A Bank of Korea (BOK) employee surnamed Lee said her younger peers have left for tech and analyst jobs at internet-only banks for higher salaries. “I heard some cases of entry- and low-level ...

Han Kang’s latest novel, about a South Korean massacre, delves into why atrocities must be remembered. “It’s pain and it is blood, but it’s the current of life,” she said. Han Kang in 2016.

Bank of Korea (BOK) Deputy Gov. Kim Woong made the assessment during a meeting meant to check prices after government data showed that consumer prices, a key gauge of inflation, rose by the ...

Semiconductor exports increased 31.5 per cent during the same period. The Bank of Korea (BOK) unexpectedly held its key rate steady on Jan. 16 to prevent the Korean won - which fell more than 12 ...

Han Youngsoo chronicled the postwar transformation of mid-century Seoul, complicating popular depictions of that era as one solely of deprivation and hardship.

The Bank of Korea will extend the temporary special aid program to 14 trillion won ($9.78 billion) from the current 9 trillion won starting next month, according to BOK officials. Smaller firms ...

Human Acts by Han Kang review: a Korean tragedy with its own flawsOpens in new window ] When Kyungha and Inseon go on a hike to a mountainous region they become aware of three large standing ...

Han Kang is a private person. When she won last year’s Nobel Prize for literature, it was widely reported in the South Korean press that she was married to the literary critic Hong Yong-hee.

A memorial spokesperson told the ABC it had fixed an erroneous reference to the item as "Korean traditional dress" and that positive engagement with the South Korean embassy was ongoing.

The South Korean economy barely grew last quarter as political chaos weighed on consumer spending, according to a Reuters poll of economists who expect the Bank of Korea to cut interest rates next ...

South Korea’s growth rate in the fourth quarter ... citing the sharp decline in domestic consumption. The BOK initially projected the economy to grow by 0.4 percent in the last three months ...