BTS did it again! Gallup Korea has released the results of its Person of the Year year-end survey for 2022 to pick the Korean singers and songs that shone brightly. BTS (Weverse) The survey was conducted among 5,302 respondents in Korea composed of 2,511 people aged 13 to 39 and 2,791 people aged...
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea carried out an “important final-stage test” for the development of a spy satellite, which it will complete by April next year, state media said on Monday. The report comes a day after Seoul’s military said it had detected launches by Pyongyang of two...
Polling firm Gallup Korea has released the results of its annual Person of the Year survey to pick the TV drama stars, movie stars, sports players and entertainment broadcasters in South Korea who shone in 2022. This year, Gallup Korea conducted a survey among 1,771 Koreans aged 13 and older...
Polling firm Gallup Korea has released the results of its annual Person of the Year poll to pick the TV drama stars, movie stars, sports players and entertainment broadcasters in South Korea who shone the brightest in 2022. This year, Gallup Korea conducted a survey among 1,771 Koreans aged 13 and...
By now, Korean football player Cho Gue-sung is experiencing a surge in popularity after appearing in the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022. With his good looks, Cho Gue-sung, 24, caught the attention of World Cup fans and Korean celebrities. Korea's player No. 9 Cho Gue-sung's popularity has exploded...
Puma Korea has issued an apology after four members of K-pop boy band NCT 127 were injured, including three who were rushed to the hospital, during filming for a commercial for the brand. On Dec. 9, SM Entertainment, NCT 127’s agency, announced that NCT 127 member Jaehyun, Johnny, Jungwoo and...
Is the industry ready for the post-pandemic boom in tourism? ISLANDS IN THE SUN Paradise refound in Coron, Palawan “As of today, we’ve breached the 1.7 million foreign visitor arrivals mark projected by the Department of Tourism (DOT) before June 30,” Tourism Secretary Cristina Frasco...
TikTok Korea released its year-ender for 2022, naming the most viewed artists, top songs and artists with the most new followers on the platform for the year. "We’re honored to celebrate our global community who shaped this year's trends, shared new ideas, learned from one another, and turned...
SEOUL, South Korea -- North Korea fired a barrage of artillery shells into a maritime buffer zone on Monday, Seoul's military said, the latest in a series of launches by an increasingly belligerent Pyongyang. About 130 artillery rounds were simultaneously fired at 2:59 pm (0559 GMT) from two...
High-ranking officials of the Philippine Navy (PN) and the Republic of Korea Navy (ROKN) engaged in a productive discussion in Busan, South Korea recently which showed the “developing cooperation” between the two navies. (L-R) Commo. Jose Ma. Ambrosio Ezpleta, Philippine Navy Chief of Naval...
ZERO-FARE TRANSIT Free transport given to liberated Filipinos by the American Army There are not many days when you know a single act can be a transformative event in your life. Two months into the pandemic lockdown, which to me was a daily repetitive cycle of household chores, I decided to bite...
WASHINGTON, United States -- The United States, Japan and South Korea have imposed fresh sanctions on North Korean individuals and entities in response to Pyongyang's recent slew of missile tests. Washington's action, announced Thursday, blocks any assets of three North Korean officials in the...
