K-pop boy band ASTRO member Jinjin tested positive for coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the latest Korean celebrity to get infected with the virus. “On Sept. 16, Jinjin of ASTRO, an artist belonging to our agency, was in poor physical condition and immediately underwent COVID-19 PCR test just in...
A Seoul court found Korean actor Ha Jung-woo, star of the films “Ashfall” and “Along with the Gods,” guilty of illegal use of propofol, a psychoactive sleep anesthetic drug. During a hearing on Sept. 14, the Seoul Central District Court issued a decision and imposed a fine of 30 million won...
South Korean President Moon Jae-in met K-pop superstars BTS at Cheong Wa Dae, or Blue House, on Sept. 14 but what generated a lot of buzz was what was given to them. During the ceremony, Moon personally gave each BTS member a diplomatic passport and fountain pen as a gift. (Clockwise from top) BTS...
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected a lot of businesses, more so for those in the tourism industry. More than one year in, hotels and resorts are not able to operate at a full capacity due to a series of lockdowns and travel restrictions. But all is not lost in the tourism sector. Some of the...
A 30-year-old Filipina was detained by South Korean police Monday for allegedly killing a three-year-old son of a member of the United States Forces in Korea (USFK) and told the police she did it because the child was possessed by an evil spirit. The police in Pyeongtaek City, Gyeonggi Province in...
Brillante Mendoza and a scene in “GenSan Punch” (Instagram, BIFF) Acclaimed Filipino director Brillante Mendoza is nominated for an award at the 26th Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) slated to be held from Oct. 6 to 15 in Busan, South Korea. The BIFF announced on Sept. 6 that Mendoza is...
The first batch of trains that will be deployed for the Metro Rail Transit Line 7 (MRT-7) project is expected to arrive in the country by the first week of September, Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Arthur Tugade said. In a Facebook post, Tugade said these trains, consisting of six...
(Clockwise from top left) BTS, Brave Girls, Kim So-hyun, Yoo Jae-suk, Kim Sook, Mamamoo’s Hwasa and Yang Se-hyung (Twitter, Instagram) KBS2’s drama “River Where the Moon Rises,” BTS and Brave Girls won at the 48th Korea Broadcasting Awards (KBA). On Sept. 2, organizer Korea Broadcasters...
(Clockwise from top left) BTS, BLACKPINK, NCT Dream, Seventeen, GOT7’s BamBam and Mamamoo (Twitter) BTS, BLACKPINK, NCT Dream, Seventeen and GOT7’s BamBam topped the celebrity category of the 2021 Korea Power YouTuber 100 list. Forbes Korea revealed the list, stating that as media shifts from...
SEOUL, South Korea -- Nuclear-armed North Korea appears to have restarted its plutonium-producing reprocessing reactor in a "deeply troubling" development, the UN atomic agency has said, a possible sign Pyongyang is expanding its banned weapons program. Close-up of Radiochemical Laboratory complex,...
Korean actor Ji Chang-wook (Instagram) Korean actor Ji Chang-wook, 34, has been cured of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and has resumed his activities. Last July 26, Glorious Entertainment, the actor’s agency, said, “ Ji Chang-wook tested positive for COVID-19 . We are working on...
PYONGYANG, North Korea -- The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Tuesday urged the US military to leave South Korea, pledging to build up the DPRK's nuclear weapons in response to the upcoming joint U.S.-South Korea military drills. Kim Jong Un, top leader of the Democratic People's...
