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  Nationwide Meeting Speaker Woo Received-shik delivers remarks at a discussion board on the 2026 finances invoice on the Nationwide Meeting Members’ Workplace Constructing in Yeouido, western Seoul, on Nov. 3. [YONHAP]   With the season of diplomacy over, home affairs now take middle stage. After handing over the chairmanship of the Asia-Pacific Financial Cooperation summit to Chinese language President Xi Jinping on Saturday, President Lee Jae Myung is ready to ship a coverage speech on the Nationwide Meeting at this time outlining subsequent yr’s finances proposal. The Lee administration’s first finances totals 728 trillion received ($509 billion), an 8…

John Neumeier’s ‘Little Mermaid’ by Korean Nationwide Ballet will get second run Cho Yeon-jae (left) and Kim Byeol rehearse a scene from “Little Mermaid.” (Korean Nationwide Ballet) The lengthy, blue cloth sways like a mermaid’s tail, rippling as a lot via the air as throughout the stage. At a rehearsal for John Neumeier’s “The Little Mermaid,” two dancers of the Korean Nationwide Ballet swim tirelessly — not in water, however via air and throughout the ground — in pursuit of probably the most harmless love.Cho Yeon-jae, reprising the function she carried out finally 12 months’s premiere, and Kim Byeol, making…

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President Lee Jae Myung of South Korea speaks on the second session of the APEC financial leaders’ assembly held on Nov. 1, 2025, on the Gyeongju Hwabaek Worldwide Conference Heart. (Yonhap) The tip of the Asia-Pacific Financial Cooperation discussion board in Gyeongju marked the conclusion of a vital, jam-packed week of diplomacy for South Korea, with the leaders of two superpowers — the US and China — each in attendance.On the helm of the primary large-scale worldwide summit occasion hosted by South Korea in 20 years was President Lee Jae Myung, who cleared away financial and security-related uncertainties by wrapping…

The significance of STEM expertise continues to develop, because it drives a rustic’s sustainable financial development by fostering innovation and rising productiveness.Nevertheless, in line with analysis from the Financial institution of Korea (BOK) launched Monday, many prime abilities in Korea have a tendency to maneuver overseas searching for higher analysis environments and profession alternatives — except they’ve already chosen to attend medical college after highschool.Whereas Korea’s science, expertise, engineering and arithmetic workforces have steadily expanded in measurement over the previous a number of a long time, the central financial institution famous that structural constraints inside the nation have hindered them…

President Xi Jinping of China (left) shakes arms with President Lee Jae Myung of South Korea forward of the 2 leaders’ summit on the Gyeongju Nationwide Museum on the sidelines of the APEC summit on Nov. 1, 2025. (Yonhap) Chinese language President Xi Jinping’s first go to to South Korea in 11 years and first bilateral summit with South Korean President Lee Jae Myung set Seoul-Beijing relations again on the trail of restoration after a frosty 9 years following clashes over the deployment of the US Terminal Excessive Altitude Space Protection, or THAAD, missile protection system in Korea. The 2 leaders’…

Actors Doh Kyung-soo, left, and Ji Chang-wook from Disney+’s collection ″The Manipulated″ pose for photographs in the course of the present’s press convention held on the Conrad Seoul resort in western Seoul on Nov. 3. [NEWS1]   Disney+’s action-packed revenge collection “The Manipulated” premieres on Wednesday, that includes EXO’s Doh Kyung-soo in his first-ever villain position. He revealed that he had put plenty of thought into make his character look “eerie,” together with his brief, darkish coiffure.   “I feel I spent plenty of time serious about make Yo-han look eerie,” Doh mentioned in the course of the present’s press…

  Former President Yoon Suk Yeol, middle, poses for a commemorative photograph on the opening ceremony of the inaugural World Congress of Korean Scientists & Engineers on the Korea Institute of Science and Expertise Middle in Gangnam District, southern Seoul, on July 5, 2023. The congress was attended by some 500 individuals, together with Korean scientists residing overseas. [JOINT PRESS CORPS]   The outflow of science and engineering expertise is just not new. Prime Korean professors are transferring to universities abroad, and even retired school are being recruited by establishments in China and elsewhere. Many college students who go away…

  Koh Hyun-kohn   The writer is the manager editor on the JoongAng Ilbo.        This yr, protests swept throughout Southeast Asia, Latin America and components of Africa. Even superior economies weren’t immune. In France, the “Nationwide Paralysis Motion” in opposition to austerity measures shocked observers worldwide. Demonstrations broke out in Italy, Spain and the US. Younger individuals had been on the forefront.   Masked protesters run amid tear gasoline throughout clashes with French police at an illustration in Nantes as a part of a day of nationwide strikes and protests in opposition to the federal government and…

Web optimization Seung-wook The writer is a digital information editor on the JoongAng Ilbo.     President Lee Jae Myung has wrapped up the APEC diplomacy week he personally directed. Contained in the Democratic Social gathering (DP), reward poured in — “Lee Jae Myung leads the economic system, diplomacy and safety,” “diplomatic genius Lee Jae Myung.” The flattery was blatant and uncomfortable to observe, but it’s troublesome to disclaim that outcomes have been produced. The highlights have been Korea’s shock request for nuclear-powered submarine gas, U.S. President Donald Trump’s approval to maneuver ahead with building, the conclusion of Korea-U.S. tariff…