The Bureau of Immigration (BI) announced Wednesday, May 24, that it has launched a large-scale search operation to capture an alleged Korean fugitive who escaped from BI's detention center in Taguig City over the weekend. (Photo courtesy of Bureau of Immigration) The suspect, identified as...
Rhenz Abando and the Anyang KGC survived the Seoul SK Knights with a 100-97 overtime win to claim the 2022-23 Korean Basketball League in their winner-take-all Game 7 duel at the Anyang Indoor Stadium on Sunday, May 7. The Filipino import went on a scoreless outing and tallied only three rebounds...
Rhenz Abando and Anyang KGC bounced back in a dramatic way against the defending champion Seoul SK Knights, climbing from a double-digit hole en route to a 86-77 win in Game 6 to extend their best-of-seven finals series into a winner-take-all in the 2022-23 Korean Basketball League on Friday, May...
Rhenz Abando tallied his best game but Anyang KGC fell short against defending champion Seoul SK Knights, 100-91, in Game 4 of their best-of-seven finals series in the 2022-23 Korean Basketball League on Monday night, May 1, at the Jamsil Student Gymnasium. The Filipino import fired a team-high 22...
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida shakes hands with South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol. (Courtesy of the Cabinet Public Relations Office) TOKYO, Japan – Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Tuesday he plans to visit South Korea next week for talks with President Yoon Suk Yeol,...
Debuting last August 25, 2016 with the single "Chewing Gum" and a lineup of seven members Mark, Renjun, Jeno, Haechan, Jaemin, Chenle and Jisung, NCT Dream is the third sub-unit of South Korean boy band NCT. In late 2018, the group's leader Mark graduated from NCT Dream but returned in 2020 when...
SEOUL, South Korea – South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol was in hot water Tuesday after comments he made about former colonial power Japan not needing to "kneel down" to improve ties went viral on social media. Yoon, who is on a six-day state visit to the United States, has...
SEOUL, South Korea -- South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol flew to Washington Monday for a six-day state visit, as the allies move to bulk up military cooperation over North Korea's expanding nuclear threats. Pyongyang has conducted another record-breaking string of sanctions-defying launches this...
The Bureau of Immigration (BI) reported the arrest in Cagayan de Oro City of a South Korean national wanted by authorities in Seoul for allegedly swindling a compatriot in a fraudulent sale transaction. (Stock photo via Manila Bulletin) Immigration Commissioner Norman Tansingco said Park Sang Hyun,...
Petro Gazz Angels’ MJ Phillips was picked by the Gwangju Al Peppers in the 2023 Korean Volleyball Federation (KOVO) to become the only Filipino that was selected in the Women's Asian Quota draft. The two-time Premier Volleyball League best middle blocker will be taking her talents in the overseas...
One of the most celebrated Korean girl groups of this era, Itzy, returns to the Philippines a second time this year for a fan meet organized by local fashion house Bench. The five-piece group, dubbed by Korean media as “K-pop’s 4th-Generation Queens,” was just in the country last January for...
There will be no dream semifinals clash between Filipino imports RJ Abarrientos and Rhenz Abando. Abarrientos suffered a dismal outing as Ulsan Hyundai Mobis Phoebus fell at the hands of the Goyang Carrot Jumpers, 77-71, in the do-or-die Game Five of their quarterfinals series in the Korean...
