President Lee Jae Myung on Jan. 6 during his state visit to China attended talks with two high-ranking Chinese leaders on specific methods for the "mature" development of the strategic cooperative ...

The labor market next year will accept around 191,000 foreign workers designated non-professional. The Office for Government Policy Coordination on Dec. 22 in a meeting of the Foreign Workforce Policy ...

A staff member on Dec. 8 examines items at a media preview of the exhibition "Cookie Run: In Search of Korea's Lost Heritage" at Dondeokjeon Hall of Deoksugung Palace in Seoul's Jung-gu District.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has designated the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety as the world's first WHO Collaborating Centre for FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization)/ WHO INFOSAN ...

Free consultations on labor law topics such as wages, working hours and unemployment benefits are now available 24 hours a day to foreign workers in 32 languages. The Ministry of Employment and Labor ...

The five-year strategy for national governance of the Lee administration has been released. This large-scale blueprint is focused on constitutional amendments, reform of power organizations, ...

The soundtrack to "KPop Demon Hunters," a hit Netflix animated film about K-pop, has made a huge splash on major music charts worldwide. Billboard on July 15 said the track "Golden" sung by the ...

The minimum hourly wage for next year has been set at KRW 10,320, up 2.9% from this year's. The Minimum Wage Council on July 10 decided this at its 12th plenary meeting at Government Complex-Sejong in ...

Korea’s Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy announced that the hydrogen power bidding market for 2025 opens today. The hydrogen power bidding market is a system for purchasing and supplying ...

The launch of the K-Humanoid Alliance seeks to make the nation a global superpower in humanoid robots by 2030 through active government support. The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy on April 10 ...

A new government initiative seeks to develop the core technology for Hypertube trains, or "airplanes on rails." The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport on April 9 announced a three-year ...

The number of foreign visitors for medical treatment last year hit a record-high 1.17 million, nearly double that of 2023. The Ministry of Health and Welfare on April 2 said 1,170,467 foreign patients ...