Author: Seoul Reporter

Korea’s two main monetary establishments — Hana Monetary Group and KakaoBank — have earned the very best AAA score within the newest environmental, social and governance (ESG) evaluation by international index supplier Morgan Stanley Capital Worldwide (MSCI), the 2 stated Sunday.The popularity highlights the rising international competitiveness of the Korean monetary sector’s sustainable ESG administration, strengthening international investor confidence within the nation. The MSCI evaluates 8,500 listed corporations yearly for efficiency in company governance, knowledge safety, client rights and climate-risk administration. The score is carefully adopted by institutional traders worldwide and infrequently influences international funding selections and index inclusion in…

Revealed: 09 Nov. 2025, 20:30   An individual prays in entrance of a be aware bearing a scholar’s photograph at Jogyesa Temple’s fundamental corridor in Jongno District, central Seoul, on Nov. 9, wishing for fulfillment within the 2026 School Scholastic Capability Check (CSAT) — also called suneung. With the CSAT scheduled for Thursday mother and father and households gathered at temples and different spiritual websites throughout the nation to hope for his or her youngsters to carry out effectively. [YONHAP]

DAKAR, Senegal — President Donald Trump’s menace to go “guns-a-blazing” into Africa’s most populous nation was the results of a months-long strain marketing campaign on behalf of Nigerian Christians by Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and American evangelical leaders — nevertheless it stunned even those that had been pushing the problem.

The federal government and the ruling Democratic Occasion (DP) on Sunday reached a consensus on setting the nation’s greenhouse gasoline emission discount purpose for 2035 at between 53 % and 61 %.”The 2 sides reached a common settlement on the nationwide goal for greenhouse gasoline emission discount, bearing in mind opinions from the Intergovernmental Panel on Local weather Change (IPCC), the Constitutional Court docket’s ruling, potential burdens on future generations and industrial situations,” DP spokesperson Park Soo-hyun stated.He stated the federal government and the ruling social gathering agreed to ease discount targets for the commercial sector, contemplating the nation’s industrial…

Hyundai Motor Group is prioritizing continuity and stability over change, avoiding a year-end reshuffle of prime administration because it pursues regular enterprise progress.The Korean carmaker has borne the brunt of a 25 % auto tariff within the U.S. for nearly half a 12 months. Even after Korea and the U.S. agreed to scale back the determine to fifteen %, the carmaker remains to be on excessive alert, as a consequence of unpredictable commerce insurance policies from the Donald Trump administration.Late final 12 months, Hyundai Motor appointed two prime executives — CEO Jose Munoz and President Sung Kim. The choice was…

SM Leisure founder seems poised for comeback as non-compete clause with Hybe nears expiration Lee Soo-man poses for a photograph in the course of the Asian Corridor of Fame induction ceremony held at The Biltmore Lodge in Los Angeles on Nov. 1. (A20 Leisure) Lee Soo-man, one of many first to push Okay-pop abroad, could also be making ready for a return to Korea’s music scene subsequent 12 months because the visionary producer makes extra public appearances, delivering speeches on the way forward for Okay-pop in Seoul and selling his Chinese language woman group A20 Might globally.Lee, founding father of…

BEIJING — China suspended an export ban to the US that had focused gallium, germanium and antimony, metals essential for contemporary know-how, together with semiconductors, Beijing’s commerce ministry introduced Sunday.The restrictions banned the export of so-called “dual-use” items, supplies that may have each civilian and army purposes.Imposed in Dec. 2024, the ban will now be suspended till Nov. 27, 2026, Beijing’s commerce ministry stated in a press release.The announcement comes after leaders Xi Jinping and Donald Trump met on Oct. 30 in South Korea and agreed to stroll again some punitive measures imposed throughout their tit-for-tat tariff escalation.At one level,…

Police are stepping up safety round Cheong Wa Dae as the federal government prepares to maneuver the presidential workplace again to the compound by 12 months’s finish.In accordance with native media experiences on Sunday, Jongno Police Station is reviewing plans to revive 24-hour operations at close by substations in preparation for the relocation.At present, the substations are working with diminished employees and are open solely from 9 a.m. to six p.m. on weekdays. They’re anticipated to return to a 24/7 schedule, with 4 rotating groups of 5 officers every to strengthen safety.The Seoul Metropolitan Police Company’s models answerable for on-site…

Kumho Petrochemical is reinforcing its environmental administration to raised reply to local weather change and obtain carbon neutrality by 2050.The corporate is introducing a spread of initiatives, together with the applying of carbon seize, utilization and storage (CCUS) applied sciences to its vitality enterprise. It’s also selling recycling and waste-to-resource conversion applications to scale back greenhouse gasoline emissions.The agency’s key associates — together with Kumho P&B Chemical compounds, Kumho Mitsui Chemical compounds and Kumho Polychem — are pursuing a shared aim of reaching carbon neutrality by 2050 by way of sustainable enterprise practices.Kumho Petrochemical goals to attenuate environmental air pollution…

99 Artwork Firm’s “Je: Burnt Providing” (99 Artwork Firm) Below a dim mild, two dancers sit quietly on a big white canvas. They clasp each other’s hand, nonetheless and meditative, whereas of their free palms they maintain sticks of charcoal.Shifting in unison, the 2 start to attract with gestures deliberate, rhythmic, nearly sacred. Because the motion repeats, their hair loosens, their breath grows heavier, and the charcoal begins to blur and smudge, forsaking black traces that resemble sparks, flowers, then ashes. The efficiency appears like a ritual, or a ceremony in movement.That is the opening scene of “Je: Burnt Providing,”…