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...
Any Korean telenovela or K-pop fan would love a chance to visit, take pictures, and get into that Joseon Dynasty feels. Good news is, you can do this here in the Philippines. Bad news though, you have to wait until the lockdowns in the metro and the nearby provinces are lifted. Once travel is...
The Bureau of Immigration (BI) has deported a South Korean fugitive wanted in his own country for operating an illegal online gambling site on the Internet. (Photo by Simon Hattinga Verschure/ Unsplash) BI Commissioner Jaime Morente said that 44-year-old Park Junyoung has been flown to Incheon,...
Monsta X’s Shownu (Twitter, Monsta X’s fan cafe) K-pop boy band Monsta X’s leader Shownu, 29, enlisted in the military on July 22 to fulfill his duty as a Korean citizen. Shownu entered the Korea Army Training Center in Nonsan at about 2 p.m. sporting short hair and wearing a face mask due to...
Why standardizing food can be a good thing. And no, it’s not an attack on lola’s cooking ADOBO DEBATE The hot question of the week, 'Should the quintessential Philippine stew and other Pinoy dishes be standardized?' When I first read the news that the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI)...
The Korean community in the Philippines with the help of barangay leaders and volunteers got together and held a community pantry at the Manila Korea Town in Malate Saturday. The Korean Embassy in the Philippines is supporting Manila Korea Town’s commitment to build a community of “bayanihan”...
Monsta X’s Shownu (Instagram) K-pop boy band Monsta X’s leader Shownu, 29, will be enlisting in the military this month and will serve in the alternative service due to his health condition. Starship Entertainment, Monsta X’s agency, and Shownu both made announcements regarding the...
