What are your chances of running into a Hollywood superstar casually dining with her children at a local restaurant in South Korea? Angelina Jolie was one of the least expected guests at Maple Tree House, a Korean barbecue diner in Samcheong-dong, downtown Seoul, on a Friday night. Yet, there she was, leaving the locals in her vicinity with gaping mouths and disbelieving camera snaps.Instagram and Twitter were abuzz with people demanding to know if the rumors were true, and photos were posted in

JYJ’s Xia Junsu, 31, was discharged from his alternative military duty in the conscripted police force on Monday. Junsu had enlisted in February 2017 on the same day as Big Bang’s T.O.P. The latter’s discharge date was pushed back to June 2019 after he failed a drug test while also serving with the conscripted police.Prior to his momentous day, Junsu spoke with a wire service about his experience with candor and detail. Yonhap News Agency on Sunday quoted Junsu as saying, “(The military is) a pl

In Japan, more fans came to K-pop duo TVXQ’s concerts than to those of the legendary home acts of Arashi and Namie Amuro, according to S.M. Entertainment on Monday. The agency said TVXQ was atop the list compiled by Japan’s Nikkei Entertainment that gauged fan attendance at concerts in 2018.TVXQ concerts in Japan this year drew an accumulated 1.28 million people, more than any local or foreign performers with concerts in Japan. (S.M. Entertainment's Twitter)S.M. marked TVXQ’s success as meaningf

Big Bang bandmate T.O.P’s fans from South Korea, China, Japan and Thailand collaborated to donate 11 million won ($9,900) to the Yongsan Public Welfare Foundation to help those less fortunate, marking the K-pop star’s birthday Sunday. T.O.P is currently serving his alternative military duty at the Yongsan Crafts Museum in Itaewon, central Seoul, after he was pulled from his previous position with the conscripted police force for failing a drug test. T.O.P was originally to be discharged from dut

할리우드 배우 안젤리나 졸리가 내한 중인 것으로 2일 오후 확인됐다.내외국인 일행 네댓과 함께한 그의 모습이 이날 서울 삼청동의 한 고깃집에서 포착된 것. 졸리의 건너편에 착석한 이는 그의 베트남계 입양아 팍스로 추정된다.한 트위터 유저는 "내가 죽기 전 식당에서 안젤리나 졸리를 볼 줄이야"라며 현장목격 상황을 열거했다. 또 어떤 이는 "음식점에서 밥 먹다가 안젤리나졸리 만날 확률은 로또 당첨보다 낮을 것 같다"며 부러움을 표하기도 했다.졸리는 현재 유엔난민기구(UNHCR) 친선대사 직을 맡고 있다. 따라서 제주도에 체류 중인 예멘출신 난민 문제와 연관지을 수 있다는 추측이 온라인커뮤니티에 잇따르는 상태.한편, 국내 모 입양전문기관에 봉사활동차 온 것이라는 제보도 나오고 있다.서울 종로구 소재 '단풍나무집'에서 2일 포착된 안젤리나졸리(우측 위 / 사진=코리아헤럴드 독자 제공) <코리아헤럴드> 임정요·이다영 기자 (kaylalim@heraldcorp.com)

More than 200 people had lined up in front of the Apple Store in Garosu-gil, Seoul, as of 7 a.m. on Friday -- the day of the iPhone XR, XS, XS Max and Apple Watch Series 4’s launch in South Korea. Some had come to queue from the night before. Hours later, at 10 a.m., the line showed no signs of shrinking. The new models are by far the most expensive of Apple Inc.’s smartphone creations, with a storage capacity of up to 512 GB. The iPhone XS Max 512 GB is the priciest of the selection this time,

The first and only Apple Store in Korea will introduce the latest Apple smartphones on Friday: Get ready for the iPhones XR, XS and XS Max. Presales through local carriers SK Telecom, KT and LG Uplus closed Thursday, and -- despite hefty price tags starting at 1 million won ($880) -- the new phones have set a record that slightly surpasses the presales volume of previous iPhones 8 and X. iPhone XS (Yonhap)The Korea Herald will visit the store early Friday morning to see how the ultra-expensive n

