Liv said, with confidence, “It‘s a well-made one.” When asked to explain, she said that the producer team, Iconic Sounds, who previously worked with top-profile boy bands like Seventeen, EXO and BTS, took part in the album. “There are a total of three tracks on the album, and we want to show three different sides with different music styles,” Liv added. A flood of big-name K-pop artists have re...

LG Innotek said Wednesday that it is investing a total of 1.4 trillion won ($1.07 billion) into its local production facilities by 2023 to beef up the production of circuit substrates and camera modules – its key growth drivers. The company signed a memorandum of understanding for the new investment with the local governments of North Gyeongsang Province and its capital city, Gumi, earlier in th...

Convenience store owners are pushing to impose late-night surcharges on items to offset the expected rise in labor costs from next year’s legal minimum wage increase. In a meeting held Tuesday, the National Convenience Store Franchise Association, which represents store owners, decided to officially demand that convenience store franchises support the idea. Under the proposal, owners would impo...

He added that actors can perform the character‘s emotion more consistently when an action scene is filmed in a single take. “Our goal was to create an action scene in a single take. So, we created a one-take sequence with the director,” Jang said. Korean actor Bruce Khan, who played a gangster that fights against Eui-kang, said it was very comfortable working with Jang, who loves martial arts. ...

American pop-rock band Maroon 5 removed the design of Japan's imperial-era flag from the band's official website Wednesday after the use of the image angered South Korean music fans ahead of its world tour that includes stops in Asian countries. According to sources in the music scene, the band deleted the image of the Rising Sun Flag from the website Wednesday morning, replacing it with an imag...

Meanwhile, officials at Eunpyeong-gu District Office said they were conducting pest control measures as needed, as a large outbreak like this could cause damage, like when they get into the radiator of a car. The flies could clog vehicle parts and their acidic body could erode cars’ exterior paint, the officials said. By Choi Jae-hee ( cjh@heraldcorp.com )

The foreign affairs chiefs from Seoul, Tokyo and Washington are expected to hold their first face-to-face trilateral meeting as they attend a foreign ministers’ meeting of leading rich and developing nations this week. South Korean Foreign Minister Park Jin has departed Seoul to attend the two-day Group of 20 summit that is taking place in Bali, Indonesia, from Thursday. Park will participate i...

New training helps develop product management expertise to support digital growth SAN FRANCISCO , July 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Mixpanel, the leading product analytics solution powering more than 6,000 of the world's most innovative digital companies, and Japan Product Camp have partnered to launch a new learning experience to help passionate college students and professionals early in their c...

Singapore impact private equity firm, ABC Impact, is investing in Iceotope to drive the reduction of carbon emissions from data centres and contribute to the achievement of net-zero emissions for the sector Syndicate includes nVent, a leading global provider of electrical connection and protection solutions, and the SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust plc, a FTSE 250 investment company, as stra...

South Korean stocks dipped to a 20-month low Wednesday, as bleak data from Europe and a sharp fall in oil prices underscore worries over a global economic recession. The Korean won fell sharply against the US dollar. The Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) retreated 49.77 points, or 2.13 percent, to close at 2,292.01, coming below the 2,300 mark for the first time since Oct. 30, 2020. Tra...

An endangered red fox released by conservation authorities traveled some 200 kilometers south from North Gyeongsang Province to Busan, the Korea National Park Service said. According to the park service under the Ministry of Environment, a male red fox, labeled SKM-2121, is currently living on a hill within the boundaries of Busan, having traveled some 200 kilometers south after being released i...

The parents in the family found dead in a submerged car suffered from depression, police have said. According to police, both of Cho Yu-na’s parents were being treated for depression at a medical center in Gwangju, where the family had resided, from 2020 until recently. “We have received information that Cho’s parents were being treated for depression by the National Health Insurance Corp.,” po...

Inside the car, SsangYong stepped up efforts on the interior design -- which had long been a weakness for the carmaker -- by installing new digital features. The Torres was equipped with three digital panels and an especially large, 12.3-inch screen for navigation. The revamped, buttonless control panels were implemented on a separate display below the center panel. The backseats offered a com...

The second section, titled “For Their Return,” shows how the pieces overseas were brought back to Korea. Stories of how artifacts were wrongfully taken overseas and foreign museums acknowledging the illegality of their removal from Korea are explained in detail. The third section explores ways in which the cultural artifacts that are not subject to repatriation could be understood and managed. ...