As the presidential election gets closer, candidates have picked up the pace of campaigning in the hope of reaching out to a dwindling pool of malleable voters. Polls continue to show a tight race between Lee Jae-myung and Yoon Suk-yeol, with Ahn Cheol-soo and Sim Sang-jung far behind. Since Lee and Yoon received their nominations, polls have been remarkably stable. As of this writing, Yoon has a slight lead, but within the margin of error in most polls. Since democratization in 1987, South Kor

BRUSSELS (AP) --NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg warned Thursday that the military alliance would defend every inch of its territory should Russia attack a member country, as he slammed Moscow for launching a brutal act of war on Ukraine.    Russia launched a wide-ranging attack on its neighbor, hitting cities and bases with airstrikes or shelling. Ukraine's government said Russian tanks and troops rolled across the border and accused Moscow of unleashing a "full-scale war

Anheuser-Busch InBev, the Belgian brewing giant and the parent company of South Korea’s largest beer manufacturer Oriental Brewery, said Wednesday that it has won the creative marketer of the year award at the Cannes Lions 2022. Cannes Lions is the world’s largest advertising awards festival. Since 1992, the top honor has been awarded to companies as prominent as Apple, Coca Cola, Google, Samsung Electronics and Microsoft, for demonstrating creative excellence. This year, the honor

Another South Korean woman who was forced into sexual slavery by Japan during World War II has died, the gender equality ministry said Thursday, reducing the total number of the country's registered surviving victims to 12.    The woman, whose name was withheld, died on Feb. 17, according to the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family. Other information, including her age, was not available.    The bereaved family notified the government of her death after completing funera

We turn to literature to understand ourselves and others, across boundaries of time, space, and culture. When fictional characters reveal the whole, unvarnished truth of their lives, it can be a mirror to our own. Readers may experience such moments of recognition while reading “The Future of Silence: Fiction by Korean Women,” a collection of nine short stories spanning five decades from the 1970s to 2010s. In them, women find themselves in situations ranging from the Kafkaesque t

   　 (G)I-dle uploaded an artwork Thursday to share the news that it will put out its first studio album on March 14. 　 The teaser image themed after a shooting target spelled out “I Never Die.” 　 It has been over a year since the group released its fourth EP “I Burn.” It also is the first new album since it reorganized into a five-member act since Soojin left following a bullying rumor when she was in school. 　 In the meantime, claims were made online tha