An explosion and fire at a Hanwha Aerospace plant in Daejeon killed five workers and injured two others, authorities said Monday. Under the Serious Accidents Punishment Act, executives of the company could face penalties if the explosion is found to be the result of safety failures. Police and...
Ella Cruz is back in Philippine showbiz after spending months exploring career opportunities in South Korea, a journey she says helped her grow both personally and professionally. Marking her acting comeback through the Viva Movie Box vertical series Borrowed Life , Ella opened up about her...
The Philippines and Japan have moved closer to a landmark defense equipment deal that could see retired Japanese warships and a patrol aircraft transferred to the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP). This as the Philippine government pressed ahead with efforts to expand security ties with...
Gen. Jose Melencio C. Nartatez, Jr., chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), wants to have a piece of South Korean anti-crime measures in terms of police modernization, particularly on crime data management systems. The statement was buoyed by the partnership with the Korea International...
K-pop stars BTS, G-Dragon and BLACKPINK, soccer player Son Heung-min and trot singer Lim Young-woong led Forbes Korea 's 2026 Power Celebrity 40 list. The Power Celebrity 40 rankings were based on income (50 percent), media mentions (15 percent), social media influence (15 percent), and fan...
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea launched an unidentified projectile off its west coast Tuesday, South Korea 's military said, in what appeared to be the North 's latest weapons test this year. A brief dispatch from South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff gave no further details. It...
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean retail tycoon Chung Yong-jin on Tuesday issued his second apology in two weeks as Starbucks’ local operation faces a backlash over a recent marketing campaign that was widely perceived as mocking victims of a bloody military crackdown on pro-democracy...
By Hankookilbo Jang Won-young of K-pop girl group IVE is once again drawing attention for her “young and rich” lifestyle after revealing part of her luxury Seoul home on social media — including a designer couch estimated to cost hundreds of thousands of dollars. On Thursday, Jang uploaded...
The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) and South Korea’s National Fire Agency signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on Friday, May 22, to deepen cooperation on fire protection, disaster response, and public safety programs that have already sent Filipino firefighters to specialized training...
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Management and union leaders at Samsung Electronics failed to reach a last-minute deal over wages Wednesday, raising prospects for a strike at the South Korean electronics giant that could rattle global semiconductor supplies and the country 's trade-dependent...
Tax authorities in South Korea have seized an apartment owned by actress Kim Sa-rang , the former Miss Korea winner best known for the drama " Secret Garden. " Korean media outlet Ilyo Shinmun reported on May 15 that the Samsung Tax Office under South Korea’s National Tax Service seized an...
A hammock-inspired public rest installation by the Seoul Metropolitan Government has won the Main Prize in the Urban Design category at the Red Dot Design Award 2026, one of the world 's three most prestigious design honors alongside Germany 's iF Design Award and the U.S. IDEA Design...
