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Sugar prices raised through collusion, used for the living expenses of the children of the owner family… National Tax Service investigates 17 profiteering tax-evading firms

Major food additive manufacturer Company A raised product prices excessively beyond the inflation rate through collusion. As compensation for the collusion, the company issued false tax invoices under the pretense of supplying ingredients to an affiliate of Company B, inflating purchase unit prices and thereby understating accounting profits by tens of billions of KRW. The company also siphoned off tens of billions of KRW in collusion gains by overpaying a company owned by the owner family und...

2026.01.27 14:37

Russia brings in large numbers of Indian workers to fill labor shortages···Why India

Russia, which has been at war with Ukraine for nearly four years, is sourcing large numbers of workers from India to ease a severe labor shortage. The interests of India, which faces chronic unemployment, and Russia, which urgently needs to fill workforce gaps, have aligned.On the 25th (local time), the German public broadcaster Deutsche Welle (DW) reported that Boris Titov, the Presidential Special Representative for Relations with International Organizations on the Achievement of the Susta...

2026.01.26 15:14

Starting this year, separate collection of paper cartons in apartment complexes will be implemented… Please rinse, open, flatten, and dry them before collecting

The government will implement separate collection of paper cartons in apartment complexes and other multi-unit housing starting this year. It also decided to convert single-use plastic cups into items subject to Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) and to prepare measures to impose recycling obligations on overseas direct purchase online platforms.On the 26th, the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment released this year’s key work plan for the Resource Circulation Bureau that include...

2026.01.26 15:13

The ‘2036 Jeonju Olympics’ clears the economic viability threshold···Backed by 82.7% public support, it moves forward as a ‘regional Olympics’

The bid by North Jeolla Province for the ‘2036 Jeonju Summer Olympics’ has cleared the threshold in the economic feasibility assessment, putting the campaign on a full track. With a benefit-to-cost (B/C) ratio above 1 and a support rate exceeding 80% in a national poll, the province plans to advance a ‘regional Olympics’ model to persuade the government and the International Olympic Committee (IOC).On the 26th, North Jeolla Province held the final briefing for the ‘Pre-feasibility Study Se...

2026.01.26 15:13

KOSDAQ jumps 6%, surpasses the 2021 peak of 1,062···‘dot-com bubble collapse’ era high

The KOSDAQ index surpassed 1,060 points during trading, marking its highest level since August 2021.This afternoon, the KOSDAQ traded at 1,062.36 during the session, up 68.43 points (6.88%) from the previous close, the highest level since August 6, 2021 (1,062.03).The KOSDAQ even exceeded the 2,900 mark in March 2000 at the height of the dot-com bubble, but it plunged with the collapse of the dot-com bubble and did not recover to earlier levels.Large-cap stocks are collectively lifting t...

2026.01.26 15:07

Obama “U.S. core values under attack” Clinton “If we give up freedom, we may never get it back”

Former Democratic U.S. presidents, including Barack Obama and Bill Clinton, on the 25th (local time) criticized the Donald Trump administration for its hardline immigration policies.Obama, a Democrat, said in a statement that day, “The killing of Alex Jeffrey Pretty is a heartbreaking tragedy. It should also serve as a wake-up call to all Americans, regardless of party, that as a nation our core values are increasingly under attack,” the AP reported that day.He argued that agents of U.S....

2026.01.26 11:38

Passenger ferry carrying 342 sinks in the Philippines···at least 8 dead, 215 rescued

AFP reported on the 26th that a passenger ferry carrying 342 people sank in Philippine waters, leaving 8 dead. In the early hours, the ferry traveling from the port city of Zamboanga on Mindanao Island to Jolo Island in Sulu sank, killing at least 8 people, and 215 passengers were rescued by the local Coast Guard. The status of the remaining people on board has not yet been disclosed. The rescued survivors are being taken for treatment to locations such as Isabela Province on Luzon Island ne...

2026.01.26 11:38

Won-dollar exchange rate plunges by about 20 won on yen strength, down into the 1,440 range ‘slump’

As the yen strengthened on U.S.-Japan coordination, the won-dollar exchange rate also tumbled nearly 20 won in one go, falling into the 1,440 range.On the 26th in the Seoul foreign exchange market, the won-dollar rate opened at 1,446.1 won per dollar, down 19.7 won from the previous session. Since President Lee Jae Myung stated at his New Year press conference on the 21st that “the exchange rate will fall to around 1,400 won in a month or two,” it has declined for four consecutive trading da...

2026.01.26 11:37

Even with high approval for Takaichi, willingness to vote for the LDP is similar to under the former prime minister

The Yomiuri Shimbun reported on the 26th that although the popularity of Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae is higher than that of her predecessor, former Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru, the share of respondents who say they will vote for the ruling Liberal Democratic Party in the general election scheduled for early next month is not much different from under the Ishiba cabinet.Yomiuri reported on the 26th that in a telephone survey of 1,034 people conducted from the 23∼25, the app...

2026.01.26 10:26

Approval rating for President Lee Jae Myung rose by 8 percentage points in TK··· recorded 53.1% nationwide[Realmeter]

A poll released on the 26th showed a 53.1% positive rating for the job performance of President Lee Jae Myung.Energy Economy Newspaper and Realmeter surveyed 2,509 voters nationwide aged 18 and older from the 19th to the 23rd. The positive rating for the job performance of President Lee Jae Myung was 53.1%, the same as the previous week, and the negative rating was 42.1%, down 0.1 percentage points from the previous week. The share responding that they did not know was 4.8%. In Daegu/Gyeon...

2026.01.26 10:26