No Filipino has so far been reported among the casualties from the deadly stampede in a Halloween event in Seoul's Itaewon district, the Philippine envoy to South Korea said. The bodies of victims, who were killed in a Halloween crush, are covered with sheets in the neighbourhood of Itaewon in...
SEOUL, South Korea - At least 149 people were killed and scores more were injured in a stampede at a packed Halloween event in central Seoul late Saturday, officials said, in one of South Korea's worst peacetime accidents. The bodies of victims, who were killed in a Halloween crush, are covered...
UNITED NATIONS, United States -- The world is holding its breath over the possibility that North Korea might undertake a nuclear bomb test, the director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency said Thursday. "Everybody is holding its breath about this, because another nuclear test would...
A flavorful adventure outside of Seoul and Busan awaits Awon Museum and Gallery in Wanju (left) and the omija tea Omija tea, the traditional Korean medicinal drink made from omija berries, is known to have five flavors: sweet, bitter, salty, sour, and spicy. Omija, or 오미자 in hangul, which...
TOKYO, Japan -- The United States, Japan and South Korea warned Wednesday that a North Korean nuclear test would warrant an "unprecedentedly strong response", vowing unity after a blitz of missile launches from the hermit state. Japan's Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs Takeo Mori (C), US Deputy...
SEOUL, South Korea -- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has sent his "warmest congratulations" to Chinese President Xi Jinping on securing a third term as head of China's ruling Communist Party, state media reported Sunday. This undated photo released by North Korea's official Korean Central News...
Amid all the talk of Korean culture imports and “K-drama”, Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda thinks that the best solution to keeping the local creative industry afloat is to copy South Korea’s creative strategies. This, after Senator Jinggoy Estrada bared that he had considered a ban on...
The Philippines won at the 2022 K-pop Cover Dance Festival held in Seoul, South Korea. Filipino dance group Teenage was adjudged one of the three winners in the final round of the competition. The other two winners were Prism Kru from the US and The Squad Dance Crew from Thailand. Filipino dance...
Senator Jinggoy Estrada got a roasting from netizens after he suggested banning Korean telenovelas or dramas in the Philippines. Estrada made his comments during the budget hearing of the Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP) on Oct. 18. (Clockwise from top left) Senator Jinggoy...
Following the announcement by Big Hit Music that K-pop superstars BTS will be enlisting in the military , HYBE told shareholders about its plans regarding other artists in the company. HYBE is the parent company of different labels and agencies that manage artists like BTS (including Big Hit...
Big Hit Music has revealed on Oct. 17 that all members of Grammy-nominated group BTS will enlist in the military as part of the mandatory duty of all Korean male citizens. “BIGHIT MUSIC is proud to announce today that the members of BTS are currently moving forward with plans to fulfill...
President Marcos has met executives from telecommunications companies Converge ICT and South Korean telco giant KT Corporation to discuss improving the Philippines' internet services. President Marcos meets executives from South Korean telco giant KT Corporation in Malacañang on October 14,...
