The Chosun Ilbo (English Edition): Daily News from Korea

Kim Jong-un Makes Strides in Reshuffling Power Structure: North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is swiftly revamping the power structure of the regime, replacing about half of the top cadres in the Workers Party, government and military in the year and 10 months since he took power. >> Full Text

Korea Tops PISA Education Rankings: Korea ranked top in the OECD in terms of schoolchildren's performance in reading and mathematics, for the third time after 2006 and 2009. Including non-OECD members, Korea ranked fifth among 65 countries after China, Singapore, Hong Kong and Taiwan. >> Full Text

Samsung Executives Earn Over W5.2 Billion a Year: Executives earn more than W5.2 billion a year at Samsung Electronics, the highest among Korean companies. The Korea CXO Institute and head-hunters Unico Search on Tuesday analyzed the wages of executives in the top 100 Korean companies who sit on their board of directors and are legally responsible for corporate decisions. >> Full Text