South Korea’s Constitutional Court unanimously removed Yoon Suk Yeol from office Friday, ending his tumultuous presidency and setting up a new election, four months after he threw the nation into turmoil with an ill-fated declaration of martial law. The verdict capped a dramatic fall for Yoon, a former star prosecutor who became president in 2022, … Read more
South Korea’s central bank is set to launch CBDC trials for real-world transactions under the “Digital Test Project Hangang,” according to local reports citing BoK officials. The three-month programme is said to involve seven banks and 100,000 participants that will be testing blockchain technology’s role in finance. The BoK reportedly sees this large-scale pilot as … Read more
BTS has already won millions of hearts with their chart-topping albums. But did you know where they love to eat? Turns out, Jungkook (Jeon Jungkook) and V (Kim Taehyung) are big fans of Wasedaya Omotesando, a popular Japanese restaurant known for serving “Japan’s best cold noodles” and authentic Korean yakiniku. The eatery’s owner recently spilled … Read more