1 Hong Kong Dollar = 157.0501 South Korean Won

1 Kuwaiti Dinar = 3943.0938 South Korean Won

1 Saudi Riyal = 324.7379 South Korean Won

1 Tunisian Dinar = 418.8155 South Korean Won

1 South African Rand = 66.4709 South Korean Won

1 Norwegian Krone = 119.3893 South Korean Won

1 Argentine Peso = 18.3504 South Korean Won

1 Moroccan Dirham = 124.1522 South Korean Won

1 US Dollar = 1219.8 South Korean Won

1 Icelandic Krona = 8.3411 South Korean Won

1 Kazakhstan Tenge = 2.8906 South Korean Won

1 Namibian Dollar = 65.827 South Korean Won

1 Israeli New Sheqel = 347.8484 South Korean Won

1 Costa Rican Colon = 2.144 South Korean Won

1 British Pound Sterling = 1513.2831 South Korean Won

1 Omani Rial = 3181.1437 South Korean Won

1 Honduran Lempira = 48.7327 South Korean Won

1 Australian Dollar = 797.0465 South Korean Won

1 Chinese Yuan Renminbi = 172.4294 South Korean Won

1 Hungarian Forint = 3.7748 South Korean Won

1 Philippine Peso = 24.1568 South Korean Won

1 Kenyan Shilling = 11.5021 South Korean Won

1 Latvian Lat = 2016.565 South Korean Won

1 Egyptian Pound = 78.3752 South Korean Won

1 Botswana Pula = 100.4422 South Korean Won

1 Bulgarian Lev = 675.6061 South Korean Won

1 Canadian Dollar = 870.198 South Korean Won

1 Euro = 1338.1808 South Korean Won

1 Mexican Peso = 51.5279 South Korean Won

1 Brazilian Real = 212.7942 South Korean Won

1 United Arab Emirates Dirham = 332.0855 South Korean Won

1 Sri Lanka Rupee = 6.5399 South Korean Won

1 Algerian Dinar = 9.5047 South Korean Won

1 Indonesian Rupiah = 0.0818 South Korean Won

1 Lithuanian Lita = 413.1078 South Korean Won

1 Nigerian Naira = 3.1277 South Korean Won

1 Czech Republic Koruna = 48.5346 South Korean Won

1 Bolivian Boliviano = 176.8934 South Korean Won

1 Japanese Yen = 11.4346 South Korean Won

The Korean shipbuilding industry is one of the top global players, leading by value and second only to China by volume. However, the global economic crisis has dented its finances and it now faces serious challenges to set itself back on a solid footing.

The governor of a province that surrounds Seoul ordered the two-week shutdowns of all nightclubs, hostess bars and other similar entertainment facilities in his province to guard against a possible new surge in coronavirus cases. Lee Jae-myung, the Gyeonggi province governor, announced the steps Sunday, a day after Seoul shut down more 2,100 nightclubs, hostess bars and discos in the capital city as dozens of fresh infections linked to clubgoers have been reported in recent days. The province and Seoul form the Seoul metropolitan area, where about half of South Korea's 51 million people reside. Earlier Sunday, South Korea reported 34 additional virus cases over the past 24 hours, the first time the country's daily jump has marked above 30 in about a month. Health authorities said that 24 of the 34 cases were those who had visited clubs in Seoul's Itaewon entertainment neighborhood in the past several days or people who came in contact with them later. New cases linked to the Itaewon ..

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The entrance to the planned 17,000 sq.-foot Korean American National Museum to be built in Koreatown. ; Credit: Morphosis Architects

The Korean American National Museum is on pace to break ground next year on the corner of Vermont and Sixth.

New designs unveiled this week show an airy, modern-looking building that will include elements of Korean design and house photographs and other artifacts.  

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Embattled Korean Resource Center board president DJ Yoon takes interviews in a photo dated February 2014. ( ; Credit: Korean Resource Center via Flickr

In Los Angeles, another Asian American civil rights organization is in upheaval. A month after major layoffs at Asian Americans Advancing Justice-Los Angeles, the Korean Resource Center has lost more than half of its staff.  

The Korean Resource Center  is a leading advocate for low-income and undocumented Koreans. Its organizers worked on flipping Orange County from red to blue. Its legal staff provides free aid to immigrants. But 18 people have left in recent weeks, many upset with board president DJ Yoon and his management style. 

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Hackers have hidden malware in a legitimate two-factor authentication (2FA) app for macOS to distribute Dacls, a remote access trojan associated with the North Korean Lazarus group. [...]

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