Nov 19, 20205 Eunyo Hwang www.bloomberg.com South Korea is making one of its most ambitious decisions regarding its economy in years, placing artificial intelligence at the very center of its economic strategy. The government recently announced that AI investment will become its first priority, in order to lift the country out of its current period of slow growth. Officials say that there will be major financial support for the strategy. Currently, potentially reaching 100 tr

Nov 19, 2025 Eunyo Hwang www.bloomberg.com Tomorrow, students across South Korea will face the 2026 College Scholastic Ability Test (CSAT). Students will be evaluated based on their academic achievements, which they have accomplished over the last 13 years or more. With more than 550,000 test takers registered, it is the largest attendance in seven years. The exam is scheduled for Thursday and will run from 8:40 a.m. until 5:45 p.m. Of the 554,174 registered students, around

Nov 19, 2025 Woojin Nam en.yna.co.kr This year, the Korean baseball team Hanwha Eagles advanced to the Korean Series for the first time in 19 years. Although they failed to win the championship, the 2025 season is still regarded as a great success for the club.The Eagles had gone through a long “dark age” since the late 2000s. Between 2008 and 2024, they reached the postseason only once — in 2018 — which shows how tough those years were. One of the biggest factors behind thei

Nov 19, 2025 Seoyeon Kim www.chosun.com The value of the Korean won recently fell past ₩1,450 per U.S. dollar, the weakest level in about a week. This movement may seem small, but it shows bigger problems in Korea’s economy and the global market. The rise of the dollar is not only a short-term event, it reflects growing worries about capital outflow, investor confidence, and the impact of U.S. monetary policy. Foreign investors have sold large amounts of Korean stocks in rece

Nov 19, 2025 Taein Lee www.filmfare.com South Korean actress and former member of the K-pop girl group After School, Nana (Im Jin-ah), and her mother were injured early Friday morning after confronting an armed intruder who broke into their home. According to her agency, Sublime, a man in his 30s entered Nana’s residence around dawn while carrying a weapon. The agency stated that both Nana and her mother were suddenly placed in an extremely dangerous situation inside the home

Nov 19, 2025 Seoyeon Kim www.chosun.com A worker who had been trapped and missing after the collapse at Korea East-West Power’s Ulsan Thermal Power Plant on November 6 was found dead after being rescued on November 11. The victim, identified as Kim (63), was discovered approximately 128 hours after the fire department began rescue operations. At around 3:40 p.m., rescue teams resumed their search for the four missing workers and located Kim. However, he was pronounced dead at

Nov 19, 2025 Doyoung Lim cbs12.com According to the Caribbean nation’s prime minister, Hurricane Melissa made risen on 28th October, killing thousands of people in Jamaica. This hurricane, categorized as a Category five hurricane- the strongest type- has caused dozens of deaths across the Caribbean, bringing strong winds to Cuba and Haiti. Emergency aid agencies are struggling to reach certain parts of the country in the aftermath of the hurricane due to blocked roads and flo

Nov 19, 2025 Dogeon Lim koreapro.org Top military powers from Japan, South Korea, and the United States said strengthening cooperation is important to maintaining stability in the Indo-Pacific. The defense chiefs of South Korea and Japan met in Malaysia on November 1st and maintained the importance of their three-sided security cooperation with the United States in the face of supporting North Korean nuclear and missile threats, the defense ministry announced. ​ Defense Mini

Nov 19, 2025 Woojing Nam koreajoongangdaily.joins.com There will be a soccer match between Korea and Bolivia at the Daejeon World Cup Stadium. This match is important for both teams. For Korea, the Pot 2 seeding could change depending on the result. The Korea national soccer team is aiming for Pot 2, but if Korea loses the game, they cannot secure their position. Korea needs a win to maintain their ranking. For Bolivia, it is their last A match of the year, so it is a good op