On Chuseok, Yoon hosts a luncheon meeting with Korean atomic explosion victims in Hiroshima.

On the occasion of the Chuseok holiday, President Yoon Suk Yeol convened a luncheon with a group of Korean victims of the 1945 atomic bombing in Hiroshima.

The meeting at Cheong Wa Dae's Yeongbin-gwan guesthouse with 42 atomic bombing victims and family members from Japan and 43 oth...

Teacher wounded in latest South Korean knife attack at school

South Korean police have taken into custody a suspect believed to have wounded a high school teacher with a knife on Friday in Daejeon. This is the second apparent random knife attack in the country in the past two days.

The only description provided by the Daejeon Metropolitan Police A...

The 8 Korean models that are tearing up the runways throughout the world

Models from South Korea have also become increasingly prominent in the international fashion industry alongside their country's K-pop and K-drama stars. Find out more about these eight models that are either on their way up or have already made it to the top of the fashion industry while also...

For a Chinese COVID-19 escapee, the government has threatened "stern punishment."

A Chinese national infected with COVID-19 is returned to his hotel in Incheon on Thursday after being transferred there from Seoul two days earlier at the request of the Korean health authority. Before he could be admitted to the isolation ward, he escaped.  A Chinese national infected with ...

Gains in LG's market capitalization have been the highest among major companies.

With Chairman Koo Kwang-mo at the helm, the South Korean conglomerate LG has been able to outpace its larger competitors Samsung, SK, and Hyundai Motor in terms of overall market value growth over the past year thanks to its focus on change, innovation, and the development of new growth engines. ...

Is there hope for Korean movies in April's releases? Movies to watch out for this April

Hollywood and Japanese films have continued to break box office records in the first quarter of 2023, while Korean films have been struggling. In February, the top two movies were "The First Slam Dunk," a Japanese anime, and "Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania," a Marvel superh...

11 cute Korean outfits you have to wear in 2023

In the last few years, Korean fashion trends have become a lot more popular than they used to be. Everyone now has cute Korean clothes in their Instagram feeds and on their Pinterest boards. If you think about it, the rise in popularity of K-pop idols and Korean dramas can explain the rise in pop...

Top 8 most attractive masculine Korean celebrities

Numerous contemporary sectors, from music and film to fashion and beauty, have felt the extraordinary influence of Korean celebrities. As more and more foreign companies compete for endorsement deals with the biggest names in K-pop and K-drama, the rest of the world is beginning to take notice of...

After twelve years, Bong Joon-ho returns to the Florence Korean Film Festival

For the first time in 12 years, South Korean superstar director Bong Joon-ho will visit the Florence Korean Film Festival.

According to the festival's organiser, Taegeukgi Cultural Association, Bong will take part in a master class on April 6 at the festival, which presents Korean m...

Netflix South Korean drama The Fabulous, starring Chae Soo-bin and Minho, which is a shallow story about the fashion industry that needs some alterations.

When high culture and high jinks meet, the result is incandescent. Starring Chae Soo-bin and Minho of the K-pop boy band Shinee, The Fabulous is a drama about young professionals. This new Netflix original series follows in the footsteps of Sex and the City in its emphasis on hedonism and materia...

The Korean Stock Market Is Expected to Raise in 2023, and You Need to Know How to Invest in It.

This closed-end fund has outperformed its benchmark over the past decade and trades at a significant discount of almost 15%. The expense ratio is also reasonable. When compared to international stock markets, Korean stocks have a forward price-to-earnings ratio that is relatively low. In addition...

The IPO for SK Pharm TECO has been delayed until 2024.

On Wednesday, key officials from the firm and SK affiliates indicated that owing to market volatility, the IPO of SK pharm TECO, a California-based contract research and manufacturing organization under Korean conglomerate SK Inc., will be delayed at least until 2024. CEO of SK pharm TECO Joerg A...

The Korean government is pursuing third-party reparations for Japan's wartime atrocities.

Reparations for Koreans who were forced into war labour by Japanese colonial authorities between 1910 and 1945 have been all but abandoned by the Korean government. A representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Thursday during an open forum on the issue at the National Assembly in S...

The use of drones by the South Korean military in an attack on the North was justified as a "exercise in self-defence,"

On Monday, the opposition party claimed that South Korean drones dispatched to North Korea violated the inter-Korean peace. The military, however, said that the South was only exercising its right to self-defence. Five North Korean drones violated a 2018 military deal agreed between the two sides...

Creating a bright future for South Korean chemical firms

South Korean chemical firms had a large global presence. They succeeded successfully due to operational excellence, the benefits of strong regional demand, and a conglomerate structure that gave prospects for growth. However, South Korean chemical businesses confront enormous problems today. Mark...

There are new possibilities in Korea's chemical industry.

Four Korean chemical titans (LG Chem, Lotte Chemical, SK Innovation, and Hanwha Chemical) are included in the annual American Chemical Society study of the Global Top 50 Chemical Companies. Korea has the sixth largest chemical market in the world (ACS). As Korea works to diversify and advance its...

A British mediator proposes a solution to the Korean conflict

After two failed summits between Pyongyang and Washington, North Korea has refused to communicate for the past three years, instead focusing on nuclear weapons development.

This predicament foreshadows a dark future for the Korean Peninsula and the rest of the globe. The possibilities o...

North Korea launches 130 artillery projectiles into the eastern and western "buffer zones": The South Korean military

North Korea launched 130 artillery projectiles into eastern and western marine "buffer zones" on Monday, in breach of a 2018 bilateral military agreement, according to Seoul's defense authorities, during live-fire drills between South Korea and the United States in a border region.<...

The LTI Korea Translation Award demonstrates the global explosion in Korean literature

On Monday, the Literature Translation Institute of Korea (LTI Korea) presented the winners of its annual translation awards, honoring excellence in translation and contributions to the promotion of Korean literature across the world.

The 20th LTI Korean Translation Award went to E.J. Ko...

Huawei the IT giant has decided to go greener with their Korean Business Partners

Executives from Huawei Technologies Korea stated Thursday that the company remains dedicated to working with its partners to develop green and low-carbon technologies in order to achieve carbon neutral goals.

At a press conference held at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Seoul at the end of the...