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Maeil Business Newspaper, founded in 1966, is South Korea's leading economic media outlet, delivering fast and in-depth coverage of domestic and international news on economy, finance, industry, and real estate.

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Household credit, which has steadily increased since the end of 2024, is certain to exceed 2,000 trillion won in the second quarter of this year. If the Bank of Korea raises its benchmark interest rat..

78% of household debt growth is accounted for by the main bank

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Google shut down 449 Korean YouTube channels that have dealt with Korean politics-related content in the second quarter of this year based on "systematic public opinion manipulation." Korean-language ..
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The number of speculative "share-splitting" suspected transactions surged before it was designated as a candidate site for new housing sites in Wabu, Namyangju, which the government proposed as a key ..
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Antropics reported sales of more than $11.5 billion (about 16 trillion won) in the second quarter of this year and the first quarterly adjusted operating profit surplus since its foundation. OpenAI is..

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Vivigo, Tous Les Jours spearhead... CJ expands its territory in the U.S

"Our strategy is to allow you to taste CJ food wherever you go in the United States." The dumpling production line at the plant of CJ CheilJedang Beaumont in California, the U.S. visited on the 14th (..

The government is considering increasing the expansion of storage facilities for stockpiles by tens of millions of barrels, which was originally set at 20 million barrels. In order to maintain exports..

Stock

"Even if the director of the bureau rebounds, his eyes will be on his makeup"...Ants sold Samjeonix leverage and put 'this' in it

Although the domestic stock market has rebounded sharply in August from the shock of a sharp drop at the end of last month, individual investors' funds for exchange-traded funds (ETF) were concentrate..

Politics

To prolong the inter-Korean tension... Li takes out a card for multilateral discussions on the end of the war between the U.S. and China

President Lee Jae Myung brought up the "Discussion of the End of the Korean War" card at the Liberation Day celebration ceremony in his second year in office as a solution to break through the prolong..

World

"Killing 10,000 defeated soldiers"...Nanjing University murder atrocities Japanese military letter released

China has released additional records related to the Nanjing Massacre to mark the 81st anniversary of Japan's defeat.According to the state-run Xinhua News Agency on the 16th, the Nanjing Massacre Vic..

Real Estate

Namyangju Sold at 5㎡ Stake... The land price is more than three times 'jump' in four months

On February 1, 14 contracts for the sale of rice paddies (answer) shares were reported in Dogok-ri, Wabu-eup, Namyangju-si, Gyeonggi-do. The total area reached 1,800㎡ (about 545 pyeong) and the transa..

The number of speculative "share-splitting" suspected transactions surged before it was designated as a candidate site for new housing sites in Wabu, Namyangju, which the government proposed as a key ..

Tech · Science

"Leaving OpenAI? Why would you leave such a great company?" ... The $2.6 trillion 'AI mafia' they built

Tesla (Elon Musk), YouTube (Steve Chen), LinkedIn (Reid Hoffman), and Palantir (Peter Thiel). One thing these world-leading companies have in common is that all of their founders came from PayPal Hold..

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Household credit, which has steadily increased since the end of 2024, is certain to exceed 2,000 trillion won in the second quarter of this year. If the Bank of Korea raises its benchmark interest rat..

Google shut down 449 Korean YouTube channels that have dealt with Korean politics-related content in the second quarter of this year based on "systematic public opinion manipulation." Korean-language ..

The number of speculative "share-splitting" suspected transactions surged before it was designated as a candidate site for new housing sites in Wabu, Namyangju, which the government proposed as a key ..

Antropics reported sales of more than $11.5 billion (about 16 trillion won) in the second quarter of this year and the first quarterly adjusted operating profit surplus since its foundation. OpenAI is..

The close race for the next leader of the Democratic Party of Korea seems to be solidifying with the dominance of candidate Kim Min-seok, who has the votes of Honam. This is interpreted as the result ..

