Photo=Eli lilly The global obesity-drug market is moving beyond a contest between injectable treatments, as pharmaceutical companies pursue oral medications and new biological mechanisms to capture patients seeking more convenient weight-loss options. South Korea is emerging as a key clinical-testing ground, with Eli Lilly, Roche, AstraZeneca and Novo Nordisk advancing Phase 3 trials of next-generation obesity treatments as prescriptions for

Investment in real estate and property. Saving money for the future. South Korea is seeing a sharp increase in home purchases by minors, raising questions about family wealth transfers and the origins of funds used to buy property in one of the world’s most expensive housing markets. More than half of the money minors reported using for purchases this year

Photo=Motionelements Seoul’s housing market is showing a widening disconnect between rising property values and weakening transaction activity, a trend that could complicate affordability for homebuyers and reshape investment prospects in South Korea’s residential real estate market. Apartment resale prices in the capital rose 15.5% in August from a year earlier, the steepest annual increase since November 2021, according to data

Photo=Motionelements A prolonged surge in oil prices could weaken South Korea’s economy, fuel inflation and erode its trade surplus, adding to risks for U.S. investors and multinational companies exposed to Asian manufacturing and consumer demand. In a downside scenario released October 22, South Korea’s National Assembly Budget Office warned that an extended disruption to Middle Eastern oil supplies could undermine

(Photo=Hivemediacorp) A week after President Richard Nixon announced his resignation over the Watergate scandal in August 1974, gunfire erupted at a national ceremony in South Korea, killing the country's first lady. While the United States was confronting presidential misconduct, South Korea was under an authoritarian government that restricted political dissent and press freedom. More than 50 years later, that shooting