Suspected North Korea-Linked Hack Exposes 100,000 Golf Club Records, Prompting Cybersecurity Review Police have opened an investigation after about 100,000 customer records were leaked from a golf course in Gapyeong, Gyeonggi province. The data reportedly included sensitive information such as names, dates of birth, gender, user IDs, passwords, phone numbers, email addresses and home addresses. Investigators are considering the possibility that a North Korean hacking group was involved. Authorities should not treat it as a routine private-sector breach; it should be seen as a warning fo April 27, 2026

Appeals court sentences Unification Church official to 18 months over gifts to Kim Keon Hee, Rep. Kwon An appeals court on Sunday sentenced Yoon Young-ho, former head of the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification’s global headquarters, to prison for using church funds to provide money and valuables to first lady Kim Keon Hee and ruling party lawmaker Kwon Seong-dong. The Seoul High Court’s Criminal Division 6-1 sentenced Yoon to 18 months in prison for violating the anti-graft law, the Political Funds Act and for occupational embezzlement. The term was increased from the 14 mon April 27, 2026

Seoul’s Gangnam Home Prices Show Signs of Rebound as Lease Crunch Grows, Tax Overhaul Looms Seoul home prices in the Gangnam area, which had been sliding, are showing signs of a rebound as bargain listings dry up and rising jeonse (lump-sum lease) prices push buyers back into the market. The shift has been led by Songpa-gu, where a string of record-high deals in smaller units and outlying neighborhoods has helped halt a decline that had lasted nearly two months. Songpa leads a broader Gangnam-area rebound as buyer sentiment turns positive According to the Korea Real Estate April 27, 2026

Samsung Electronics Labor-Shareholder Dispute Escalates Toward Street Protests Tensions surrounding Samsung Electronics are escalating in a way that is raising concern. A labor dispute that began with wage and bonus talks has moved to a threatened general strike, and the union has now said it will hold a rally outside the home of Executive Chairman Lee Jae-yong. Some shareholder groups have responded by filing for counterprotests. What was an internal effort to balance competing interests is increasingly spilling into street demonstrations and confrontation. According to April 27, 2026

Korea Exchange Joins Voluntary Carbon Market Alliance, Plans KRX Carbon Credit Market The Korea Exchange said April 27 it participated in the launch ceremony for the “Korea-style voluntary carbon market alliance,” hosted by the Ministry of Economy and Finance. The exchange said the event brought together the ministry, the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry and other related organizations, along with large companies, mid-sized firms, startups and financial institutions, to discuss how to build a voluntary carbon market. At the ceremony, the exchange announced plans to April 27, 2026

LG CNS Signs ChatGPT Edu Reseller Deal to Target South Korea’s Education AI Market LG CNS has signed a reseller partnership agreement for OpenAI’s education-focused service, ChatGPT Edu, expanding beyond the ChatGPT Enterprise reseller qualification it previously secured. The company said on the 27th it will begin supplying ChatGPT Edu to educational institutions in South Korea under the agreement with OpenAI. ChatGPT Edu is designed for schools and universities, supporting campus work such as generating lecture materials, organizing research data and reports, and p April 27, 2026

Labor Minister Kim Young-hoon vows preemptive steps as airline, tourism woes deepen Rising oil prices and exchange rates linked to the Middle East war are adding to strains on South Korea’s airline and tourism industries, and Labor Minister Kim Young-hoon said Monday the government will prepare extraordinary steps to prevent the crisis from spreading. “At this moment, what matters most is preemptive action and close cooperation to protect jobs,” Kim said. “We will proactively consider special measures to keep the situation from worsening.” The Ministry of Employment an April 27, 2026

IEA: Taiwan Most Dependent on Gulf LNG as Iran Conflict Risks Supply Delays The International Energy Agency said in its second-quarter (April-June) natural gas market report released on the 24th that it could take up to about five years to restore production facilities in Gulf countries such as Qatar that were attacked by Iran. The impact could be especially large in countries and areas with heavy reliance on Gulf natural gas, including Taiwan, Bangladesh and India, it said. According to the report, about 90% of natural gas exported from Persian Gulf countries vi April 27, 2026

Park Ji-hyeon Tops Idol Chart Weekly Star Poll for April’s Third Week Singer Park Ji-hyeon led Idol Chart’s Weekly Star poll for the third week of April. According to Idol Chart, Park received 1,035 votes in the tally compiled from April 20 to 26, the highest total in the poll. Park is continuing the “Showmanship Season 2” concert series, with stops in Gwangju, Incheon, Jeonju, Goyang, Busan and Seongnam. Hong Ji-yoon placed second with 734 votes, followed by Kim Ui-young with 209 and Jin with 2. * This article has been translated by AI. April 27, 2026

Audit Finds NTS Mis-scored Compliance Ratings, Wrongly Picked 120 Firms for Tax Audits The National Tax Service mishandled parts of its corporate tax-compliance scoring by omitting certain evaluation items for thousands of companies, leading to 120 corporations being wrongly selected for tax audits in 2024 and 2025, the Board of Audit and Inspection said on the 27th. The audit board said a regular audit of the NTS conducted in May and June last year found 23 issues, including 11 cases requiring caution and 12 notifications. According to the findings, 30 corporations in 2 April 27, 2026