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Virtual banks come of age in COVID-19 era

Markets

Amid the lingering virus pandemic, South Korea’s online banks are expanding their foothold faster than expected, and are gearing up for IPOs and partnerships with financial behemoths.
Court set to decide on Samsung heir Lee’s arrest

Social affairs

A South Korean court will decide Monday whether Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong should be arrested over his possible involvement in a series of corporate frauds surrounding a 2015 merger between two key affiliates. The high-stakes courtroom battle will resume at the Seoul Central District Court from 10 a.m., which will be attended by Lee and two ex-executives of Samsung Group -- Choi Ji-sung, former future strategy office chief, and Kim Jong-joong, former head the strategy tea
Is it time to recalibrate the Korean won?

Economy

Among OECD members, Korea’s dollar exchange rate second only to Colombia’s

North Korea building case for further provocation: experts

North Korea building case for further provocation: experts

Pyongyang ratcheting up threats against Seoul in the last few days, halting the inter-Korean liaison office and scrapping a military agreement, could be a prelude to military provocations, experts here said Sunday. 　 The North lashed out with a series of threats from Thursday, in retaliation against Seoul’s failure to prevent defector-run civic groups from sending anti-North Korean leaflets across the border. On Sunday, the North’s state newspaper Rodong Sinmun carried pages of rep

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Comfort women shelter head found dead

Comfort women shelter head found dead

The head of a shelter for surviving victims of Japan’s sex slavery was found dead at her apartment amid controversy surrounding the shelter’s operator for its possible misuse of donated funds and exploitation of the victims for political ambitions. Police said Sunday that Son Young-me, 60, was found dead at her apartment in Paju, Gyeonggi Province, at around 10:30 p.m. Saturday. Her body was found inside the bathroom. The cause of her death is not known as of press time, but offici

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