Children hold up Lego figures of Super Mario at Lego Korea’s promotional event held at Four Seasons Hotel in Jung-gu, central Seoul, Wednesday.  Users can connect the Super Mario figures to an app via Bluetooth and play a game with them. (khnews@heraldcorp.com)

Fifty-eight years since they were founded, Hyundai Motor and Kia Motors have sold a total of over 130 million vehicles as of last month, latest data showed last week. The accumulated number of vehicles sold at home and abroad by Hyundai posted 83,120,000, while sales of its affiliate Kia topped 47,210,000. Hyundai was founded in 1967 and released its first ingenious vehicle Pony in 1976. Kia began producing three-wheeled K360 in 1962 in collaboration with Toyo Kogyo, which later changed

진행자: 간형우, Brolley Genster 1. Another heavy downpour expected; authorities on alert 아이튠즈(아이폰): https://itunes.apple.com/kr/podcast/koliaheleoldeu-paskaeseuteu/id686406253?mt=2 팟빵 (안드로이드): http://www.podbbang.com/ch/6638 [1] With heavy rainfall expected again this week, authorities are on high alert to prevent further damages during the monsoon season, especially down south. The Ministry of the Interior and Safety called an emergency meeting Sunday as the Korea Meteorological Administration

The International Youth Foundation announced the start of the 2020 IYF Online World Camp on Sunday, bringing together over 170,000 people from some 90 countries around the world. The four-day online camp aims to bring joy to young people around the world who have been suffering from long-term social distancing. The annual festival, held online for the first time this year, allows college students around the globe to watch lectures delivered by global leaders, art performances from different c

Despite the economic impact of the new coronavirus outbreak in South Korea, the fintech industry is bustling as it has been relatively unaffected. The nation’s gross domestic product in the second quarter fell 3.3 percent from the previous quarter, the biggest drop since the Asian financial crisis in late 1990s. Riding the wave, the fintech industry combined with blockchain and cryptocurrency technologies will also gain momentum, according to a seasoned crypto consultant. “Som

A diet store may not appear to have anything in common with cryptocurrencies on the surface. For Cryptocurrency Rebalancing CEO Baek Chun-soo, however, it means the expansion of his coin investment business. The Gaindiet Shop is a new business that CEO Baek has just launched,which he plans to link with the digital coin technology. He plans to make coin-based payments available at the shop, which he aims to set up across the Korean market. The shop is designed to offer diet programs based on h

While US-based Intel has maintained the top spot in the global semiconductor market in terms of sales and operating profit in the first half of 2020, South Korea’s No.1 chipmaker Samsung Electronics seems to be falling behind of its Taiwanese rival TSMC. Although Samsung outstripped TSMC in terms of sales, raising an estimated 36 trillion won ($30 billion) in the first six months of the year, the Korean chipmaker is expected to achieve a smaller operating profit of 9.3 trillion won than

After four days and nights of tough negotiations and many painful compromises, European leaders have reached a deal on a groundbreaking 750 billion euros ($868 billion) recovery fund. As a gesture of solidarity toward Italy, Spain, and other countries still reeling from the COVID-19 crisis, the agreement is a major step forward for the European Union. Even so, it does little to address the eurozone’s deepest problems. The COVID-19 crisis has strained the monetary union to breaking point.

The employment rate for people with disabilities stood at 34.9 percent -- less than half the ratio for people without a disability -- according to data from the Ministry of Health and Welfare and Statistics Korea. The portion of employed workers with disabilities was calculated based on the total people with disabilities being 2.61 million as of 2019, which accounted for 5.1 percent of the entire Korean population. Compared to the disabled group, the employment rate for normal people was 60

United Nations Development Program’s Seoul Policy Centre on Friday co-hosted a webinar with the Trade Ministry and the Korea International Trade Association to share the efforts to support small and medium-sized enterprises and businesses impacted by COVID-19. Participants included representatives from the private sector, government officials, civil society and UN practitioners. The webinar brought together participants from 21 countries for an exchange of insights and sharing of inform

An asset management arm of South Korea’s JB Financial Group said Friday it has purchased the headquarters of Italian energy firm ENI for 200 million euros ($232 million) as part of its efforts to expand global investments. JB Asset Management has been expanding its infrastructure investment fund overseas since last year, making 300 billion won ($250 million) investment in gas–fired combined cycle power plants in New England and Ohio in the US. Earlier this month, JB forged a partn

The South Korean government and civilian experts earlier this week passed a revised plan to further expand a national park in Yongsan, central Seoul, on land returned by the US Forces Korea. The panel decided to move the proposed site for new headquarters of the National Police Agency to a different location, and extend Yongsan Family Park to the area spanning 13,200 square meters. The park, encompassing the War Memorial and the National Museum will ultimately stretch nearly 3 million squa