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The Iran war represents the second commodities price shock in five year.The narrative that heightened geopolitical tensions threaten the industrial ba

A court on Thursday held an arrest warrant hearing for a man accused of murdering his estranged wife in front of their young daughter. The suspect, a public servant in his 30s, was apprehended Tuesday after allegedly stabbing his wife, also in her 30s, outside her home in Gwangju, Gyeonggi Province. The two had been undergoing divorce proceedings and the man feared he would be at a disadvantage, investigators said. The Suwon District Court's Seongnam branch held the hearing at 11 a.m. and was ex

Homeplus has narrowly avoided collapse. On Wednesday, the Seoul Bankruptcy Court approved the retailer’s rehabilitation plan, clearing the way for it to begin repaying its creditors under a restructuring agreement. The decision gives Homeplus a vital lifeline, but it should not be mistaken for a recovery. It is, at most, the beginning of one. The plan was given the green light after universal approval by secured rehabilitation creditors and shareholders, along with 75.9 percent of unsecured reha

Samsung Electronics Co. said Thursday it will launch the Galaxy S26 FE in Korea later this week. The latest budget Galaxy model will go on sale Friday, the tech giant said. The Galaxy S26 FE features the latest camera capabilities and artificial intelligence (AI), offering a user experience comparable to that of Samsung's flagship smartphones. The device runs Galaxy AI based on One UI 9, the company's latest operating system. It supports features such as Now Brief, which understands users' conte

More than a week after devastating floods struck Nepal, Korea is intensifying efforts to locate nine nationals who remain unaccounted for, while expanding its humanitarian support for the disaster-hit country, the foreign ministry said Thursday. The 44-member Korea Disaster Relief Team (KDRT) has arrived in Kathmandu and is working to launch search-and-rescue operations in earnest in areas devastated by the floods and landslides that struck on Aug. 26, according to the ministry. "The government'

Two Korean officials were selected as World Customs Organization (WCO) Accredited Experts, the Korea Customs Service (KCS) said Wednesday. The two officials are Kim Kye-yeong, an IT official, and Kim Kwan-woo, a customs official at Gimhae Airport Customs. They were accredited as technical and operational advisors in the fields of single window and data analytics, respectively, on Aug. 25. The number of KCS officials currently serving as WCO Accredited Experts has risen to nine. WCO Accredited Ex

Click here for more articles by Kormedi.com. More consumers are choosing whole-wheat bread over white bread in an effort to make healthier choices. But many products sold as whole-wheat bread are not what they appear to be. To identify genuine whole-wheat bread, consumers should check whether whole-wheat flour is listed as the first ingredient. Some whole-wheat bread products on the market are made primarily with refined wheat flour, with a small amount of whole wheat added and caramel coloring

A Sungkyunkwan University research team has developed a novel nanocomposite material with enhanced electrical and thermal conductivity. The university said Tuesday that the team, led by professors Baik Seung-hyun and Choi Joon-myung of the School of Mechanical Engineering, developed the material and successfully applied it to a heat-dissipation technology for foldable smartphones. The findings were published online on Aug. 24 in the international journal Advanced Functional Materials under the t

Ahead of next week’s official rebrand, T’way Air is taking its new identity to the skies with the rollout of its first Boeing 737-8 painted in Trinity Airways’ updated brand colors. The airline said Thursday that it introduced the aircraft at Gimpo International Airport, where employees and cabin crew wearing Trinity Airways uniforms gathered to mark the occasion. The aircraft is scheduled to make its first flight under the new brand on Sept. 10, on the Gimpo-Jeju route, as T’way Air begins oper

Rep. Jin Jong-oh of the main opposition People Power Party (PPP) said Thursday he will file for a court injunction to suspend disciplinary action taken against him for supporting an independent candidate in a parliamentary by-election. The move came after the PPP ethics committee handed Jin a two-year suspension of his party membership for supporting independent candidate Han Dong-hoon for a parliamentary seat in the southeastern city of Busan ahead of the June 3 local elections, despite the PPP

Golfzon said Aug. 28 that it has completed the Korean qualifying rounds for the 2026 Golfzon China Open, finalizing 20 Korean players who will compete in the tournament finals in December. The global tournament offers a total prize pool of about 4.25 billion won ($3.1 million), with the winner taking home approximately 1.05 billion won. It brings together professional and amateur golfers from Korea, China, other parts of Asia, the Americas and Europe. The Korean preliminary qualifiers ran from M

The government said the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Gender Equality will be among the first government bodies to relocate to Sejong under a phased relocation plan set to begin in the first half of 2027. It also said the institutions requiring separate headquarters such as the Prosecution Service and Serious Crimes Investigation Agency and the National Police Agency will be relocated after new office buildings are constructed. The announcements were made during a government-wide brief

Humanoid robots are moving from testing grounds into daily warehouse operations at CJ Logistics, marking what the company says is its first use of such robots in an actual logistics process. CJ Logistics said Thursday it has deployed two humanoid robots at its Olive Young logistics center in Yangji, Yongin, where they are being used to place cushioning material inside boxes during packaging. The move follows field testing at its Gunpo fulfillment center last year and is intended to turn data gat

Korean coffee chain Twosome Place said Thursday it will enter the U.S. market next month, marking its first move into a major overseas market. Twosome Place will open its first overseas outlet in Alexandria, Virginia, in October and plans to open more locations in the DMV area, which encompasses Washington, D.C., Maryland and Virginia, the company said in a statement. The company aims to expand into other major U.S. cities after establishing a presence in the DMV area and become a "major brand"

OCI Holdings' U.S. subsidiary OCI Energy broke ground Tuesday (local time) on the 260-megawatt SunRoper solar project in Wharton County, Texas, as rising electricity demand from artificial intelligence (AI) data centers drives growth in renewable power, the Korean company said Thursday. The project, a 50-50 joint venture with Israeli renewable energy developer Arava Power, spans 1,714 acres and is scheduled to begin commercial operations in 2027. Once completed, it will generate enough electrici

Eight years after the poetic devastation of "Burning," director Lee Chang-dong is stepping back into the international cinematic spotlight, bringing with him a hypnotic modern melodrama about class divide, hidden desire and emotional distance. His latest project, "Possible Love," distributed globally by Netflix, has secured the prestigious Auteur Award at the 49th Mill Valley Film Festival — making Lee the first Korean filmmaker to receive the honor. The recognition comes alongside his Tribute A

K-pop boy band Stray Kids' latest album, "This & That," has been certified "gold" by a major French recording industry association, the group's agency said Thursday. The EP received the certification from France's National Syndicate of Phonographic Publishing for achieving 50,000 sales units across physical copies, downloads and streams, according to JYP Entertainment. With the latest certification, Stray Kids now owns six gold-certified albums in France, including "5-Star" and "Rock-Star." In A

In 1806, Carl Maria von Weber accidentally drank nitric acid used for engraving, mistaking it for wine. The near-fatal mishap left his vocal cords damaged for life. A year later, entangled in his father’s catastrophic debts, he was arrested for embezzlement and banished from Württemberg. Yet, out of this chaotic crucible in his early 20s, the German composer forged his Piano Quartet in B-flat major — a daring work that helped lay the groundwork for early Romanticism. Nearly four decades later, F

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Renowned Korean director Lee Chang-dong has won the Auteur Award at this year's Mill Valley Film Festival, Netflix said Thursday. Lee, whose latest feature "Possible Love" has also been invited to the Spotlights Program of the festival set to take place in San Francisco next month, is the first Korean to receive the award, according to the streaming platform. The award recognizes Lee's unique cinematic world and accomplishments, it added. The recognition is the latest among numerous accolades th