Advanced Korean Reading Practice

A 3–4 m Shark Has Cruised a Busan Harbour Waterway for Three Days, and the Mayor Says 'Come Visit More'

Pusan National University Wearable Reads 10 Hand Gestures With 94.5% Accuracy

Civil Servants Get a Separate 'Infertility Leave' From 3 December, Granted as a Rule

Song Kang and Lee Jun-young's '포핸즈' Hits 7.3% Ratings and Tops the Buzz Chart for a Third Week

Hallasan's Gwaneumsa Trail Reopens to the Summit on 24 September; Bookings From the 21st

K-Food Exports Pass 10 Billion Dollars 19 Days Sooner Than Last Year; Ramen Up 27.2%

'We'll Report You' — Nine Sent to Prosecutors for Threatening Foreign Motorbike Riders

New Five-Day Leave for a Spouse's Miscarriage From 18 September; Paternity Leave From 50 Days Before Birth

JENNIE and Tame Impala's 'Dracula' Spends a 16th Week in the Hot 100 Top 10, a K-pop Record

KIST Finds Low Doses of Toxic Quinolinic Acid Wake the Brain's 'Cleaning Cells' in Mice

Duty-Free Shops Cut Their Rate to 1,350 Won; Foreigners Made 77.3% of July Sales

Foreigners Now Need 15 Days a Month of Residence to Back-Pay National Pension

Man Who Cut Off His Ankle Monitor in 청주 Is Caught at a Convenience Store Three Hours Later

Koo Jeong A's Solo Show '우스모스' at Leeum: 35 Works From 30 Years

Korean Requirement for the F-2-R Regional Visa Eased From TOPIK 4 to 3

A Postal Team Leader Is Suspected of Passing Customer Addresses to a Revenge-for-Hire Group, and Police Have Searched the Office

Apartment Prices in 분당구 Rose 29.5 Percent in a Year, the Highest in the Country, and All Ten Top Districts Are in the Seoul Area

A Survey of 122 Companies in 순천 Found That 89.3 Percent Will Close for Four Days at 추석, with an Average Bonus of 571,000 Won

The Algae Alert at the 해평 Point on the Nakdong River Was Fully Lifted, 89 Days After It Was First Issued

Ulju County's Own Hospital Opens on September 4, Starting with Five Departments and 55 Beds

EV Charging Discounted by up to 32% on Weekend and Holiday Middays, from September 5 to October 31

An Average Date Costs 90,800 Won for Men and 64,000 for Women in Korea, and What People Spend Is About Twice What They Call Comfortable

Twelve Rescued and Treated Sea Turtles Return to the Sea off Jeju, Fitted with Satellite Trackers and Released Without Being Handled

Gunpo Inflatable Collapse: A City Official and a Safety Firm's Head Referred to Prosecutors

Apostilles for Disability Certificates Go Online from August 31, Replacing a Postal Process That Took Up to Ten Days

Baekje Flute Unearthed at a Palace Site Recreated with 3D Scanning and Radiography; Three Playable Instruments Donated

Sungnyemun's Stone Base and Walls to Get Their First Conservation Treatment Since the 2013 Restoration

Department Store Sales Rose 17.9% in July While Big-Box Sales Fell 11.2%

254,300 Births Last Year, with the Total Fertility Rate at 0.80

Alcohol Shipments Fell Below 3 Million Kilolitres Last Year for the First Time in 27 Years

Residents Survey Biodiversity Themselves — Citizen Scientists Have Logged Over 400,000 Records

Q2 Regional Economy Report: Exports Rose, the Employment Rate Fell

Seoul's Middle-Aged Put an Adequate Monthly Household Budget at 3.21 Million Won

National University Hospitals Pass From the Education Ministry to Health and Welfare, 21 Years On

Gene Expression Differences Confirmed in VETC Liver Cancer, a Pattern With High Recurrence Risk

150 Days From Cinema to Streaming? Korea's Film Industry Splits Over a Holdback Deal

Korean Police to Require Officers to Report Any Case Inquiry, Starting in October

