Korean fried chicken chains are reducing portions amid rising costs, without changing prices.
A new national pension criterion will take effect starting in July, raising some subscribers' monthly contributions by up to 18,000 won ($13).
The number of babies born in Korea in April saw the highest year-on-year increase for that month in 34 years, driven by a rebound in marriages and government efforts to support childbirth.
A man is seen picking out a milk carton pack at a discount mart in downtown Seoul on Sunday.
McDonald's Korea will hike prices by an average of 2.8 percent on certain menu items from May 2, following an industry-wide trend in the last month.
Despite the growing demand to adjust the government-proposed increase of 2,000 for the medical school enrollment quota, President Yoon Suk Yeol stubbornly held on to the number in his speech to the nation on Monday.
A Japanese tourist buys gim, or dried seaweed, at a discount mart in Seoul on Sunday. The export volume of gim compiled from January and February rose 28.1 percent to $141.36 million compared to the same period the year before.
The government has invited such fierce backlash because it pushed ahead with the enrollment increase while leaving out essential details.
Korea's money supply grew for the seventh-consecutive month in December despite ongoing efforts to implement tighter monetary policies, according to data released by the central bank on Friday.
After the government decided to raise the admission quota for medical students by 2,000 next year, the Korea Medical Association set up an emergency committee on Tuesday to discuss ways to block it.
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