The protectionist policies of U.S. President Donald Trump are likely to deteriorate the soundness of the financial industry and expand market volatility. According to a report from the Korea Financial Research Institute on the 16th, titled "Implications of Strengthened Protectionism for the Domestic...
The Financial Services Commission announced on the 16th that it will receive regular applications for the designation of innovative financial services from the 17th to the 28th of this year. Corporations wishing to be designated as innovative financial services can check the announced application me...
Former People Power Party Chairperson Han Dong-hoon described Democratic Party Chairperson Lee Jae-myung as "a really dangerous person," leading to a debate over English grammar from both sides. In English, the superlative expression requires the definite article "the," which Han omitted. On the 12t...
A wildfire in Cheongdo, North Gyeongsang Province, has been spreading for 5 hours without being extinguished, causing difficulties for forestry authorities in their firefighting efforts. On the 14th, authorities elevated the alert to "Level 2 wildfire response" and are focusing on early su...
Actor Yoo Yeon-seok, who is reported to have received a large tax reassessment notice, denied allegations that he intentionally omitted taxes. On the 14th, Yoo Yeon-seok's agency, King Kong by Starship, issued a statement explaining that the income tax assessment resulting from the recent tax invest...
Tiger Woods is reported to be dating Vanessa Trump, the ex-wife of Donald Trump Jr., who is the son of former President Donald Trump. According to the British media Daily Mail on the 13th (local time), the two were recently spotted on a date, sparking romance rumors. On the same day, U.S. entertainm...
Actor Kim Sung-eun revealed that she spends 3.24 million won a month on tuition for her first-grade elementary school child and 5-year-old child, drawing the attention of netizens. Recently, celebrities have been releasing content related to their children's private education on YouTube, raising dis...
Analysis shows that the unusual phenomenon of concentration in leveraged exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and sharp fluctuations in certain sector stocks in the U.S. stock market can be attributed to Korean individual investors (also known as 'Seo-hak ants'). On the 13th (local time), Owen Lamont, senio...
The funeral hall for singer Wheesung, who passed away on the 10th, was set up on the 14th at the Samsung Medical Center in Gangnam-gu, Seoul. From 11 a.m. that day, the funeral hall began receiving visitors, where a heavy atmosphere surrounded the gathering of colleagues from the music industry and ...
A Japanese YouTuber who came to Korea visited a budae jjigae restaurant in Seoul and faced poor treatment, sparking controversy. Popular travel YouTuber and broadcaster Pani Bottle (Park Jae-han) left a comment on the video uploaded by this YouTuber saying, "I am truly sorry for everything." On the ...
