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S. Korea's kimchi exports hit new high in Q1

EconomyApr 21, 2021

South Korea's exports of kimchi touched an all-time high in the first quarter of the year thanks to its popularity amid the coronavirus pandemic, data showed Wednesday. Overseas shipments of kimchi ...
S. Korea guards against potential jitters in housing prices: finance minister

EconomyApr 21, 2021

Finance Minister Hong Nam-ki said Wednesday the government is guarding against potential instability in the housing market as home prices in Seoul picked up amid expectations for eased rules on redev...
Wine imports more than double in Q1 amid pandemic

EconomyApr 21, 2021

South Korea's wine imports more than doubled in the first quarter of the year as more people enjoyed drinking at home due to the coronavirus outbreak, data showed Wednesday. Asia's fourth-largest ec...
Producer prices up for 5th month in March

EconomyApr 21, 2021

South Korea's producer prices gained 0.9 percent on-month in March due to a modest rise in oil prices, extending their monthly gains for the fifth straight month, central bank data showed Wednesday. ...
[Trudy Rubin] Afghan pullout risks humanitarian disaster

ViewpointsApr 21, 2021

When President Joe Biden announced he was ending “the forever war” in Afghanistan by pulling out the last 3,500 or so US troops based there by Sept. 11, my mind flashed to Afghans I know for whom tha...
[Kim Seong-kon] In search of ‘What My Mom Left Behind’

ViewpointsApr 21, 2021

When we are born, we cannot choose our home and our country. Since these two things determine our destiny, they could be either the best gifts or the worst nightmares to us, depending on the situatio...
[Editorial] Put alliance at center

EditorialApr 21, 2021

US-Japan summit sounds warning to Seoul over different viewpoints on NK, China