On the 15th, Korea's Liberation Day and Japan's defeat day, Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae (photo) put on hold his visit to Yasukuni shrine, but he did not mention his reflection on the damage..

The pro-Japanese anti-national property investigation committee, which was dissolved in 2010, was re-launched for the first time in 16 years, and the national-level return of pro-Japanese property is ..

While the government is pushing for the integration of five power generation public enterprises under the Korea Electric Power Corporation, the issue of early repayment of corporate bonds worth more t..

Actress Ha Young is said to have broken down in tears on a drama set as controversy continues over her great-grandfather Ahn Sang-ho's pro-Japanese activities.According to a report by MyDaily on the 1..

Actor Hong Ji-min revealed that she is a descendant of an independence activist and expressed deep respect for her father.The August 15 episode of KBS2's "Immortal Songs: Singing the Legend" was prese..

Soi (30, Jang So-jin), formerly of the group Gugudan, will get married today (16th).On the 16th, Soi posted on her social networking service, "I was worried it would be too hot, but thankfully it's co..

Actress Sadie Sink won the Best Actress award at the 79th Locarno Film Festival for director Hong Sang-soo's new film "Nowhere to Lay My Eyes." Hong also received the Best Director award and the Prize..

"Our strategy is to allow you to taste CJ food wherever you go in the United States." The dumpling production line at the plant of CJ CheilJedang Beaumont in California, the U.S. visited on the 14th (..

Refining and petrochemical companies posted profits in the second quarter of this year. Refiners are benefiting from tighter supply and higher prices for lubricating base oil. Petrochemical companies ..

Baedal Minjok will strengthen its fashion category. Following the recent launch of sports brand FILA, it will add domestic designer women's clothing brand SIYAZU at the end of this month. In the secon..

"It's impressive to analyze my skin condition in such detail." CJ Olive Young's first U.S. store in Pasadena, California on the 14th (local time). When the store opened at 10 a.m., local customers flo..

SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won (65) reportedly disagreed with the ruling of the repatriation of the destruction of the property division that requires the payment of 944 billion won in cash to Roh So-..

"I'm going to survive with cup bingsu this summer as well."Small changes are appearing in the shaved ice market this summer, when the record heat wave continues.Instead of bingsu in a large bowl, "cup..

"It's a bag that looks droopy and light."The bags worn by office workers on their way to work have changed. Instead of an angled bag, a bag with a naturally stretched leather and gently collapsed shap..

SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won (65) reportedly disagreed with the ruling of the repatriation of the destruction of the property division that requires the payment of 944 billion won in cash to Roh So-..

The price of villas (joint houses), which have served as housing ladders for real homeowners, is fluctuating. The increase in the sale price of villas in Seoul this year was found to have far exceeded..

As artificial intelligence (AI) semiconductor-related stocks, such as Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix, which have been driving the domestic stock market, have been greatly adjusted since the end of l..

World-renowned soccer stars Cristiano Ronaldo (41) and Georgina Rodriguez (32) have married after dating for 10 years. The two reportedly signed a prenuptial contract a day before their marriage and d..

A Polish bus overturned on a Hungarian highway, killing 12 people and seriously injuring at least 10 others. Police are investigating the possibility that the driver may have been drowsy.According to ..

Google shut down 449 Korean YouTube channels that have dealt with Korean politics-related content in the second quarter of this year based on "systematic public opinion manipulation." Korean-language ..

The number of speculative "share-splitting" suspected transactions surged before it was designated as a candidate site for new housing sites in Wabu, Namyangju, which the government proposed as a key ..

Although the domestic stock market has rebounded sharply in August from the shock of a sharp drop at the end of last month, individual investors' funds for exchange-traded funds (ETF) were concentrate..

The average salary of employees at major banks, which recorded the highest performance in the first half of this year, exceeded 70 million won. It is more than Samsung Electronics (63 million won).Acc..

