In early March, the South Korean government headed by the Conservative Party and President Yoon Seok-yeol announced a new policy of increasing the weekly maximum working hour limit from 52 hours to 69....

On March 20, South Korea lifted the mask mandate for public transportation. While the government still recommends that people keep their masks on, it is no longer mandatory. Korea’s mask mandate for...

On March 6, South Korea reached an agreement with Japan regarding compensation for South Koreans who were forced to work in Japanese factories during World War II. Under the new agreement, South Korean...

On March 1st, FBI chief Christopher Wray commented on the bureau’s investigation of COVID-19, stating that it “most likely” originated from a government-controlled lab from the Wuhan Institute of...

South Korea recently revealed that they have broken its record of 0.84 births per woman in 2021 with 0.78. The global average number of births per woman is 2.3, with 2.0 being the threshold rate for a...

On March 12 at 10 p.m., a fire broke out in a plant operated by Hankook Tire & Technology Co., Korea's leading tire manufacturer.  Though the Daejeon Fire Headquarters reported that 10 employees...

Non-genetically modified organisms (Non-GMO) foods and drinks are a huge industry. Non-GMO is any organism that has not been genetically altered through modern genetic engineering techniques. The non-GMO...

Meta, the parent company of Instagram and Facebook, stated on Jan. 25 that former president Donald Trump’s social media accounts will be reinstated. Meta has not released an exact date, but said that...

On Feb. 21, a South Korean appeals court ruled that the national health insurance service should offer spousal coverage to same-sex couples—marking the country's first legal recognition of government...

A freight train owned by Norfolk Southern, containing extremely toxic chemicals, derailed in a fiery accident on Friday, Feb. 3 in East Palestine, Ohio. A total of 11 tank cars containing extremely hazardous...

North Korea fired an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) in the East Sea on Feb. 18, which failed to deter a South Korea-US joint military exercise conducted on Feb. 19.  North Korean officials...

After the release of ChatGPT in late November, Princeton University undergraduate Edward Tian created GPTZero to detect essays written by AI.  ChatGPT is a chatbot that generates coherent responses...