Yoon presents lean budget but DP boycotts his speech
President Yoon Suk-yeol called for cooperation across party lines to cope with economic difficulties and North Korean threats in his first parliamentary budget speech Tuesday, which was boycotted by the Democratic Party (DP).
Mirae Asset Group invests in Musk's Twitter takeover
Mirae Asset Financial Group will invest $212 million in Elon Musk's $44 billion acquisition of Twitter, according to electronic disclosures and local media reports.
North fulminates over broadcasts that aren't happening
The North Korean military on Monday accused South Korea of provoking it with propaganda broadcasts over loudspeakers, which were halted at the border in 2018.
Yellen lays down the law, says IRA itself nonnegotiable
All the DC lobbying has come to naught, with the U.S. treasury secretary telling reporters that the law is the law and that the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) must be implemented as written.
Basic fare to increase from Feb., 3,000 late-night taxis to be added Wednesday
The basic taxi fare in Seoul will be raised to 4,800 won ($3.34), up 1,000 won from the current price, according to the Seoul Metropolitan Government on Tuesday.
U.S. ground forces change main wartime aim in Korea, says JoongAng
The main mission of U.S. ground forces in South Korea in case a war breaks out with the North will be to eliminate weapons of mass destruction in North Korea.
BTS's RM to co-host educational show 'The Dictionary Of Useless Human Knowledge'
RM of BTS will be co-hosting tvN's upcoming educational television show "The Dictionary Of Useless Human Knowledge," according to the cable channel on Tuesday.
Stray Kids: The next BTS, or just another boy band?
“Who will be the next BTS?” This question has haunted the K-pop industry for years since the boy band rose to global superstardom around 2018. Although BTS’s management HYBE had ambitious plans as it launched boy bands TXT and Enhypen, dubbed “BTS’s younger brothers,” the answer to the question is just as unclear as when the discussion first started, as no K-pop act has yet come close to reaching BTS’s level of commercial success.