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[Editorial] Continental shelf negotiation is a test for Yoon’s diplomacy with JapanKorean Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul said that Korea and Japan have started negotiating the extension of a joint development agreement for the continen...
Korean chipmakers on alert after US presses for export controls on advanced tech to ChinaThe US Department of Commerce has hinted that Korea should consider placing export controls on Korean-manufactured advanced chips, such high-bandwidth...
Excess household, corporate debt is inhibiting Korea’s economic growth, BIS report saysSouth Korea’s level of household and corporate debt has reached a level with the potential to inhibit economic growth, an international organization c...
North Korea fires multiple short-range ballistic missiles, its first launch in 73 daysThe South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff announced Thursday that the military had detected multiple short-range ballistic missiles launched toward the E...
[Reporter’s notebook] To Hankyoreh readers moved to action by our deepfake reportingBy Seo Bo-mi, director of new content“Weekday evenings are tough for me, so I wasn’t sure I would come until the last minute. I keep feeling helpless,...
Korean economy’s backbone industries reel from Chinese supply glutLG Chem, a company that boasts 80 trillion won in assets, recorded operating profits of around 1.2 billion won from its petrochemical business in the ...
Only 3 in 10 Koreans in late 20s through 30s are married, data showsOnly 3 in 10 South Koreans aged 25 to 39 are married, statistics show.While married men were found to have higher rates of employment and income than ...
‘Our school was hit’: Korean middle schoolers grapple with deepfake news in their own way“When I heard about this incident [deepfake sex crimes] on social media, I assumed it had only happened at a handful of schools. But more and more sch...
Young Korean women are more educated, less employed than men, OECD findsAn OECD study found that Korean women in their mid-20s to mid-30s are more educated than their male peers but exhibit lower rates of employment. ...
[Guest essay] The real roots of Korea’s online sex crime problemBy Ryu Young-jae, Uijeongbu District Court Namyangju branch judge “Mom, can you look at this?” my son said, handing me the phone.The chat window ...
Korea’s cycle of prosecutors going after ex-presidents continues with Moon — can Yoon avoid the same fate?Rhee Cheol-hee, a former lawmaker with the Democratic Party, writes a regular column for the Hankyoreh titled, “Looking Back, Looking Forward.”His col...
79% of suspects in deepfake abuses identified by Seoul police are under 20After creating a special task force to tackle deepfake sex crimes, Seoul police announced that they identified 52 suspects during a crackdown on illic...
Upswing over already? Why DRAM prices are already fallingA recent dip in the price of DRAM is drawing attention to conditions in the memory semiconductor industry.Conditions in the DRAM industry, which is le...
[Column] Kim Jong-un wants Trump to win? Don’t be so sureAs the US presidential race remains neck-and-neck, attention is turning to what kind of policy course the future US government will take when tackling...
Reports of deepfakes at Korean schools surge to 434 in span of two weeksThe number of reports this year concerning deepfake sex crimes occurring to students and staff on school campuses in Korea has shot up to 434, more th...

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