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The film 'The Man Who Lives with the King' surpassed a cumulative 9 million admissions on March 2, 2026, just 27 days after its release. On Samil Independence Day alone, 817,000 people visited theaters — breaking the all-time single-day record since opening — and at this pace, the film is all but certain to reach 10 million within the first week of March.
Nineteen years after Google's first request in 2007, the South Korean government has conditionally approved the overseas export of 1:5000 high-precision map data. Despite a triple safeguard of military facility masking, coordinate restrictions, and domestic server processing, this decision marks a historic inflection point where US-Korea trade negotiations, domestic IT competitiveness, and national security concerns all converge.
President Lee Jae-myung declared, 'Whether buying or selling a home is an individual's freedom — but whether it results in profit or loss is for the government to decide,' signaling a sweeping shift in real estate policy targeting both multi-home owners and speculative single-home holders. By listing his own Bundang apartment, held for 29 years, at ₩2.9 billion, he sent a powerful warning signal to the market ahead of the May 9th expiration of the capital gains tax surcharge moratorium.
President Lee Jae-myung nominated four-term Democratic Party lawmaker Park Hong-geun as Minister of the Planning and Budget Ministry on March 2nd. Coming 38 days after the withdrawal of the previous nominee Lee Hye-hoon, the appointment of Park — widely regarded as a 'policy and budget expert' — marks the end of a key cabinet vacancy at the heart of the Lee government's economic control tower.
K-beauty home beauty device exports surged 75% year-on-year in February 2026, reaching $18.12 million. APR's AGE-R surpassing 6 million units sold and a ninefold explosion in Japan exports signal that the anti-aging boom is thrusting K-beauty to the frontlines of a hardware war.
The US and South Korea will commence Freedom Shield exercises from March 9–19. While field training exercises have been dramatically reduced to 22 sessions — just one-third of last year's FS — the Korean Peninsula security paradox deepens as the Iran crisis, North Korean backlash, and the ticking clock of OPCON transfer all converge.
Actor Kim Yong-gun appeared on tvN's 'Joseon's Matchmaker' and said his son Ha Jung-woo 'started bringing up marriage after seeing his nephew,' sending the keyword to #5 on real-time search charts. Amid swirling 'July wedding' rumors following the couple's official relationship confirmation in February, the father's public comment is being read as a near-certain signal.
U.S.-Israel airstrikes on Iran (Feb. 28) killed Supreme Leader Khamenei and triggered the closure of major airports in the UAE, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia. With Emirates, Etihad, and Qatar Airways suspending all flights, hundreds of Korean tourists found themselves stranded with no way home, while 57 Koreans in Israel set out on a land evacuation to Egypt.
9 million admissions in just 27 days. Director Jang Hang-jun's 'The Man Who Lives with the King' dominated theaters over the March 1st Independence Day holiday and is racing toward becoming 2026's first 10-million film. We dissect the box-office phenomenon created by the stellar performances of Yoo Hae-jin and Park Ji-hoon, the tragic narrative of King Danjong, and the multi-viewing craze.
LG Energy Solution, Samsung SDI, and SK On are making a full pivot to AI data center and humanoid robot batteries at 'InterBattery 2026' (March 11–13, COEX), moving past the EV slump. The robot battery market is forecast to grow from $2.9 billion in 2026 to $4.7 billion in 2030, at a CAGR of 12.5%.
Despite record-breaking profits driven by a semiconductor super-cycle in 2026, Samsung Electronics is on the verge of a second general strike. Disagreements over the OPI (excess profit bonus) calculation method led the joint bargaining committee to file for mediation with the National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC), with the second mediation session on March 3rd as the decisive turning point.
Bucheon FC 1995, making their first-ever K League 1 appearance after qualifying through the promotion playoff, pulled off a massive upset in their opening match by beating defending champions Jeonbuk Hyundai 3-2. Gallego's 2 goals and 1 assist flipped the game, and Bucheon under manager Lee Young-min have instantly emerged as a dark horse for the 2026 season.