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Coupang U.S. investors claim Korea “discriminated against Coupang to protect Chinese companies close to President Lee Jae Myung”
Coupang U.S. investors claim Korea “discriminated against Coupang to protect Chinese companies close to President Lee Jae Myung”

Greenoaks and Altimeter, U.S. information technology (IT) investment firms that hold shares in Coupang, have petitioned the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) to take trade remedy action, asserting that they suffered major losses because of what they describe as discrimination by the Korean government against Coupang. They also stated that they sent a notice of intent to commence investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) arbitration against the Korean government. Because t...

2026.01.24
  • President Lee to hold a Korea-Japan summit in Nara Prefecture, Japan, today… Will historical issues be discussed?
    President Lee to hold a Korea-Japan summit in Nara Prefecture, Japan, today… Will historical issues be discussed?

    On the 13th, President Lee Jae Myung will visit Nara Prefecture, Japan, at the invitation of Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi for a two-day, one-night visit.That afternoon in Nara Prefecture, President Lee is scheduled to hold a one-on-one meeting·an expanded meeting·and a joint press announcement with Prime Minister Takaichi.This Korea-Japan summit is the fifth since President Lee took office. It is the second since former Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba resigned and Prime Minis...

    2026.01.13 09:15

  • Human rights group “648 killed in Iran protests… possibility that more than 6,000 may have died”
    Human rights group “648 killed in Iran protests… possibility that more than 6,000 may have died”

    A human rights group has suggested that as Iran's authorities crack down hard on the escalating anti-government protests, the death toll is rising steeply.AFP reported that Iran Human Rights (IHR), a Norway-based human rights group, said that as of the 16th day of the protests, at least 648 demonstrators had been killed. IHR said that the dead included nine minors. Earlier, IHR said on the 9th that the death toll was 51, and on the 11th it put the figure at at least 192. The death toll has ...

    2026.01.13 09:15

  • Trump “A 25% tariff on transactions with the U.S. for countries that trade with Iran”
    Trump “A 25% tariff on transactions with the U.S. for countries that trade with Iran”

    U.S. President Donald Trump said on the 12th (local time) that he would impose a 25% tariff on transactions with the United States for all countries that trade with Iran.AFP reported that Trump said on the social media platform Truth Social that “all countries that trade with Iran will be subject to a 25% tariff on all transactions with the United States.” Trump wrote that the measure “takes effect immediately” and that “this order is final and definitive.”This amounts to imposing, in effe...

    2026.01.13 09:14

  • Trump to meet ‘Nobel Peace Prize’ laureate Machado at the White House on the 15th
    Trump to meet ‘Nobel Peace Prize’ laureate Machado at the White House on the 15th

    U.S. President Donald Trump is scheduled to meet Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, the Nobel Peace Prize winner from the previous year, at the White House on the 15th (local time), AFP and CNN reported on the 12th, citing White House officials.Machado, who has led the pro-democracy movement against the Nicolas Maduro regime, declared after the United States apprehended Venezuelan President Maduro on the 3rd that she would seek to become the next leader. Earlier, in an interv...

    2026.01.13 09:14

  • Deputy Prime Minister Koo Yoon-Cheol holds bilateral meetings with UK·Japan finance ministers… discuss ‘supply chain stabilization’ and more
    Deputy Prime Minister Koo Yoon-Cheol holds bilateral meetings with UK·Japan finance ministers… discuss ‘supply chain stabilization’ and more

    Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance and Economy Koo Yoon-Cheol met the UK and Japan finance ministers to discuss ways to enhance economic cooperation, including stabilizing supply chains.According to the Ministry of Finance and Economy on the 13th, Deputy Prime Minister Koo, while visiting Washington, D.C. to attend the Critical Minerals Finance Ministers’ Meeting, held back-to-back bilateral talks with UK Finance Minister Rachel Reeves and Japan Finance Minister Katayama Satsuki....

    2026.01.13 09:14

  • Apple taps Gemini as its AI partner… Google becomes the fourth to surpass a $4 trillion market cap
    Apple taps Gemini as its AI partner… Google becomes the fourth to surpass a $4 trillion market cap

    Apple has adopted Google’s ‘Gemini’ as the base model for its AI system ‘Apple Intelligence’. Buoyed by the news, Alphabet, Google’s parent company, joined the $4 trillion (about 5,800 trillion won) market-cap club.Apple and Google issued a joint statement on the 12th (local time) saying, “We have signed a multi-year agreement to build the next-generation Apple foundation model based on Google’s Gemini model and cloud technology,” AFP reported the same day. As a result, Google’s AI technolog...

    2026.01.13 09:14

  • BoA to leave SM… Ending a 25-year journey
    BoA to leave SM… Ending a 25-year journey

    Singer BoA (39·Kwon Bo-ah) will part ways with SM Entertainment after 25 years together.On the 12th, SM Entertainment issued an official statement, saying, “After extensive and in-depth discussions with BoA, we agreed to conclude our 25-year journey as of December 31.”BoA was scouted by SM in 1998 when she was in sixth grade of elementary school, and in 2000, at age 14, she released her debut album <ID; Peace B>, embarking on the path of a singer. She went on to be loved for signatur...

    2026.01.12 17:26

  • Special Counsel seeks a 15-year prison term for Lee Sang-min···“Aided despite knowing it was clearly unconstitutional, if insurrection is not severely punished, it will happen again···”
    Special Counsel seeks a 15-year prison term for Lee Sang-min···“Aided despite knowing it was clearly unconstitutional, if insurrection is not severely punished, it will happen again···”

    The insurrection special counsel team led by Cho Eun-seok (Special Counsel) asked the court to sentence former Minister of the Interior and Safety Lee Sang-min to 15 years in prison on charges including issuing orders to cut electricity and water to the Kyunghyang Shinmun and other media outlets during the illegal Dec. 3 martial law.On the 12th, at the closing arguments hearing on charges including engaging in important duties in an insurrection against the former minister, held before Cri...

    2026.01.12 17:26

  • “Everyone’s after ‘Dujjonku’… Dessert rivalry flares up on a trend sparked by the young
    “Everyone’s after ‘Dujjonku’… Dessert rivalry flares up on a trend sparked by the young

    “Find Dujjonku.” As the ‘Dubai Chewy Cookie’ (Dujjonku) has recently taken off in popularity among the young, retailers are competing to attract customers with ‘Dujjonku’ front and center.According to the retail industry on the 12th, Dujjonku is a dessert created in Korea, inspired by the Dubai chocolate that trended in 2024. It mixes kataifi (a thin Middle Eastern noodle-like pastry) and pistachio cream for the filling, then wraps it in marshmallow blended with cocoa powder, characterized b...

    2026.01.12 17:26

  • The betrayal of ‘eco-friendly’ wet wipes that consumers were told to flush down the toilet… more than 100 billion won a year just for sewer maintenance
    The betrayal of ‘eco-friendly’ wet wipes that consumers were told to flush down the toilet… more than 100 billion won a year just for sewer maintenance

    Wet wipes, which have become essentials in homes and restaurants, are said to be in a management blind spot, making it impossible to properly impose disposal costs. It is estimated that more than 100 billion won in taxes are spent annually just to maintain sewer pipelines clogged by wet wipes dumped into them.According to the report released on the 12th by the National Assembly Research Service, titled ‘Legislative Review to Resolve Wet Wipe Environmental Issues’, wet wipes in Korea are clas...

    2026.01.12 17:25