Han Seo-hee, the controversial K-pop trainee who came to public attention in 2017 after being found that she had smoked marijuana with Big Bang’s T.O.P at his apartment, uploaded a lengthy Instagram post Wednesday night, implying she had undisclosed dirt on T.O.P and YG Entertainment.T.O.P, who had been serving as a conscripted policeman when he failed a drug test, has since been removed to serve alternative duty at a cultural center in Itaewon, Seoul. (Han Seo-hee's Instagram)Meanwhile, Han was

K-pop group Girl’s Day’s Hyeri, famous for her lead female role in “Reply 1988,” wrote a letter to fans to raise awareness for children without birth registration certificates around the world.“Across the world, there are around 230 million children under the age of 5 who have not had their birth registered,” Hyeri wrote on a fundraising site.“This lack of documentation prevents these children from enrolling in schools or receiving state-sponsored medical care.” (Happy Bean)Girl’s Day, as the am

Sky blue subway Line No. 4 of Seoul was delayed for over an hour early Monday morning due to a power outage.A Line No. 4 train traveling from Oido in the south to Danggogae in the north stopped in the middle of the city at Ichon Station at around 6:11 a.m., touching off a chain reaction of congestion that was only relieved about 1 hour and 15 minutes later. Seoul Metro, which operates subway Line Nos. 1 to 8, said that another train was used to tow the one that had stopped. No injuries were repo

EBay Korea’s online Korean goods shopping site Gmarket Global store will run a sale on K-pop goods from Nov. 1 through Nov. 11. The store will pair the sale with a verification campaign to boost its reliability as the place to go for genuine goods. (Gmarket)The aim of this campaign is to protect K-pop artists’ rights to their official goods against copycat products, according to Gmarket.Shoppers can check the authenticity of their purchases using the QR code printed on the card that comes with t

The first 2018 Jeju Hallyu Festival will kick off on Nov. 4 at Jeju Stadium. Korea Management Federation, which has been running the Korea Music Festival at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul for the previous two years, is behind the new annual K-pop festival on Jeju Island.Wanna One, AOA, Red Velvet, EXID, Oh My Girl, Momoland, NCT Dream, 9 Muses, GFriend, Hwang Chi-yeol, N.Flying, Pentagon, Stray Kids, The Boyz, Dreamcatcher and more will perform for the festival this year. Tickets for the stands can b

The 3rd Busan One Asia Festival boasted a star-studded line up throughout its nine-day run at multiple locations in the southwestern city.Zion.T was one of the singers that took to the stage on Gunam-ro to perform live in front of Haeundae Beach on Friday.(Shot and edited by Lim Jeong-yeo/The Korea Herald)During his performance, the singer-songwriter sang his latest song, “Hello Tutorial” featuring Red Velvet’s Seulgi. “You may notice that Seulgi is not here with me. This means you must help me

With less than three months left in 2018, South Korean workers are scurrying to use up their remaining annual leave in light of the Moon government’s new overtime policy. Traditionally, November hasn’t been the most favorable time to travel, but under the Moon Jae-in administration’s new 52-hour maximum workweek policy, more workers are getting a chance.According to a survey carried out by trip expense comparison site Skyscanner, out of 576 respondents, 66 percent said they still had part of the

인도의 나렌드라 모디 총리가 제14회 서울평화상의 수상자로 선정되었다.　서울평화상문화재단은 24일 중구 프레스센터에서 수상자 선정을 위한 최종 심사 후 나렌드라 모디 인도 총리를 2018 서울평화상 수상자로 발표했다. 　발표를 맡은 최정호 심사위원장은 12명으로 구성된 심사위원회가 전·현직 국가원수급 인사, 정치계, 경제계, 종교계, 학계, 언론계, 문화예술체육계 인사 및 국제단체 등 세계 곳곳에서 추천된 150여명의 후보자들을 엄정하고 객관적인 기준으로 심도 있게 심사하였다고 밝혔다.　이 중 모디 총리가 “2018 서울평화상을 수상하기에 완벽한 후보”라는 것에 의견이 모아졌다.　 서울평화상심사위원회 최정호 심사위원장이 24일 중구 프레스 센터에서 나렌드라 모디 인도 총리를 2018 서울평화상 수상자로 발표하고 있다. (사진=코리아헤럴드 임정요 기자)서울평화상심사위원회는 모디 총리가 “모디노믹스”를 통해 인도와 세계 경제 성장에 기여하고, 사회계층간 경제적 격차를 줄인 공로가 있음을