Subin Kim

A grow­ing num­ber of younger South Ko­re­ans are in­vest­ing in art as stocks and pricey real es­tate lose al­lure.

The av­er­age price of an apart­ment in Seoul has dou­bled in five years de­spite gov­ern­ment ef­forts to cool the mar­ket.

Small busi­ness­es in Asia’s fourth-largest econ­o­my are grap­pling with surg­ing prices of flour and cook­ing oil.

Pres­i­den­tial can­di­date’s pledge to build shop­ping com­plex spot­lights re­gion­al­ism and sus­pi­cion of big busi­ness.

Asia’s fourth-largest econ­o­my is over­com­ing a his­tor­i­cal aver­sion to fi­nan­cial as­sets and em­brac­ing the stock mar­ket.

Dig­i­tal man­ga sub­scrip­tion ser­vice Pic­co­ma was the third-high­est earn­ing app in the world in 2021.

Restau­rants, cafes, bars and gyms must close by 9pm un­til at least Jan­u­ary 16 un­der lat­est pan­dem­ic re­stric­tions.