Seoul weighs Hormuz military support as alliance pressure rises

Korean rescue team joins Nepal search as weather blocks helicopter access

Nine Koreans remain missing after Nepal's deadly floods, while a Korean response team has begun joint searches with Nepalese forces.

Korea narrows strike scope with new guidance on bonuses and business decisions

The Labor Ministry says profit-linked bonus demands and core management decisions are generally outside mandatory bargaining, while employment effects can still become labor disputes.

Lee and union leaders seek 2026 agreement on extending Korea's retirement age

President Lee Jae-myung and the heads of Korea's two major labor federations agreed that legislation on retirement-age extension should produce a result this year.

HYBE chairman Bang Si-hyuk referred to prosecutors over alleged 263.1 billion won gain

Police sent Bang and four others to prosecutors over allegations that investors were misled before HYBE's IPO and sold shares to affiliated private-equity vehicles.

US prepares targeted chip tariffs tied to domestic production

Washington says companies producing semiconductors in the United States would be treated differently from importers.

Lee defends softer property-tax plan after reform criticism

President Lee Jae-myung rejected claims that the revised property-tax package amounts to a retreat from reform.

Korean frigate design enters reported US Navy competition

The Chungnam-class frigate is reportedly among allied designs being considered for a new U.S. Navy program.

Korea replaces 14 of 18 regional police chiefs in sweeping reshuffle

Government reverses non-resident single-home tax deduction cut

Kim Yong-beom resigns as presidential policy chief amid broader economic reset

Two missing as heavy rain spreads damage across North Jeolla

Jeongeup and Gochang reported missing people, flooding and evacuations as the latest southern downpours shifted west

Jeju police say missing woman’s cause of death remains undetermined

The finding undercuts an earlier public emphasis on suicide and adds pressure to an already troubled review of missing-person cases

Lee orders faster housing supply and a public-buying backstop for a price slump

The president paired a push to expand supply with preparations for large public purchases if housing prices fall sharply

Extreme rain floods parts of South Jeolla and Gwangju as Boseong hits 124.6 mm in an hour

Flooding and isolation reports replaced the earlier forecast story with a real-impact emergency across the southwest

Landslide alert raised across central and southwest Korea

Daejeon, Sejong, the Chungcheong provinces and North Jeolla were moved to the caution level as heavy rain approaches

Old-age pension payments set to become more automatic

Reports say eligible recipients will no longer need to apply in the same way, while rural Gangwon residents over 75 are also getting a cash-delivery option

Korea opens public deliberation on university admissions reform

The debate is weighing limits of the current CSAT system against concern that essay and written-response alternatives could create new burdens