Korea’s “10% Withheld” Construction Scandal Is Finally Over — Here’s What Changes
Building a single apartment block involves dozens of subcontractors. Yet for decades, a quiet rule governed Korean construction sites: pay...
Economy
Why 84% of Samsung Workers Are Pushing Back Against South Korea’s $580 Billion Semiconductor Mega-Project
Less than two weeks after the South Korean government unveiled an ambitious 800 trillion won ($580 billion) plan to build...
Record-Breaking Profits, Yet the Stock Crashes? The Real Reason Behind Today’s KOSPI Circuit Breaker
On July 7, 2026, Samsung Electronics announced quarterly operating profits of 89 trillion won — a result for the history...
War in the Middle East Is Creating a Tanker Boom — and Korean Shipbuilders Are Cashing In
When U.S. and Israeli forces launched preemptive strikes against Iran in February 2026, the Strait of Hormuz — the world's...
The Power of Together”: How Anseong City’s Social Solidarity Economy Week Is Reshaping Its Local Economy
Every year during the first week of July, two significant dates quietly appear on the calendar — ones that most...
Tesla Keeps Its Subsidy, BYD Loses It All — What Korea’s New EV Subsidy Rules Mean for You
If you've been eyeing a BYD electric vehicle, this is news you can't afford to ignore. Starting July 1, 2026,...
