Isabella Wranaa's first Olympic experience could not have been scripted any better, and the Swedish curler was still pinching herself after claiming mixed doubles gold alongside brother Rasmus at the Milano Cortina Winter Olympics on Tuesday.
As gold prices continue to surge, Korean companies that reward long-serving employees with gold bars, medals or keys are facing growing financial pressure. Many Korean companies have used gold for its symbolic value and liquidity.
Silver bars are displayed at a jewelry shop in central Seoul on Feb. 1. International silver prices plunged 31 percent.
Police launched an investigation after a man working at a jewelry store in Jongno 3-ga, central Seoul, allegedly made off with 4 kilograms (8.8 pounds) of gold worth more than 1 billion won ($700,000).
Record-breaking gold prices are casting a new spotlight on the “Golden Bat” statue, a landmark sculpture mostly made from pure gold in Hampyeong County, South Jeolla.
The Bank of Korea (BOK) ranked 39th worldwide in terms of gold reserves, as the central bank has refrained from additional gold purchases since 2013 despite its global peers' active buying, data showed Tuesday.
Silver’s rising strategic value is adding a new dimension to the critical minerals alliance between Korea and the United States as China implements export controls on the most conductive element vital to producing semiconductors.
Gold prices in Korea surpassed 1 million won per 3.75 grams for the first time on Thursday, driven by a surge in investor demand for safe-haven assets amid heightened global geopolitical tensions.
Snowboarder Chloe Kim says she's “good to go” for the Milan Cortina Olympics despite tearing the labrum in her shoulder during a training run last week in Switzerland.
Gold products gleam at the Korea Gold Exchange in Jongno, central Seoul, on Jan. 13, after international gold prices surged on news that Jerome Powell is facing potential criminal charges over alleged perjury before Congress.
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