A growing number of younger South Koreans are investing in art as stocks and pricey real estate lose allure.
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The average price of an apartment in Seoul has doubled in five years despite government efforts to cool the market.
Small businesses in Asia’s fourth-largest economy are grappling with surging prices of flour and cooking oil.
Presidential candidate’s pledge to build shopping complex spotlights regionalism and suspicion of big business.
Asia’s fourth-largest economy is overcoming a historical aversion to financial assets and embracing the stock market.
![More South Koreans are getting into the stock market as prices of other assets such as real estate soar out of reach [File: Kim Hong-Ji/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/2015-12-30T120000Z_1766743032_D1BESEGFAHAA_RTRMADP_3_SOUTHKOREA-ECONOMY.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Digital manga subscription service Piccoma was the third-highest earning app in the world in 2021.
![South Korean webtoons are gaining growing popularity overseas [Courtesy of Subin Kim]](/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/DSC00780.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Restaurants, cafes, bars and gyms must close by 9pm until at least January 16 under latest pandemic restrictions.
