- Apartments in Seoul Priced out of People's Reach
- Apartment prices in Seoul continue to soar amid an endless slew of government regulations to curb real-estate speculation, pricing out of most younger people's reach. The average price of an 84 sq.m apartment, which is the most in demand, has surpassed W600 million -- the "affordable average price" by the government's barometer for housing-loan eligibility.
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- Full Harvest Moon Visible a Day After Chuseok
- This year's full harvest moon will rise at 6:20 p.m. on Chuseok night or Oct. 1 over Seoul, the Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute said on Wednesday. It will reach its apex at 00:20 a.m. that night.
- Kim Jong-un Insists N.Korea Needs Nuclear Deterrent
- North Korean leader Kim Jong-un earlier this year stressed the need for his crackpot regime to build up its nuclear arsenal. Kim's remarks were carried in a journal published in May by the North's State Academy of Sciences.
- LG's Rotating Smartphone Priced at over W1 Million
- The price of LG's ambitious Wing smartphone has been set at an eye-watering W1.1 million. The phone, whose top screen rotates T-wise to reveal another half-screen underneath, will be sold by major telecoms and online shopping malls after Chuseok.
PHOTOS & VIDEO CLIPS
- Staff pick pumpkins at the National Institute of Horticultural and Herbal Science in Wanju on Wednesday.
- People walk along a flower field in Gochang, North Jeolla Province on Wednesday.
- Volunteers make songpyeon or crescent-shaped rice cakes in Seoul on Wednesday.
- Women take a selfie in a park in Daegu on Wednesday.
