A Chinese artist participating in an art fair in Gwangju faces an investigation over his alleged ‘sexting’ attempt at a South Korean college student who was working as a volunteer interpreter.Gwangju Seobu Police Station on Tuesday referred the case of the Chinese man to the prosecution, where a decision will be made whether he would be formally indicted on the charge of sexual harassment. The 41-year-old man, who was taking part in Asia Content & Entertainment Fair in Gwangju, allegedly sent le

There have been nearly 400 cases of cyberattacks against South Korea’s central bank over the past four years, some of which are suspected to have come from North Korea, a report by Rep. Shim Jae-chul of the Liberty Korea Party showed Tuesday.A total of 399 cases of cyberattacks were made against the Bank of Korea from 2013 to August this year. The majority, or 273 cases, were hacking attempts. Eighty-two percent of the total were conducted from a foreign country.A government official was q

Oak Tree Run 2017, a charity marathon, will take place at the heart of Seoul next month.Oak Tree Project, a program run by Jerusalem Mission, will host Oak Tree Run 2017 on Oct. 21 at Jamsil Han River Park, Seoul to raise money for orphans attending university. (Oak Tree Run Facebook)Runners can run 5-kilometer, 10-kilometer courses or a half-marathon. Registration fee is 33,000 won ($30). Registration can be done through Oak Tree Project’s website (www.oaktreeproject.co.kr) through Oct. 12. All

Management in Korea is a regular column written by the members of Egon Zhender Seoul touching on various aspects of Korean enterprises and business leaders and offering management tips. -- Ed.Each year since 2015, Egon Zehnder has held a global event series, Leaders & Daughters, which brings together senior executives of both genders, and their daughters, for frank discussion of the opportunities and challenges facing current and future female executives. In some cases, the size of the event was

While the world economy is on a recovering trend, South Korea continues to suffer from aggravating unemployment, particularly among the youth, data showed Monday.The average unemployment rate among the member countries of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development has steadily declined over the past six months. However, that of South Korea has continued to surge for the past four years.South Korea’s youth unemployment rate is 0.9 percentage points higher than the 9.8 percent

Kim Dae-young, 28, co-owner of Manimal, has been listed among the “30 Under 30 Asia” rankings compiled by Forbes magazine. Kim has focused on strengthening teamwork and developing delicious food in a bid to make inroads in the food and beverages industry. 　　Stressing the role of the Manimal team, Kim said his business itself is small, but it’s been selected by Forbes thanks to the interesting story behind his business and the company’s philosophy.Kim graduated from Glion Institute of Higher Educ

President Donald Trump could have used his maiden speech at the United Nations on Tuesday to reassure allies he was capable of providing global leadership against 21st century threats.Instead, he delivered a bombastic stump speech about guarding American sovereignty that was more suited to his faithful than to world leaders. He peppered his mainly isolationist remarks with a dash of religious sermonizing -- to please evangelicals? -- and several nods to traditional Republican rhetoric and even r