A coalition of South Korean TV producers, directors, writers, actors, and crewmembers appealed to the government on Wednesday for a $954 million “investment fund” to bail out their industry, which is ironically suffering from increased production costs due to the soaring global popularity of “K-dramas.”
Public submissions for the U.S. Trade Representative’s annual National Trade Estimate (NTE) Report poured in last week, sounding an unmistakable alarm across the American business community: U.S. companies operating in South Korea face a deteriorating regulatory climate characterized by aggressive, asymmetric enforcement.
The South Korean Defense Ministry debuted a new office to oversee the development and use of military drones, the Defense Drone Agency, on Monday, intended to make the country more independent from relying on foreign manufacturers and more competitive with communist North Korea.
Turkish strongman Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrived in Seoul, South Korea, on Monday, anticipating meetings with leftist President Lee Jae-myung focused on broadening trade relations with the East Asian country.
South Korean Special Prosecutor Cho Eun-suk on Thursday demanded the death penalty for former president Yeon Suk-yeol, who touched off a national crisis by declaring martial law in December 2024.
Recent lobbying disclosures have revealed South Korea’s deep lobbying network in Washington D.C. and beyond. The country’s massive lobbying machine is particularly noteworthy because of the unfriendly environment American tech companies are facing in the Korean market.
A South Korean study found that paper straws may actually be more harmful to the environment than plastic ones, when taking into account their full life cycle from manufacturing to landfill. They also have more than six times the carcinogenic impact of traditional plastic straws. President Donald Trump ended the Biden Administration’s push for paper straws last year.
North Korea posted photos of dictator Kim Jong-un attending a clothing exhibition after rumors swirled online that he had died.
China’s loss of Persian Gulf oil due to the Strait of Hormuz crisis turned out to be Brazil’s gain, as the trade volume between Brazil and China hit a record $142 billion by September 2026, fueled by soaring exports of Brazilian oil.
Chile’s Carabineros National Gendarmerie unit on Thursday praised Chilean fans of South Korea’s superstar boy band BTS for the “exemplary” behavior exhibited at the band’s concert in the South American country this week.
South Korean’s left-wing President Lee Jae-myung told a meeting of his Cabinet on Tuesday that he values his country’s alliance with the United States, but Korea should stop taking a “submissive or subservient attitude toward other countries.”
North Korean state media announced on Tuesday the opening of Pyongyang’s “National Defense Revolution Museum.”
The government of South Korea announced Thursday it would recall its ambassador to Kyiv because it considered an apology from Ukraine for revealing its transfer of captured North Korean soldiers to the Asian country insufficiently contrite.
On Wednesday’s broadcast of the Fox Business Network’s “Varney & Co.,” FTC Chairman and AI task force member Andrew Ferguson responded to a question on the hacking of banks in South Korea that possibly used AI tools and if American
South Korean investigators say hackers used a Chinese-made AI agent called Artex to breach at least seven financial firms, stealing personal data belonging to 68,000 people.
Leftist South Korean President Lee Jae-myung published an infuriated message on social media on Friday accusing the government of Ukraine of making him appear to be a “liar” and threatening “additional measures” against the allied nation should its leadership not apologize to Seoul.
A low-ranking diplomat took the stage at the U.N. on Monday to represent the communist dictatorship of North Korea.
The leftist government of South Korea demanded a public apology on Sunday from the government of Ukraine after President Volodymyr Zelensky told the United Nations General Assembly last week that his troops had captured North Korean soldiers on the battlefield – and sent them to the South.
The Korea Internet and Security Agency (KISA), South Korea’s principal internet security agency, said on Tuesday it is developing safety guidelines for agentic AI — that is, artificial intelligence programs that can operate without direct human supervision.
The communist government of North Korea announced on Monday that it had conducted a “firepower attack drill” featuring missiles, drones, rocket launchers, and artillery.
Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro was in the middle of his remarks to a defense forum in South Korea on Tuesday when China tried to intimidate him by having a note hand-delivered to his seat on the stage.
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei on Monday threatened South Korea with “serious consequences” if it sends ships, planes, or personnel to help secure the Strait of Hormuz against Iranian terrorism.
The South Korean government says it is still reviewing its options for a military deployment to the Strait of Hormuz.
Rescue workers in Nepal are rushing to save over 900 missing hydropower workers after last week’s devastating flash flood.
The Foreign Ministry of Nepal said on Thursday that it would not accept international rescue teams seeking to help emergency operations following a devastating series of landslides and floods in the country and neighboring Tibet.
A lake that formed along the border between China and Nepal during Wednesday’s terrifying flash floods overflowed on Thursday, prompting a temporary suspension of rescue efforts due to fears of another flood cascade.
Torrential rains and swollen rivers caused massive floods and dangerous landslides in Tibet and Nepal on Wednesday, sweeping away villages and destroying crucial roads and bridges.
A poll published on Monday found leftist South Korean President Lee Jae-myung marking an approval rating of only 40.2 percent, the lowest documented since he came to power in a special election in 2025.
An unnamed South Korean official told reporters on Friday that the government supports “direct” talks between Trump and Kim Jong-un.
A South Korean court sentenced a Chinese citizen identified in reports as 37-year-old Jeon Mo to 20 years in prison on Wednesday for engaging in a hacking theft scheme targeting prominent wealthy South Koreans, including a member of the superstar boy band BTS.
According to South Korean intelligence, North Korea responded to President Donald Trump’s peace overtures on Thursday by launching about a dozen short-range ballistic missiles (SRBMs) into the Sea of Japan just hours after Trump scaled back U.S.-South Korean military exercises and offered to talk with North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un.
Communist dictator Kim Jong-un’s sister, the powerful North Korean official Kim Yo-jong, published one of her signature tirades on Thursday mocking South Korea in the context of President Donald Trump ordering a reduction of the scale of annual military exercises with Seoul.
The Chinese Football Association (CFA) announced Wednesday it plans its own investigation into staff after reports in South Korea linked CFA referees to a corruption scandal in which Korean soccer officials allegedly bribed foreign referees with “sexual entertainment.”
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi arrived in South Korea on Wednesday, on a diplomatic mission widely seen as Beijing’s effort to exploit an opening created by President Donald Trump’s spat with Seoul.
The South Korean Foreign Ministry announced on Tuesday that Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will visit Seoul on Wednesday and Thursday — only a few days after President Donald Trump ordered a substantial reduction of joint military exercises with South Korea, slammed the South Korean government for refusing to help with the Iran crisis, and praised North Korea as “unthreatening and respectful.”
The head of America’s military contingent in South Korea, Commander Gen. Xavier Brunson, reportedly met with the country’s Defense Minister Ahn Gyu-back on Tuesday as the joint military exercises known as Ulchi Freedom Shield kicked off this week – in a reduced capacity after President Donald Trump announced he would limit them.
President Donald Trump announced on Sunday night that he had ordered Secretary of War Pete Hegseth to “substantially reduce” the scale of “Ulchi Freedom Shield,” joint military exercises with South Korea that take place annually and are expected to begin on Monday.
The Korean Football Association (KFA), the organization that manages the South Korean national soccer team, apologized this week for “inappropriate conduct” and various controversies” after being accused of paying for “sexual entertainment” for foreign referees.
The government of South Korea confirmed that it observed the launch on Wednesday of a ballistic missile from North Korea into the East Sea (Sea of Japan), causing no damage but reinvigorating regional alarm that the communist nuclear state could soon plan an attack on its neighbors.
The South Korean Unification Ministry recently revealed that studies into the health of North Korean refugees from areas near the supposedly defunct Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Site found about 30 percent of them carry chromosomal mutations.