In addition, Kim Min-seok, the party's leader candidate, won 46.66% (148,245 votes) in the voting for Gyeonggi-do and Seoul members of the Democratic Party of Korea's August 17 National Convention.Can..

Usually, the keyman was suddenly replaced. Yeo Han-gu is the head of the trade negotiations that led to the conclusion of trade and investment negotiations with the U.S. last year. It is quite worriso..

Last year, President Lee Jae Myung proposed a constitutional amendment as his presidential election pledge and the first national task since taking office. After going through the impeachment of the p..

The government is struggling with ways to expand the reason for the recognition of the actual residence of non-resident single-homeowners. There is a high possibility that the inevitable situation, su..

The government is considering increasing the expansion of storage facilities for stockpiles by tens of millions of barrels, which was originally set at 20 million barrels. In order to maintain exports..

Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy Kim Jung-kwan has made an emergency visit to the U.S. to discuss investment projects in the U.S. The move is interpreted as a measure to directly quell U.S. comp..

While the Lee Jae Myung government has actively canceled debt for vulnerable borrowers, it is rare for the government to create a separate fund and periodically incinerate personal debt in major overs..

"In the near future, it will exceed the Japanese economy."A survey shows that about half of Koreans are predicting this, drawing attention.According to News 1 on the 15th, Now & Survey conducted a..

As the government announced a tax reform plan to differentiate the benefits of comprehensive real estate tax and capital gains tax for single homeowners depending on whether they actually live or not,..

Although the domestic stock market has rebounded sharply in August from the shock of a sharp drop at the end of last month, individual investors' funds for exchange-traded funds (ETF) were concentrate..

Amid the rebound of semiconductor stocks in the domestic stock market, domestic investors investing in the Japanese stock market are also buying Japanese semiconductor-related stocks intensively. The ..

On the 14th, the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Japan was shaken by the news of an extraordinary dividend by Korean game company Nexon. This is because Nexon announced a special dividend of 415 yen per share..

Fabless (semiconductor design) and precision parts and equipment companies in the ecosystem are pushing to enter the stock market one after another as investment in production facilities expands due t..

The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported on the 15th (local time) that the performance of large U.S. stock active funds has been sluggish, falling below the market benchmark index.Only 27% of U.S. large..

President Lee Jae Myung brought up the "Discussion of the End of the Korean War" card at the Liberation Day celebration ceremony in his second year in office as a solution to break through the prolong..

While the government is pushing for the integration of five power generation public enterprises under the Korea Electric Power Corporation, the issue of early repayment of corporate bonds worth more t..

It has been confirmed that the North Korean military violated the Military Demarcation Line (MDL) for the first time this year, and the South Korean military fired warning shots.The Joint Chiefs of St..

Yeo Han-gu, Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy (photo), was dismissed on the 15th. It is known that he was dismissed for an issue that had nothing to do with the current investment and customs pla..

Park Hong-bae, a lawmaker of the Democratic Party of Korea, proposed an amendment to the Capital Markets Act to reorganize the scope of related parties and the reporting system of mass ownership to su..

China has released additional records related to the Nanjing Massacre to mark the 81st anniversary of Japan's defeat.According to the state-run Xinhua News Agency on the 16th, the Nanjing Massacre Vic..

At least 51 people were killed and 5,000 residents were evacuated after a magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck the coast near the Indonesian island of Flores. Indonesia's National Disaster Management Agenc..

It is known that Apple will work with Alibaba to develop artificial intelligence (AI) models exclusively for the Chinese market and launch "Apple Intelligence" that is optimized for the local market. ..

Micron, a U.S. memory chip maker, is launching a $250 million artificial intelligence investment fund, worth about 350 billion won. The company plans to invest in startups developing AI models, data c..

U.S. President Donald Trump posted a photo of the "Panmunjeom Lightning Meeting" with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on social media on the 15th (local time).President Trump posted a photo taken side..

