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Former president Yoon Suk Yeol, left, and his wife Kim Keon Hee leave the presidential residence in Yongsan District, central Seoul, on April 11. [JOONGANG ILBO]

Rewind 2025: Korea’s top 10 news stories

From high-stakes diplomacy at a global summit in the ancient city of Gyeongju to a series of high-profile cybersecurity failures, 2025 was nothing short of dramatic for Korea.

2025.12.28

Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol declares an emergency martial law in Korea in an unannounced press conference at the Yongsan presidential office in central Seoul on Dec. 3. [YONHAP]

Rewind 2024: Korea’s top 10 news stories

Look back at Korea's top 10 news stores of 2024, ranging from President Yoon Suk Yeol's short-lived martial law imposition to North Korea's sending of trash balloons and an ongoing doctors' strike.

2024.12.22

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Actor Song Hye-kyo as Moon Dong-eun in ″The Glory″ Part 2 [NETFLIX]

Streaming services up the ante with hit shows [REWIND 2023]

Leading streaming service providers Netflix and Disney+ each had massively popular original series this year, including “The Glory” and “Moving.”

2023.12.27

“12.12: The Day” surpassed a million dollars in revenue in the North American market, becoming the biggest Korean film hit in North America this year. [YONHAP]

Two films in the 10 million club [REWIND 2023]

Two Korean works made it to the 10 million ticket sales mark this year — “The Roundup: No Way Out” and “12.12: The Day.”

2023.12.27

Samsung's generative AI model Gauss is presented at the SDC23 Korea in November. [YONHAP]

Korean tech giants capitalize on global AI boom [REWIND 2023]

Korean tech giants unveiled significant investments and introduced new services powered by generative AI, aiming to capitalize on the global AI boom sparked by OpenAI's ChatGPT.

2023.12.25

Samsung Electronics' chip plant located in Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi [YONHAP]

Samsung, SK hynix suffer $16 billion loss in chip business [REWIND 2023]

Samsung Electronics and SK hynix incurred a combined loss of more than 21 trillion won ($16.1 billion) in their chip businesses, primarily attributed to the cyclical downturn in the semiconductor industry in 2023.

2023.12.25

U.S. President Joe Biden speaks before signing the Inflation Reduction Act in the White House in August 2022. [EPA/YONHAP]

As IRA looms, Korea's battery makers rush to the U.S. [REWIND 2023]

Korean battery makers, including LG Energy Solution and Samsung SDI, are scrambling to build plants in the United States to qualify for tax credits under the Inflation Reduction Act, which restricts the use of battery components from China in EVs.

2023.12.25

Customers shop for food at a supermarket in Seoul on Dec. 17. [YONHAP]

Inflation falls gradually as government cracks down on prices [REWIND 2023]

Korea's inflation grew 3.3 percent in November, down from 5 percent a year earlier. The government has taken various measures to combat inflation.

2023.12.25

Electronic display boards at the Korea Exchange in wetsern Seoul show Kospi and Kosdaq on Nov. 6, the first day after the financial regulators reinstated the ban on short selling of stocks. [NEWS1]

Ban on short selling amid global bank misconduct [REWIND 2023]

Korea’s financial regulators reinstated a full ban on short selling of all stocks from November after global investment banks were found to have committed illegal short selling in the country.

2023.12.25