4 November 2022 The Politics of the Legoland Bond Crisis Newly elected far-right governor of Gangwon-do Province set off an entirely unnecessary credit crisis.
Featured Business & Economy 3 November 2022 Kakao Talk Outage Leaves South Korea Stranded Data center fire shut down the super-app for days, inviting criticism for poor planning.
Business & Economy 31 October 2022 Largest Gap Ever Between Regular and Irregular Workers: Data South Korea's labor market bifurcation gets worse.
Featured Business & Economy 26 October 2022 Proposed ‘Yellow Envelope Act’ Seeks to Protect Striking Workers The proposed law would stop corporations from suing the striking union members in retaliation.
Featured Climate Change 12 October 2022 Samsung Electronics Signs Onto RE100 Amid Yoon Administration’s Hostility to Renewable Energy Samsung Electronics, South Korea's largest consumer of electricity, will transition into 100% renewable energy by 2050.
Featured Business & Economy 7 October 2022 Google and Meta Receive Record Fine for Privacy Violation The two companies were under investigation for collecting user data without permission.
Featured Business & Economy 5 October 2022 Real Estate Price Dropping at Record Pace: Data The softening real estate market makes it hard for the Yoon administration to raise the benchmark interest rate.
Featured Business & Economy 28 September 2022 Frieze Seoul Marks South Korea as a New Hub of Modern Art Asia's first Frieze fair sold more than USD 450m worth of artwork.
Featured Society 23 September 2022 Inflation Hurting the Chuseok Table: Data More than half said they are simplifying the Chuseok spread because of rising food costs.