KDI Raises This Year's Growth Forecast to 3.2% and Sees a $360 Billion Current-Account Surplus

Four Prosecutors' Offices Pilot the New Public Prosecution Office Model for Four Weeks From the 18th

Young Savers in the Youth Tomorrow Savings Scheme Saw Monthly Income Rise by More Than 500,000 Won in Three Years

The 7th National Bioethics Committee Convenes to Review End-of-Life Care and AI Health Data

Four in Ten Community Credit Cooperative Customers Are Now Over 60

Business Closures Fell, Yet Closure Payouts Rose 15.8%

No Special Pardon This Liberation Day, Only Ordinary Parole

The Government Eases Rules for Chips, Batteries and Bio, Unblocking 4.28 Trillion Won in Investment

The Government Will Add 230,000 Homes in the Capital Region and Cut the Wait to Groundbreaking From 68 Months to 37

Youth Employment Fell for a 45th Straight Month in July, With Unemployment at 6.8%

Some 700 Trillion Won in Crypto Has Left Korean Exchanges, With 5 Trillion Won in Fees Last Year Alone

Naver's Q2 Revenue Hits a Record 3.39 Trillion Won, but Operating Profit Slips

Seoul Apartment Jeonse Deals Fall 38.2%; in June, Monthly-Rent Deals Overtook Them

Nationwide Inspection of Aging Bridges Finds 57 in Need of Safety Work

Korea's Hometown Love Donation Tax Credit Set to Vary by Region Under 2026 Tax Reform Plan

Jeonnam-Gwangju and Jeju Bid to Host Korea's Second Space Center

69.4% of Home Care Recipients Want to Stay in Their Own Home Even as Health Declines, Korea's 2025 Long-Term Care Survey Finds

Pilot Project Helping Separated Children Return to Their Birth Families Expands to South Gyeongsang

Urolithin A Eases Hard-to-Treat Heart Failure in Mice, GIST-Chonnam Team Finds

Korea's July Inflation Slows to 2.8%, but Core Inflation Hits 31-Month High

Life Satisfaction Among Korea's Single-Person Households Rises to 73.5%, With Stocks and Side Jobs on the Rise

POSTECH Team Develops World-Leading P-Type Perovskite Transistor, Published in Nature

Korea Opens 2026 Second-Semester Student Loan Applications, Debuts First AI Study-Support Loan

Korea to Fine Ticket Scalpers Up to 50 Times the Sale Price From Aug. 28

Korea's First Nationwide Farmland Survey Flags 27% for Suspected Violations

SK Hynix Posts Record Quarterly Profit as Memory Chip Demand Surges

UNESCO Adds 25 New World Heritage Sites at Busan Committee Meeting

Justice Ministry Sets Formal Rules for Its Yearly Work-Visa Quota System

Korea's Consumer Sentiment Rises a Third Month to 106.8 in July 2026

Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease Rises for 7 Weeks Among Korean Toddlers

POSTECH AI Study: Earlier Drought News Means More Water Saved

Korea Tests a Beta Battery That Runs 50 Years Without Charging

Korea's Economy Grows a Surprise 0.6% in the Second Quarter of 2026

National Museum of Korea Opens "Our Table" Food History Exhibition

Centre Pompidou Hanwha Opens in Seoul With Cubist Exhibition

Korean Airports See 160,000 Daily Travelers at Summer Peak

National Museum of Korea Debuts First Thai Art Exhibition

2025 Census Marks 100 Years of Korea's Population Survey

Korea's 2026 Minimum Wage Set at 10,320 Won per Hour

Concerns Grow Over Korea's National Pension Sustainability

Danuri: South Korea's First Lunar Orbiter Mission

How Korea's National Health Insurance System Works

Age and Honorifics: Understanding Korean Speech Etiquette

Korea's Fertility Rate Rises to 0.80, Still World's Lowest

Korea Becomes a Super-Aged Society as Elderly Top 20%

Korea's Volume-Based Waste Fee: Pay-As-You-Throw Since 1995