South Korea's military reported 19 additional COVID-19 cases Friday, down nine from a day earlier, bringing the total caseload among its personnel to 2,264. Two Army conscripts based in Paju, north of Seoul, contracted the virus after one of their fellows was infected. An officer stationed at a unit under the direct control of the ministry in Seoul and an Army conscript stationed in Pyeongtaek, some 70 kilometers south of the capital city, also tested positive following a case at their bases.

More than half of South Koreans believe an inter-Korean summit at the Beijing Winter Olympics, slated for February, will not be possible, a survey showed Friday. According to the survey on 1,000 adults by the Peaceful Unification Advisory Council on Nov. 20 and 21, 53.9 percent said an inter-Korean summit during the Winter Olympics would not be possible, while 40.1 percent said it would be. South Korea has sought to use the Beijing Games to create fresh momentum for the resumption of stalled d

Hyundai Motor Group said Friday that its fully electric model Ioniq 5 has been picked as the German car of the year.  The judges, comprised of 20 automotive journalists working in Germany, evaluated the vehicle based on categories including practicality, driving performance, innovation, market fit as well as a separate riding test.  A total of 45 newly released cars competed for this year’s award. Except Ioniq 5, Peugeot 308, Kia EV6, Audi E-Tron GT and Porsche 911 GT3 made i

  Former South Korea international Choi Yong-soo will make his Gangwon FC coaching debut against his former team, FC Seoul, in the K League 1 on Sunday, but there's much more riding for Choi than just trying to get his first win over familiar faces. When Choi was hired on Nov. 16, he was immediately tasked with trying to rescue Gangwon FC from being relegated to the second-tier K League 2 next year. With two matches left this season, Gangwon FC are in 11th place, second from the bottom, w

South Korea's Air Force chief will visit Colombia and Peru next week as part of military diplomacy focusing largely on strengthening arms industry cooperation with the South American countries, his office said Friday. During his visit to the Colombian capital city of Bogota, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Park In-ho will attend the Expodefensa 2021, one of the largest defense exhibitions in the region. Park also plans to separately hold talks with Colombian Defense Minister Diego Molano Aponte

  단어가 겉으로 보기에 쉽다고 다 쉬운 것은 아니다. 우리가 알고 있다고 생각하는 단어인데 정작 정확한 뜻을 모르는 표현들이 적지 않다. 오늘은 쉬운 단어로 되어있는 어려운 표현을 정리해보자! 1. 과거 분사로 사용될 때 헷갈리는 단어들 우리가 ground라고 하면 땅을 생각하기 쉬운데 ground beef, ground coffee는 무슨 의미일까? 땅 소고기, 땅 커피? 절대 아니다! 이 경우에 ground는 ‘갈다’라는 뜻을 가진 동사 grind의 과거 분사형이지, 땅을 뜻하는 명사 ground가 아니다. 뜻도, 용도도 다른데 겉 모습이 같으니 헷갈릴 수 있다. 그래서 ground beef는 갈아서 다진 소고기, ground coffee는 가루 커피라는 뜻이다.  ground는 외출을 금지시킨다는 의미의 타동사로 사용되기도 한다. 동사 변화는 ground-grounded-grounded이다. 이 단어와 관련해서 자주 사용 되는 표

South Korea's new coronavirus cases stayed below 4,000 for the second straight day Friday, but critical cases rose to a record high amid worries the virus could quickly spread under eased social distancing rules. The country reported 3,901 new COVID-19 cases, including 3,882 local infections, raising the total caseload to 432,901, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA). The number was down from 3,938 on Thursday. It was also down from 4,115 reported Wednesday, whic

South Korean stocks opened lower Friday, largely as investors worry over the escalating coronavirus situation. The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (Kospi) fell 3.02 points, or 0.1 percent, to 2,977.25 points in the first 15 minutes of trading. The Kospi started off weak amid losses on the chemical and tech heavyweights. Market bellwether Samsung Electronics edged down 0.14 percent, No. 2 chipmaker SK hynix traded flat, and internet portal operator Naver lost 1.13 percent. Pharmac

Foreign ownership of South Korean land expanded 1.3 percent in the first half of the year from six months earlier, the land ministry said Friday. Foreigners owned 256.7 square kilometers of land here as of end-June, up 3.39 million square meters from the end of December last year, according to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport. The amount accounts for 0.26 percent of South Korea's total land area and is slightly more than four times the size of Manhattan in New York. The valu

Korean American photojournalist Hyungwon Kang shares “unforgettable images about Korean culture and history” at an exhibition at the Canon Gallery in southern Seoul, which kicked off Tuesday. Kang is the winner of two Pulitzer Prizes, one in 1993 for his coverage of the 1992 Los Angeles riots for the Los Angeles Times and one in 1999 for his coverage of the Bill Clinton impeachment and the Clinton-Lewinsky scandal for the Associated Press. The award-winning photojournalist came

During weeks like last week, the pursuit of justice feels more like chasing clouds blindfolded. Friday’s “not guilty” verdict in the Kyle Rittenhouse trial wasn’t altogether surprising -- especially after Judge Bruce Schroeder said he wouldn’t allow the people Rittenhouse shot and killed to be called victims. But it still felt like a gut punch knowing the prosecution wasn’t allowed to show a video in which Rittenhouse reportedly said he wish he had a gun so h

  Lotte Group has hired Kim Sang-hyun, former vice president of market rival Homeplus, to lead Lotte Shopping, which controls all the group’s retail business, officials said Thursday. The group’s hotel department will be led by Ahn Se-jin, former CEO of the Korean restaurant chain Nolboo. Kim Gyo-hyun, former head of Lotte Chemical, was promoted to vice president in recognition of his achievements in restoring the fortunes of the group’s chemical business to pre-pandemic

Tech giant’s chief strategist Cho Joo-wan will double as CEO

Starting Saturday, some 260 Sakhalin Koreans -- ethnic Koreans who were forced to relocate to the far-eastern Russian island by their Japanese colonizers during World War II -- are set to arrive in their ancestral homeland, the Foreign Ministry said Thursday.  The repatriation is in accordance with legislation that took effect in January, which expanded the eligibility criteria for relocation and financial support from the South Korean government for Sakhalin Koreans.  Previously,