South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol said any government plan to exempt K-pop superstars BTS from military service should be based on the opinion of the public. All Korean men are required by law to enlist in the military by age 28. Through an amendment of Korea’s Military Service Act, which took...
By Ambassador of South Korea to the Philippines Kim Inchul AMBASSADOR KIM INCHUL (left) with Finance Undersecretaries Mark Dennis Joven (center), and Antonette C. Tionko (right). The widely acclaimed Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN) Law was enacted in December 2017. The Law...
The Philippines and South Korea reaffirmed to elevate their economic interaction amid the coronavirus pandemic, including the move to allow the entry of Filipino workers to the foreign country's employment permit system (EPS), the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said. Secretary of Foreign...
Two poultry farms from the Philippines have been approved by the South Korean government to export chicken to the East Asian country. In formal communication, Maria Alilia Maghirang, the country’s Agriculture Attache in Seoul, informed Agriculture Secretary William Dar of the final approval of...
Bureau of Immigration (BI) operatives have arrested a South Korean national wanted by his government for telecom fraud. Bureau of Immigration BI Commissioner Jaime Morente said 47-year-old Kim Tae Ho was picked up on Wednesday in his home in Novaliches, Quezon City by members of the bureau’s...
Operatives of the Bureau of Immigration (BI) have arrested three South Koreans who are on the agency's list of wanted fugitives and overstaying staying aliens in the Philippines. (Photo from BI Facebook page) In a report to Immigration Commissioner Jaime Morente, the BI’s fugitive search unit...
Joint operatives from the Bureau of Immigration (BI) and National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) have arrested a South Korean national wanted in his own country for large scale fraud. (Photo from BI Facebook page) BI Commissioner Jaime Morente said 61-year-old Lee Sanghun was apprehended based on...
The Parañaque City government has received donations of sacks of rice and noodles from the city's South Korean Community Association on July 8. Mayor Edwin Olivarez thanked the South Korean Community Association for its help to the city government in this time of pandemic. Olivarez said he was...
Paranaque City Mayor Edwin Olivarez received 100,000 syringe donations intended for the city government's vaccination program from a South Korean community in the city. Olivarez thanked the COSMO Medical and the South Korean community for their syringe donation. During the turnover ceremony,...
Bureau of Immigration (BI) operatives have arrested three South Korean nationals who were wanted in their country for operating illegal online gambling sites. (Photo by Simon Hattinga / Unsplash) BI Commissioner Jaime Morente said Cho Chang Joo, 26; Beom Dawon, 26; and Hong Changwoo, 29 were nabbed...
The Philippine government, through the National Water Resources Board (NWRB), has secured a deal with the government of South Korea for the establishment of the Integrated Water Resources Management Information System (IWRMIS) for the Pampanga River Basin. A statement showed that NWRB and the Korea...
The American action-thriller film “Tenet” placed first while K-pop superstars BTS’ “Break the Silence: The Movie” grabbed ninth place in the top 10 films in South Korea for the month of September. According to the Korean Film Council (KOFIC), which tracks box office results, 2.98 million...
