Asian model’s skin darkened to make clothes ‘look even better’

With 5.5% decline, country‘s overseas performance relatively good compared to other economies

South Korea's daily new coronavirus cases fell below 400 on Sunday, partly due to fewer testing over the weekend, as the country launched its first mass vaccination campaign last week. The country reported 356 more virus cases, including 334 local infections, raising the total caseload to 89,676, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA). Sunday's daily caseload marks a decline from 415 tallied the previous day. The figure was gradually increasing throughout last week

Punishment for sexual exploitation of teenagers also gets stronger

A senior lawmaker of the ruling Democratic Party of Korea said during a parliamentary session last month that the issue of tax hikes should now be put to public debate. Following the suggestion, other party legislators have put forward numerous ideas on how to increase taxes. It was only a matter of time for the sensitive issue to come to the fore, given President Moon Jae-in’s administration has indulged in excessive fiscal expenditure since it assumed office in 2017 to offset the negati

Board of Audit and Inspection Chairman Choe Jae-hyeong said public officials must observe legal procedures, even when carrying out a presidential election pledge. He stated the obvious, but his words sound fresh, considering that the presidential office, the government and the ruling party have often behaved unreasonably when it comes to the president’s campaign promises. In a session of the Legislation and Judiciary Committee of the National Assembly on Monday, Choe said it is not right