SEOUL, South Korea – President Yoon Suk-yeol said Thursday that South Korea must boost its preparedness to respond to airspace intrusions after the military failed to shoot down five North Korean drones that crossed the border. The Monday intrusion by the drones -- one of which flew close to the...
A deep dive into the state of content creators in Korea and the Philippines By IM Young-a MULTI-AWARDED DARK COMEDY The cast of Parasite at the 2020 Academy Awards with director Bong Joon-ho in the middle. The Korean film won best picture Recently, I attended the International Film Industry...
Bureau of Immigration (BI) agents have arrested a South Korean who is allegedly wanted in his country for telecommunications fraud. Photo by Bureau of Immigration In a statement Monday, Dec. 26, Immigration Commissioner Norman Tansingco said 40-year-old Byun Jonghyun was apprehended last week in...
The Philippines has signed an agreement with South Korea for a total loan worth 3 billion US dollars, which is earmarked for the country's infrastructure projects. Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Secretary Enrique Manalo and Korean Ambassador to the Philippines Kim In Chul signed on Wednesday...
Where are you this time on his ‘naughty or nice’ list? MONTEREY, MEXICO Julio Cesar Aguilar Lockdown’s over, even for Santa Claus. And he’s out looking for those on his “nice” list. Are you one of them? But life’s been tough and, as Morrisey in one of The Smiths’ songs “Please,...
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...
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...
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...
SEOUL, South Korea -- South Korea's capital launched its first self-driving bus route on Friday, part of an experiment which engineers said aims to make people feel more comfortable with driverless vehicles on the roads. This photo taken in Seoul on November 23, 2022 shows a bus with a blue...
Cancellation of appointments for Korean visa applicants are not allowed, South Korea’s embassy in Manila said Friday. The cancel button has been removed by Korean government on their website on Nov. 18 to prevent “fraudulent appointments.” This came as the embassy discovered that some brokers...
SEOUL, South Korea -- North Korea fired an intercontinental ballistic missile Friday, which Japan said may have had the range to hit the US mainland. People sit near a television showing a news broadcast with a file photo of a North Korean intercontinental ballistic missile on display during a...
Into Park Chan-wook’s twisted romance, Decision to Leave FATAL ATTRACTION Seo-rae and Hae-joon looking deeply at each other—one captivated by the other’s mysterious charm P ark Chan-wook might have woken up one day and decided to remake Wong Kar-Wai’s In the Mood for Love...
