Five Korean films have been invited to the 47th Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), which will be held from Sept. 8 to 18. The TIFF announced the 63 films included in its 2022 Official Selection consisting of 18 Galas and 45 Special Presentations. Korean films invited to the 2022 TIFF are...
Universal Robina Corporation (URC), the food and beverage unit of the Gokongwei Group, reported a 24 percent drop in net income to P6.5 billion for the first half of 2022 from P8.5 billion in the same period last year due to gains from the sale of assets in 2021. In a disclosure to the Philippine...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) has started mobilizing its personnel who will assist mostly in road-clearing operations in Northern Luzon. This, as several roads, particularly in Cordillera Administrative Region, were rendeered impassable due to landslides that were triggered by the 7.0...
Universal Robina Corporation (URC), one of the Philippines’ largest food and beverage companies, is setting even more ambitious goals for its human resources, operations, products and processes. In a statement, URC said it is looking at reducing the amount of energy and water it uses to...
Netflix’s “Squid Game” made history when it bagged 14 nominations at the 74th Emmy Awards that will be held on Sept. 12. “Squid Game” received a nomination for Outstanding Drama Series, becoming the first Korean and non-English series to be nominated in the category. ...
This is Ricardo “Ricky” Lee’s response when he was honored as one of the newest national artists (Film and Broadcast Arts) at the Cultural Center of the Philippines on June 29, 2022. “Ang karangalang ito ay para sa anak kong si Kiko at sa mga apo kong sina Aika at Ace, sa mga nag-nominate...
Three members of K-pop boy band Stray Kids have tested positive while on their world tour in the US. JYP Entertainment announced on July 3 “that Stray Kids members Lee Know, Felix, and I.N have tested positive for Covid-19 on July 2nd (local time).” Stray Kids are in the US for their second...
AGRI Party-list Representative Wilbert T. Lee (Photo taken from the LKY Group of Companies Website) A long-time advocate of the agriculture sector, Wilbert T. Lee is the representative of AGRI partylist, also known as AGRI-AGRA Na Reporma Para Sa Magsasaka ng Pilipinas in the 19th Congress. The...
Apple TV+’s “Pachinko” has been nominated for the 2022 Humanitas Prizes. The prizes “are awarded to honor film and television writers whose work explores the human condition in a nuanced and meaningful way,” according to organizer Humanitas. Kim Minha and Lee Min-ho in "Pachinko" (Apple...
Photo by Pixabay from Pexels. There is a global wheat shortage. The Philippine Association of Flour Millers, Inc. (PAFMI) mainly attributes this to the war between Russia and Ukraine, which collectively supply a third of the global wheat supply. Wheat exports from Ukraine are blocked by the Russian...
The president of the Korea Singers Association (KSA) and former college classmate of BTS’ Jin urged the Grammy-nominated K-pop group not to pursue their decision to take a break group activities to focus on solo careers. Singer Lee Ja-yeon, 63, the seventh president of KSA, issued a statement on...
Korean actress Lee Hanee (aka Honey Lee), star of the drama “One the Woman,” gave birth to her first baby. “We bring you the good news that actress Lee Hanee gave birth to her daughter at a hospital somewhere in Seoul yesterday (June 20),” announced Saram Entertainment, her agency, on...
