Sacheon Airshow opens with Black Eagles The Republic of Korea Air Force's aerobatic team, the Black Eagles, performs an aerial demonstration during a press day for the 2026 Sacheon Airshow at Sacheon Air Base in South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea, on Oct. 21, 2026. The four-day airshow will take place from Oct. 22 to 25, jointly hosted by the Republic of Korea Air Force, South Gyeongsang Province, Sacheon City and Korea Aerospace Industries. October 21, 2026

Sacheon Airshow: Black Eagles' aerial mastery The Republic of Korea Air Force's aerobatic team, the Black Eagles, performs an aerial demonstration during a press day for the 2026 Sacheon Airshow at Sacheon Air Base in South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea, on Oct. 21, 2026. The four-day airshow will take place from Oct. 22 to 25, jointly hosted by the Republic of Korea Air Force, South Gyeongsang Province, Sacheon City and Korea Aerospace Industries. October 21, 2026

Black Eagles soar at Sacheon Airshow The Republic of Korea Air Force's aerobatic team, the Black Eagles, performs an aerial demonstration during a press day for the 2026 Sacheon Airshow at Sacheon Air Base in South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea, on Oct. 21, 2026. The four-day airshow will take place from Oct. 22 to 25, jointly hosted by the Republic of Korea Air Force, South Gyeongsang Province, Sacheon City and Korea Aerospace Industries. October 21, 2026

KOSPI rebounds over 3% ahead of BOK's rate decision SEOUL, October 21 (AJP) - South Korean stocks rose 3.3 percent on Wednesday as chipmakers gained and foreign investors returned to the main market. The won also strengthened, while government bond yields fell, just a day ahead of the Bank of Korea's rate decision. The benchmark KOSPI gained 182.92 points or 3.29 percent to close at 5,735.66, recovering most of the previous day's 3.73 percent drop. It opened 2.05 percent higher at 5,666.34 and climbed as much as 4.75 percent October 21, 2026

Korea and Taiwan reap chip bounty, but currencies split the harvest SEOUL, October 21 (AJP) — Chip powerhouses South Korea and Taiwan have been enjoying a bumper harvest, but their stock and currency markets have shared unevenly in the bounty in the second half. Samsung Electronics and SK hynix, which powered a stock-buying frenzy that nearly doubled the KOSPI earlier this year, have surrendered much of their gains. The Korean benchmark’s remaining advance is now roughly half Taiwan’s 60-percent surge. In the currency market, October 21, 2026

Japanese brewers pour back into Korea SEOUL, October 21 (AJP) - Japanese beer is on track to capture nearly half of South Korea's imported beer market, with imports totaling 100 billion won (about US$70 million) in the first nine months of this year. According to statistical data released by the Korea Customs Service (KCS) on Wednesday, South Korea imported $75.22 million worth of Japanese beer between January and September, up 25 percent from a year earlier. The figure was already equivalent to about 95 percent October 21, 2026

Samsung Biologics Q3 sales jump 19% on full plant run SEOUL, October 21 (AJP) - Samsung Biologics, South Korea's largest contract drugmaker, posted an 18.5 percent jump in third-quarter revenue on Wednesday, as its four flagship plants ran at full tilt and newly added capacity in South Korea and the United States began to pay off. According to regulatory filings, consolidated revenue climbed to 1.49 trillion won ($1.12 billion) in the July to September quarter from 1.26 trillion won a year earlier. Operating profit edged up 1 pe October 21, 2026

Samsung's chip plans put schools, roads and water on Gwangju's agenda SEOUL, October 21 (AJP) - Samsung Electronics has outlined infrastructure needs for a planned semiconductor cluster in Gwangju, including international schools, wider roads and recycled wastewater facilities, according to the local government Wednesday. The requests came during a visit by officials from the Gwangju-Jeonnam Special Metropolitan Government to Samsung's Pyeongtaek semiconductor campus on Tuesday. Samsung representatives stressed the need for international or f October 21, 2026

Seoul hailed as one of world's best cities for public transport SEOUL, October 21 (AJP) - Seoul has been ranked fifth among the world's best cities for public transport by British publication TimeOut, the Seoul Metropolitan Government said on Wednesday. In its annual ranking released last week based on a survey of more than 24,000 locals worldwide, Time Out said 91.1 percent of respondents gave Seoul's public transportation system a positive rating, moving the city up three places from eighth last year. "Seoul's sprawling sub October 21, 2026

KMU partners with GEO firm to train marketers for AI era SEOUL, October 21 (AJP) - Kookmin University's business graduate school will develop courses on how brands stay visible in artificial intelligence-powered search, under a new agreement with a communications firm that specializes in the field, the university said Wednesday. Kookmin University (KMU)'s Graduate School of Business Administration signed the memorandum of understanding with Message House on Monday at its business building in Seoul. Message House designs corpo October 21, 2026