South Korea

Samsung Electronics has promoted a swath of young executives in their 30s and 40s as part of its ongoing efforts refresh its rigid corporate culture; the tech giant said a total of 198 executives were promoted in its year-end executive reshuffle

According to IQAir, a Swiss body that measures air quality worldwide, the city of Incheon came second in the world as the most polluted city, preceded only by Kathmandu in Nepal

Seven of the ten themed routes of the DMZ Peace Trail, a trail created near the Demilitarized Zone that is accessible to the public, will reopen today after 2 years

A dramatic shift in the use of downtown Seoul building sees decadent hotels transformed into upscale apartments or offices, while ultra-luxury hotels chains are investing both in renovations and new projects

At the biennial International Aerospace & Defense Exhibition held in Seoul last week, local defense companies have signed contracts worth US$128 million and the industry held consultations which could amount to US$22,5 billion if finalized

South Korean series Squid Game has become Netflix's biggest series launch ever, with more than 111 million users in its first 28 days, knocking Bridgerton (82 million) out of first place

Seoul’s mayor floated the idea of creating its own digital currency, called S-coins, that could fund social welfare programs

With the launch of the third submarine yesterday - a 3.000-ton class SLBM, or 'capable of firing submarine-launched ballistic missiles', the country completed the renewal of the marine fleet in accordance to 2006-2021 strategic plans

Online shopping expands 105% since 2017; the market volume of online shopping has contributed largely to private consumption during the pandemic and monthly transactions reached a 16.19 trillion won (US$13.8 billion) in July

A new approach to trade in five main areas - supply chain, vaccines, carbon neutrality and climate change, technology based trade and digital trade - has been outlined in a bid to maximise national interests

A research team from the Daejeon Institute for Basic Sciences has developed a graphene film without lines, folds or layers, paving the way for technological advances in fields and industries such as semiconductors, displays and solar cell products

Women in their 20s are more likely to be active in social participation than men in the same age group, a report by the National Human Rights Commission has shown

Three options for reducing carbon emissions by 2050 have been proposed, of which only one achieves full carbon neutrality: depending on each scenario, the amount of greenhouse gas emissions produced in 2050 would range from 0 to 25.4 million tonnes