The previous Biden administration put South Korea in the "lowest" category of the US Department of Energy (DOE)'s "sensitive and other designated countries list (SCL)" in early January

The South Korean central bank has called for a "cautious approach" to an idea of including bitcoin as foreign exchange reserves given its price volatility, officials said Sunday.

The number of young South Koreans who were jobless or opted to remain economically inactive surpassed 1.2 million last month amid tough job market conditions, data showed Sunday.