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Exports of red pepper paste surge 35.2% in 2020 on Korean Wave

South Korean exports of red pepper paste jumped more than 35 percent in 2020 from a year earlier thanks to the global popularity of Korean pop culture, known as the Korean Wave, data showed Monday. ...

Jan 25, 2021
Economy
S. Korean retail investors' Tesla holdings top $10b

South Korean retail investors' holdings of shares in electric vehicle leader Tesla Motors Inc. soared nearly 32 percent this year to cross the $10 billion mark, data showed Monday. Local individual ...

Jan 25, 2021
Markets
[Therese Raphael] COVID is traumatizing our doctors and nurses

Hand it to human beings. We have repeatedly defied predictions that we will buckle under the extreme pressure of adverse events. Time and again, whether it was during the eight-month blitz in World W...

Jan 25, 2021
Viewpoints
[Editorial] Populist competition

DP presidential hopefuls push different reliefs, raising fiscal cncerns

Jan 25, 2021
Editorial
Hyundai Capital launches AI-powered platform to suggest quality second-hand cars

Contactless services have also gone mainstream in the second-hand car market with used car dealers increasingly adopting mobile technology to offer credible information on used cars. Joining in on t...

Jan 24, 2021
Markets
[Herald Interview] Meet ant investors' YouTube guru

Kim Dong-hwan, the founder of a market and economic YouTube show “Three Pros” had never imagined that his channel would have 1 million subscribers, a tenfold increase, just within a year. “ Three P...

Jan 24, 2021
Economy
S. Korea reports 1 new highly pathogenic bird flu case

South Korea on Sunday confirmed one additional case of highly pathogenic bird flu at a poultry farm near Seoul, raising the total caseload to 72. The latest case of the H5N8 strain of avian influenz...

Jan 24, 2021
Social affairs
AI, robotics: New keywords for LG

The council consists of 12 experts in fields including artificial intelligence, big data, cloud computing, robots and mobility. The 12-member council includes Sri Shivananda, chief technology office...

Jan 24, 2021
Technology
LG charges ahead for tomorrow’s business

4th-generation leader Koo Kwang-mo speeds up group-level restructuring of business portfolio, ditching money-losing smartphones, investing more in automotive parts and AI

Jan 24, 2021
Technology
Seoul calls for ‘genuine efforts’ from Tokyo to restore dignity of victims

South Korea on Saturday called on Japan to make “genuine efforts” to heal the wounds and restore the dignity of the women who were forced into sex slavery during World War II, after Seoul’s recent co...

Jan 24, 2021
Foreign affairs
Commercial banks seek ideas from new rivals for digitalization

“It is crucial for our employees to become creative in connecting the concepts of digital and finance based on their own ‘digital literacies’ and understanding,” he added. According to industry sour...

Jan 24, 2021
Money
First case of pet with COVID-19 confirmed in S. Korea: PM

A kitten has tested positive for the new coronavirus in the first virus case involving a pet reported in South Korea. "During a recent tracking process involving a mass outbreak, health authorities ...

Jan 24, 2021
Social affairs
Foreign-invested companies passive about hiring amid pandemic: KOTRA

As market uncertainty continues due to the COVID-19 pandemic, foreign-invested companies here have been passive about taking on new employees, a report from a state trade agency showed Sunday. Accor...

Jan 24, 2021
Industry
SK Holdings to invest in advanced materials, green, bio, digital sectors

SK Holdings, an investment-focused holdings firm within SK Group, said Sunday that it will focus its investment on four business areas: advanced materials, green, bio and digital. For investment exp...

Jan 24, 2021
Industry
BTS' 'Dynamite' hits 800m views on YouTube: agency

The music video for "Dynamite," the historic BTS song that topped the Billboard's main singles chart last year, has earned 800 million YouTube views, the band's agency said Sunday. YouTube views for...

Jan 24, 2021
K-pop

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