SEOUL, South Korea -- North Korea fired more than 10 missiles Wednesday, including one that landed close to South Korea's waters that President Yoon Suk-yeol said was "effectively a territorial invasion". People watch a television screen showing a news broadcast with file footage of a North Korean...
THE RIGHT MOVE As we commemorate All Soul’s Day today, more than 150 families in South Korea are mourning following the deadliest stampede in their history. The district of Itaewon was jam packed with Halloween party goers last Oct. 29, and since it was the first Halloween celebration after...
SEOUL, South Korea -- South Korea is investigating the exact cause of a deadly crowd surge that killed 154 people at a Halloween event, as public outrage grows over perceived policing and crowd control failures. A man offers a flower at a joint memorial altar for victims of the deadly Halloween...
SEOUL, South Korea -- South Koreans gathered Monday at memorials honouring the 154 people killed in a crowd surge at Halloween celebrations, as authorities faced accusations that lax crowd control had caused the disaster. A man offers a bottle of an alcoholic beverage, in tribute to those who were...
No Filipino has so far been reported among the casualties from the deadly stampede in a Halloween event in Seoul's Itaewon district, the Philippine envoy to South Korea said. The bodies of victims, who were killed in a Halloween crush, are covered with sheets in the neighbourhood of Itaewon in...
SEOUL, South Korea - At least 149 people were killed and scores more were injured in a stampede at a packed Halloween event in central Seoul late Saturday, officials said, in one of South Korea's worst peacetime accidents. The bodies of victims, who were killed in a Halloween crush, are covered...
A flavorful adventure outside of Seoul and Busan awaits Awon Museum and Gallery in Wanju (left) and the omija tea Omija tea, the traditional Korean medicinal drink made from omija berries, is known to have five flavors: sweet, bitter, salty, sour, and spicy. Omija, or 오미자 in hangul, which...
TOKYO, Japan -- The United States, Japan and South Korea warned Wednesday that a North Korean nuclear test would warrant an "unprecedentedly strong response", vowing unity after a blitz of missile launches from the hermit state. Japan's Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs Takeo Mori (C), US Deputy...
Amid all the talk of Korean culture imports and “K-drama”, Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda thinks that the best solution to keeping the local creative industry afloat is to copy South Korea’s creative strategies. This, after Senator Jinggoy Estrada bared that he had considered a ban on...
The Philippines won at the 2022 K-pop Cover Dance Festival held in Seoul, South Korea. Filipino dance group Teenage was adjudged one of the three winners in the final round of the competition. The other two winners were Prism Kru from the US and The Squad Dance Crew from Thailand. Filipino dance...
Senator Jinggoy Estrada got a roasting from netizens after he suggested banning Korean telenovelas or dramas in the Philippines. Estrada made his comments during the budget hearing of the Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP) on Oct. 18. (Clockwise from top left) Senator Jinggoy...
Following the announcement by Big Hit Music that K-pop superstars BTS will be enlisting in the military , HYBE told shareholders about its plans regarding other artists in the company. HYBE is the parent company of different labels and agencies that manage artists like BTS (including Big Hit...
