(Photo=MotionElements) South Korea is moving to raise the cost of stock manipulation, part of a broader effort to bolster confidence in its equity market and address persistent concerns that domestic stocks trade at a discount to global peers. Judicial authorities have introduced tougher sentencing guidelines that allow for significantly harsher penalties, including life imprisonment in the most serious cases. The

Photo=BURGERKING Burger King’s South Korean unit is launching a limited-time promotion offering its signature Whopper at a deep discount, using an April Fools’ Day-themed campaign to draw in customers. The promotion is built around a fictional “ordering mistake” by a store manager who allegedly ordered too many burger buns. The campaign features playful messaging in stores and online, including mock

Photo=Hyundai Motor Hyundai Motor said March 31 it will rebuild major portions of its Ulsan manufacturing complex, marking the first large-scale overhaul of the facility in more than six decades as it modernizes production and advances its electric-vehicle strategy. The company recently informed its labor union of plans to fully reconstruct Ulsan Plant 1 and Line 2 of Plant 4.

Photo=Bighit Music BTS returned to the summit of the U.S. music charts after nearly four years, as its new single “Swim” debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, underscoring the group’s enduring global influence. Billboard said the track marks BTS’s seventh No. 1 hit on the Hot 100. Since becoming the first K-pop act to top the chart

Photo=Motionelements South Korea is tapping Russian naphtha supplies in a bid to ease mounting pressure on its petrochemical sector, highlighting the country’s vulnerability to global energy disruptions and its willingness to seek alternative sources under strained conditions. The move comes as prolonged instability in the Middle East has tightened global supply chains, raising concerns over feedstock availability for South Korea’s