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

Dongduk Women’s University has reached an agreement with student representatives to temporarily suspend discussions on transitioning to a coeducational institution; the college's proposal reignited debates over the future of local women’s universities

For the first time since 2017 South Korea did not experience a typhoon landfall this summer, while powerful storms hit the country in the past two years; experts explain it was due to a North Pacific high pressure system that caused extreme heat in August

A large crowd attended a rally against antidiscrimination legislation and legalization of same-sex marriage; organizers - an ad hoc committee of Communion of Churches and Protestant groups - claim "over a million" participated, police estimated 120.000