South Korea’s leading classical music event, the Tongyeong International Music Festival, kicked off on March 30 with the theme, “Beyond Borders.” The 21st edition of the festival, led by Korean composer Chin Un-suk as the music director for the second year, runs until April 9, and features renowned domestic and international musicians and a unique program. Pianist Kim Sun-wook performs with the Tongyeong Festival Orchestra, conducted by David Robertson in the packed Tongyeong

The Korea Herald’s Chief of Advertisement Sales Team Park Seung-hwan (second from left) receives the Korean Association of Newspapers award in the celebration of the 67th Newspaper Day at Korea Press Center in central Seoul on Thursday. The meeting was jointly held by the Korean Association of Newspapers, the Korea News Editors’ Association and the Journalists Association of Korea. (The Korea Herald)

The Ioniq 6, Hyundai Motor Company's all-electric vehicle, took home the World Car of the Year honor at the award ceremony held at the New York International Auto Show on Wednesday. The victory marked the second consecutive win for the carmaker after its predecessor, the Ioniq 5, was given the same award a year ago. The Ioniq 6 also won the World Electric Vehicle and World Car Design of the Year, given by a jury of 100 automotive journalists from 32 countries.

The signboard of a Chinese restaurant is seen in Myeong-dong, central Seoul, on Wednesday. The average price of a bowl of jajangmyeon, or noodles in black bean sauce, has soared more than 60 times to 6,361 won ($5) over the past five decades, according to market tracker Korea Price Information Corp. Over the last five years alone, the price has jumped 26.9 percent largely due to growing ingredient prices.

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol (center), Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Jae-yong (third from left) and other government and company officials pose for a photo at Samsung Display’s Asan Campus in Gyeonggi Province on Tuesday in celebration of the tech giant’s new 4.1 trillion won ($3.1 billion) investment into upgrading production lines of high-end display panels by 2026. Samsung said its planned investment could help facilitate related industrial ecosystems as well as the loc

Hyundai Motor Group won two awards at Newsweek’s World’s Greatest Auto Disruptors awards held Tuesday. Chief Creative Officer Luc Donckerwolke (right) was named the disruptor designer of the year, while Genesis House New York, a flagship luxury showroom, won the disruptor marketing of the year award. Last year, Executive Chair Chung Euisun was given the top visionary of the year award.

Genesis, Hyundai Motor Group's premium auto brand, unveiled its first coupe sports utility vehicle -- GV80 Coupe Concept -- at the Genesis House in New York on Monday. The carmaker said the GV80 Coupe Concept is developed to fit various lifestyles by combining practicality and sportiness based on the design philosophy of athletic elegance.

Carbon Free 100 & Renewable Energy 100, a non-profit organization dedicated to achieving carbon neutrality by 2050, gathered at Seoul National University's Faculty Club Convention Hall on Thursday to hold its first general meeting along with a technical seminar. Over 100 attendees including President Yoo Seong-yub shared ideas and opinions about tackling climate change through education and transitioning to renewable energy.

  GREEN APPLE -- An outdoor sculpture named "Youth" by Japanese architect Tadao Ando is on display at Museum SAN in Wonju, Gangwon Province, on Friday. The green apple sculpture was inspired by American poet Samuel Ullman's poem that reads "youth is not a time of life, but a state of mind." On Friday, Ando delivered a lecture at the museum on the theme of "Run with your dreams on the line." "Youth," an exhibition which explores the works of the archit

Visitors check out cars on display at the Seoul Mobility Show 2023 at Kintex in Ilsan, Gyeonggi Province, on Saturday. Korea’s biggest annual automotive exhibition will be held through April 9, with 163 companies from 12 countries joining.

A 37-meter-high pile driver fell on residential buildings at a construction site in Ulsan on Wednesday, resulting in five residents being sent to a hospital. The machine, used for pushing foundations into the ground, struck three residential buildings severely damaging their exteriors, after tipping over while moving in the apartment construction site, local media reported. Three people aged over 60 and two in their 40s, including one pregnant woman, were sent to hospital after being rescued fro

Models pose with HiteJinro's all-new beer brand, Kelly, which will hit convenience store shelves and restaurants across the country starting Tuesday. Following in the footsteps of hit beer brands such as Terra, Hite Lite and FiLite, Kelly is HiteJinro's sixth beer brand to be released after its launch of Terra four years ago. According to HiteJinro, the product uses 100 percent premium Danish malt and is fermented twice in a bid to maximize the natural taste of its premium ingredient

Passersby walk past Apple's fifth retail store in Seoul on Wednesday. The Apple Gangnam, located near the Shinnonhyeon Subway Station in southern Seoul, will start operation at 5 p.m. Friday. Some 140 staff will be stationed to offer services not only in Korean, but also in Chinese, Japanese, Thai, French, German and English, the company said.