Was that Kim Jong-un’s daughter on TV?

Was that Kim Jong-un’s daughter on TV? North Korean watchers are zeroing in on a girl who appeared on the reclusive state’s national TV during a recently televised event, saying she could be Kim Jong-un’s only daughter, Ju-ae. The UK's Daily Mail first reported about the child among a pack of preteen children attending the anniversary of the founding of North Korea from a broadcast of the Korea Central Television. It cited a self-proclaimed North Korean analyst of InDPRK.c

Seoul Street Arts Festival to fill streets with artistic imagination

The Seoul Street Arts Festival is scheduled to return to the streets of Seoul this weekend. The three-day festival will kick off on Friday around the areas of Seoul Plaza in front of Seoul City Hall, the Deoksugung Stonewall Walkway and Mugyo Road in Jung-gu, and Nodeul Island. A total of 30 different art troupes will perform at the annual festival, under the theme of “Distance Between Us,” aiming to narrow the distance between people with a festival filled with artistic imagination

Yoon, Harris reaffirm security alliance amid NK threats

Yoon, Harris reaffirm security alliance against North Korea provocations

S. Korea, US, Japan set to stage anti-submarine drills to counter N. Korea

Three countries see necessity to improve combined capabilities against N. Korea’s escalating submarine threats

SC Bank, Toss mull compensation for won-dollar rate error

Standard Chartered Bank Korea and Toss Securities are discussing ways to compensate customers who suffered losses due to a faulty won-dollar exchange rate posted on their mobile trading apps, officials said Thursday. The won-dollar exchange rate on Toss Securities’ mobile trading system was frozen at 1,298 won per US dollar from 1:50 p.m. to 2:15 p.m. on Wednesday, when the actual rate hovered around 1,440 won. SC Bank Korea, the London-based financial giant’s Korean unit, which p

Korea's top 100 property owners have 20,000 homes: data

Combined assets held by 100 individuals worth W2.52tr, or 206 homes each

Lotte’s overseas spending exceeds W7tr this year

South Korean retail-to-chemical giant Lotte Group said Thursday its overseas investment has exceeded 7 trillion won ($4.9 billion) this year. So far, the largest overseas project is Lotte Chemical’s Line Project, a $3.9 billion megasized petrochemicals production complex in Banten, Indonesia. It aims to produce 1 million metric tons of ethylene, 520,000 tons of propylene, 250,000 tons of polypropylene and other petrochemical products by 2025. The chemicals unit also plans to build its firs

Chip wafer maker SK Siltron to invest W2.3tr by 2026

South Korean semiconductor chip wafer supplier SK Siltron announced Thursday that it plans to invest a combined 2.3 trillion won ($1.6 billion) over the course of five years until 2026. The capital will be used to increase the production capacity for its wafer plants in Gumi, North Gyeongsang Province. SK Siltron will also create 1,000 new jobs for its wafer plants. As part of the plan, SK Siltron's board on Thursday approved a 855 billion won spending plan to expand the production capacity f