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Opposition leader's closest aide indicted in real estate development scandal probe

• Ex-national security adviser indicted over slain official case

  Former National Security Adviser Suh Hoon was indicted Friday on charges of irregularities surrounding the 2020 death of a South Korean government official at the hands of North ...

  
• Korea ranks 8th in world arms exports: report

  Korea was the world's eighth-largest arms exporter in the 2017-2021 period, accounting for nearly 3 percent of the world's total defense exports, an annual government report show...

  
• Striking cargo truckers vote to end walkout

  Striking cargo truckers voted Friday to end their weekslong walkout after their collective action incurred massive supply disruptions across industries and prompted the governmen...

  

Lifestyle

Hallyu Fest to take place in Mexico from Dec. 17-18

• Seoul, Tokyo to increase flights on Gimpo-Haneda route to pre-pandemic level

  Korea and Japan have agreed to expand the number of flights on the Gimpo-Haneda route to the pre-pandemic level to meet recovering travel demand amid eased virus curbs, the trans...

  
• Founder of Korea's first e-commerce platform creates AI-based travel app

  Oh Hyuk, the founder of Korea's first e-commerce platform, Auction, plans to launch a new travel information application next year that uses artificial intelligence to recommend ...

  
• LTI Korea's translation award shows global boom in Korean literature

  The Literature Translation Institute of Korea (LTI Korea) announced the winners of its annual translation awards on Monday, recognizing their excellence in translation and contri...

  

World

In Netflix series, Harry slams press, family, over 'feeding frenzy'

• Arab leaders in Saudi Arabia for Chinese leader Xi's visit

  Gulf Arab leaders and others in the Mideast met on Friday in Saudi Arabia as part of a state visit by Chinese leader Xi Jinping, seeking to firm up their relations with Beijing a...

  
• Celine brings rock music element into Hollywood fashion show

  Celine brought a new line of fashion into the Hollywood spotlight in front of a star-studded audience while infusing rock music into designer Hedi Slimane's “Age of Indieness” sh...

  
• ANALYSISChina struggles with COVID infections after controls ease

  A rash of COVID-19 cases in schools and businesses were reported Friday in areas across China after the ruling Communist Party loosened anti-virus rules as it tries to reverse a ...