On February 1, 14 contracts for the sale of rice paddies (answer) shares were reported in Dogok-ri, Wabu-eup, Namyangju-si, Gyeonggi-do. The total area reached 1,800㎡ (about 545 pyeong) and the transa..

The price of villas (joint houses), which have served as housing ladders for real homeowners, is fluctuating. The increase in the sale price of villas in Seoul this year was found to have far exceeded..

The Korea Land and Housing Corporation (LH) will first purchase the so-called "pick-up," which is a non-priority subscription volume in regulated areas in the Seoul metropolitan area, and supply it to..

The Seoul auction market is also being reorganized to focus on actual residence due to stricter regulations on multiple homeowners.High-priced bids are continuing mainly in mid- to low-priced small-si..

The number of buyers who bought a house in Seoul for the first time in their lives reached the highest level in four years and eight months, a report showed.According to the court registration informa..

Tesla (Elon Musk), YouTube (Steve Chen), LinkedIn (Reid Hoffman), and Palantir (Peter Thiel). One thing these world-leading companies have in common is that all of their founders came from PayPal Hold..

MK Pharmacy readers, thank you for your hard work this week. Still, I was even thankful that the cool wind blew. There are also short clips of 'Koreans who say it's 32 degrees and it's cool' on the In..

A new treatment strategy has been developed to improve 'cancer cachexia', a fatal complication for cancer patients. There is hope that the success rate of chemotherapy will also increase significantly..

"There are fewer people who bring pictures of other people and say, 'Please do it like this face.' Instead, you say, 'I want to go back to where I was five years ago.'The standard for the aesthetic ma..

An extraordinary event occurred while the announcement of the game industry's performance was concluded. Nexon handed over the crown to Krafton. Krafton's revenue surpassed Nexon thanks to its ultra-h..

As the financial authorities have decided to ease regulations on the total amount of household loans in the financial sector, it is expected that lending operations not only by banks but also by mutua..

Online investment-linked financial companies (on-to-up, P2P) are rapidly expanding their supply of mid-interest credit loans in partnership with savings banks. Linked loans have emerged as an alternat..

Amid growing interest in auto insurance ahead of the implementation of an eight-week rule that will reduce over-treatment of current patients after auto insurance premiums were raised for the first ti..

The pro-Japanese anti-national property investigation committee, which was dissolved in 2010, was re-launched for the first time in 16 years, and the national-level return of pro-Japanese property is ..

"Your composite picture is floating around." In June last year, A (27) received such a call from an operator of a social network service (SNS) account who hid his identity. What he showed was a Telegr..

The online community "Daily Best Storage" (Ilbe), which has caused social controversy over ridicule and hateful posts, has opened its hands to its members to raise operating expenses.While requesting ..

"Let it go, let it go." As the familiar melody rang out, a flash of light transformed Elsa's costume into a dazzling ice-blue gown, drawing gasps from all over the auditorium. Frozen has returned as a..

The phrase "colorless and odorless is charmless" does not apply only to people. The same goes for travel destinations. Where there is no regional characteristic or there is no special difference from ..

The chamber music project "Kim Jeong-won and Friends," led by pianist Kim Jeong-won, will mark its 20th anniversary with "Romantic Atelier" at Lotte Concert Hall on the 9th of next month. The program ..

There is a track and field national team that is taking on a special challenge at Asia's largest sports festival to be held in Aichi and Nagoya, Japan this fall. This is Jang Min-ho (28, Anyang City H..

Former coach Baek In-cheon, the only player in Korean professional baseball to hit .400 in the season, closed his eyes. He was 83. Former coach Baek was moved from his residence in Cheonan, Chungcheon..

Last year's Rookie of the Year, Seo Kyo-rim stopped "super rookie" Kim Min-sol's "four wins" and reached the top of three wins of the season. The fourth round of the KLPGA Tour Medi Hill and Hankook I..