(Shot by Bak Se-hwan)From early in the morning Tuesday, anti-Trump demonstrators began filling streets near Cheong Wa Dae, the presidential office, where Trump was to sit down with President Moon Jae-in for a face-to-face talk and hold a joint press conference afterward. Police officers in fluorescent green jackets were also seen patrolling and guarding key points near the presidential office, as well as the US Embassy building in Seoul and the Grand Hyatt Seoul Hotel where Trump is staying. “We

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Actor Kim Joo-hyuk, 45, died in a car crash Monday that occurred around 4:30 p.m. in Samseong-dong, Seoul, police said. Kim’s Mercedes-Benz SUV was driving along Yeongdong Daero when it hit a car and then fell down a staircase leading to an apartment building entrance.(Yonhap)Kim was rescued by firefighters and transferred to the Konkuk University Medical Center where he died around 6:30 p.m. Kim most recently played a reporter in the miniseries “Argon” in September. The second son of the late a

YONGIN, Gyeonggi Province -- If you still haven’t caught up with the virtual reality trend, Everland’s Halloween offerings could be a shock to the system.South Korea’s largest amusement park has been running since last month a horror zone filled with actors wearing zombie makeup and scary VR content to mark the Halloween season.Shot by Lim Jeong-yeo / Edited by Lim Jeong-yeo As visitors in VR goggles walk around the park’s 100,000-square-meter Blood City, they are immersed in a world of horror w

According to NK News' report, a photographer named Aram Pan, from Singapore, shot a 360-degree aerial video of Pyongyang, North Korea. Pan was permitted by the communist country’s authority to shoot the video on a microlight aircraft. A screenshot of the video via NK News on YouTube“An official (from relevant authorities) censored my footage and erased some of the photos. But still, I was able to keep 90 percent of my work,” Pan said to NK News. He also recounted that “North Korea prohibits any

Shot by Lim Jeong-yeo / Edited by Lim Jeong-yeo Numix Media Works’ Quantum VR Treadmill is a virtual reality first person shooter game that gives a realistic game experience of walking through a jungle, in the space and through a maze of monsters.The treadmill was unveiled for the first time at the NEXT Content Conference at Coex in Samseong-dong, southern Seoul on Monday and Tuesday. A visitor to the NEXT Content Conference tries out the Quantum VR Treadmill (Lim Jeong-yeo/The Korea Herald) Han

Shot by Lim Jeong-yeo / Edited by Lim Jeong-yeo The 2018 S/S HERA Seoul Fashion Week successfully wrapped up the weeklong shows at Dongdaemun Design Plaza, Saturday. A total of 184 brands participated this year, showing off 75 spring and summer collections. The events kicked off on Oct. 16 with the opening of the exhibition ‘Endless journey’ of Rubina, which encapsulates the honorary designer’s 37 years of career.Fashionistas from Taiwan captured at the 2018 S/S HERA Seoul Fashion Week (Lim Jeon

BUSAN -- The 22nd Busan Film Festival has seen numerous celebrities attending its events this year. Here’s a look at the stars that have been seen in the southeastern portside city so far. Moon Geun-young participates in an open talk with filmgoers about BIFF’s opening film “Glass Garden,” in which she plays an anxious and isolated scientist, at the Busan Cinema Center Sunday. Japanese actress Minami Hamabe, who stars in “Let Me Eat Your Pancreas,” greets audiences at the Haeundae BIFF Village S

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BUSAN -- A virtual reality theater is running 36 films at the Busan Cinema Center during this year’s Busan International Film Festival, running through Oct. 21.　Seven booths featuring the Galaxy Gear VR and Oculus Rift have been installed on the first floor of the center. Visitors watch films as they are seated on special chairs that allow them to freely view the films in every direction. Visitors lined up to experience the VR films, which are available for viewing every hour on the hour from 10

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South Korea has successfully conducted its first live-fire exercise for an advanced long-range cruise missile capable of striking North Korea’s underground military facilities and command centers, Seoul’s Air Force said Wednesday. According to the military, the Taurus missile fired from a F-15K fighter jet traveled about 400 kilometers before hitting a target on Jikdo in the West Sea on Tuesday. It flew through obstacles at a low altitude of 500 meters and rose up to 3 kilo

An 8-vehicle pileup on Cheonan-Nonsan expressway resulted in 11 casualties including a couple’s death on Saturday. At 3:55 p.m. on Saturday, an express bus rammed into the vehicle in front of it at full speed, killing a couple in their 40s and injuring 9 others. The bus did not brake after the first crash. Vehicle destroyed in the Cheonan-Nonsan Expressway collision (Yonhap)The bus driver reportedly told the police that he does not recall the moment of the collision, and that the distance betwee

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