ASEAN-Korea Center Secretary-General Kim Hae-yong (sixth from right) and ambassadors representing the member nations of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations participate in a ribbon-cutting ceremony to mark the commencement of ASEAN Trade Fair 2022 on Tuesday at Kintex in Goyang, Gyeonggi Province. The event, held in conjunction with local food exhibition Seoul Food 2022, runs through Friday and showcases food and beverage products from Southeast Asian companies. Officials from South Korea

Mixer trucks are seen parked at a garage in Anyang, Gyeonggi Province, on Wednesday, the second day of the Cargo Truckers Solidarity strike. South Korean truckers, under the hard-line umbrella group Korean Confederation of Trade Unions, went on an indefinite strike a day earlier, demanding the expansion of the Safe Trucking Freight Rates System and an increase in freight charges.

UN-HABITAT PARTNERS WITH OCEANIX -- The UN-Habitat Korean National Committee signed a memorandum of understanding with Oceanix, a New York-based “blue tech” company, at its Yeouido office in Seoul on Tuesday. This agreement was designed to realize the world‘s first sustainable sea city pilot model, “Oceanix Busan,” unveiled at the UN headquarters in New York on April 26 as a successful business at the international level. From left are UN-Habitat Korean National Co

Hyundai Motor‘s hybrid vehicle, i20 N Rally1, is seen racing at the fifth round of the 2022 World Rally Championship held on the Italian island of Sardinia between Thursday and Sunday. Two drivers in Hyundai‘s world rally team came in first and third, awarding the South Korean carmaker its fifth win at the championship’s Italian events. The 2022 WRC is the first year in the championship’s history where hybrid electric-powered units fully replaced internal combustion engin

No more loud music, street banners and canvassing trucks. Local elections are over in South Korea now. The usual post-election scenes here include winners making a visit to symbolic sites such as a war memorial as a show of their commitment to serving the people, while losers take time to reflect on the results. Similar scenes took place on Thursday. Here are some photos that show what went down a day after the nationwide local elections, which came just three months after a nail-biting presi

BMW’s M division vehicles are on display at the BMW Driving Center located in Yeongjongdo, Incheon, on Thursday. BMW Korea plans to hold a series of promotional events, including a special exhibition at the center to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the German carmaker’s high-performance motorsport brand for the next two months. (BMW Korea)

Egg cartons fill the shelves at a hypermarket in Seoul on Wednesday. South Korea-based Maeil Dairies raised the shipping prices of products ranging from eggs to processed milk and flavored milk up to 11 percent amid inflation woes, beginning Wednesday. (Yonhap)

South Koreans across the country headed to the polls Wednesday morning in nationwide local elections, results of which could determine how much momentum the newly launched Yoon Suk-yeol administration will have in pushing its agendas. The voting booths opened at 6 a.m. across the country, with 17 leadership positions at metropolitan or provincial levels, 226 heads of lower-level administrative levels at stake. The elections will also pick the seats at metropolitan, provincial and lower-level re

Passengers get ready to depart to Fukuoka, Japan, from Gimhae International Airport near Busan on Tuesday, as the airport opened the route to the Japanese city for the first time since its pandemic closure two years ago. Gimhae became the first regional base gateway in South Korea, outside of Incheon International Airport, to resume passenger flight services to Japan.

A 19th century folding screen painting from Korea, “The Joyous Banquet of Guo Ziyi,” owned by the Art Institute of Chicago, is revealed to the press Monday after extensive conservation work. Jung-jae Conservation Center began work on the Joseon period work last August, funded by the Overseas Korean Cultural Heritage Foundation.  Regarded by experts as being on par with royal court paintings, the restored folding screen will be available for public viewing at the Art Institute o

Buses are seen operating in central Seoul on Monday. Bus and taxi drivers are eligible for the COVID-19 cash handouts worth 3 million won ($2,400) as part of the government‘s 62 trillion won extra budget bill, which was approved by the parliament on the same day.

Doughnuts of various colors and ingredients are on display at a cafe and bakery fair held in Suwon, Gyeonggi Province, Thursday.

LG Display said Wednesday that media artist Refik Anadol’s “An Important Memory for Humanity,” a non-fungible token work of art on its transparent OLED display, recently raked in $6.2 million at auction. LG is the sole producer of a large-size transparent OLED display that boasts glass-like clarity to be used across industries, including digital art.

Volkswagen ID.4 GTX, powered by LG Energy Solution‘s battery cells and modules, is seen climbing up the dormant Uturuncu volcano in Bolivia in this photo released by the South Korean battery maker. German long-distance driver Rainer Zietlow and his Challenge4 team won a new Guinness World Records title for the highest altitude reached with electric cars.

Lotte World Tower, the world’s fifth-tallest building, located in Jamsil, Seoul, is illuminated with images of US and Korean flags and messages welcoming the US president during his three-day visit to Korea. President Joe Biden left Sunday afternoon for the second leg of his Asia tour.