A 17-year-old high school student referred to her first-ever attempt at sexual intercourse last year as “disastrous,” as she and her then-boyfriend had no idea what to do other than to take off their clothes. After searching the internet, the two found a way to give it a go. However, in an interview with The Korea Herald, she said that she still isn’t sure if she did everything right, as nobody ...

The third-highest alert against a scorching heat wave was issued nationwide on Saturday, 18 days earlier compared to last year. The Ministry of the Interior and Safety issues the alert when the daily temperature ceiling in over 40 percent of the country reaches 33 C or higher for at least three straight days. Under the heat alert, the safety ministry is looking at measures to support wo...

The breakup queen is back, and this time singer-songwriter Heize is dropping a whole package of lingering post-love feelings and yearning to turn back time. Returning with her second LP “Undo,” the first full-length album from the artist in three years, Heize said while the term “full-length album” itself weighs heavy on her shoulders, she was confident she could put together a whole studio set ...

South Korean girl group aespa will attend the U.N. High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development next week, its agency said Friday. The band will attend the opening session of the forum, to be held at the U.N. headquarters in New York at 9 a.m. on Tuesday (U.S. time), SM Entertainment said. During the meeting, the quartet will deliver a speech on the subject of “Next generation...

J-Hope, a rapper and dancer of K-pop supergroup BTS, topped the iTunes music charts in 84 countries with his first official solo single “More” on Saturday. Released on Friday, J-Hope‘s new EP ranked No. 1 on iTunes Top Songs charts in the United States, Canada, Spain, France and other countries. The music video of “More” topped 10 million views on video streaming platform YouTube in about...

South Korea‘s new coronavirus cases bounced back to over 10,000 Saturday as the daily cases seemed poised to take an upturn again after months of decline. The country added 10,715 COVID-19 infections, including 173 cases from overseas, bringing the total caseload to 18,379,552, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said. The tally increased from 9,528 the previous day ...

Hong Kong is the world’s most expensive city to live in as an expat for the second year in a row, according to a new study. New York and Geneva took second and third place in the rankings. Higher prices and a stronger currency over the past year kept the Asian city at the top of the tree, according to ECA International, which carried out its research in March this year. London and Tokyo round ...

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia , July 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The awards ceremony-cum-media conference of the 2022 UN PROFESSIONAL Competition (the "Competition") was held successfully today at Capital Dynamics' Kuala Lumpur office. The event started off with a speech from Ms. Tan Mun Lin , Deputy Group CEO of Capital Dynamics, the Organizer and Sponsor of the Competition. Ms Tan lamented that ...

TUMI to support the football club on its pre-season tour to Korea next month NEW YORK , July 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Tottenham Hotspur Football Club and TUMI announced today a new partnership designating TUMI as an Official Partner of the Club's pre-season tour to Korea this July. With this partnership, TUMI will outfit the team and the Club's full travel delegation with its travel luggage...

BEIJING , July 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Xinhua-Kelan Cashmere Goat Price Index was released on Wednesday in Kelan County, north China's Shanxi Province , aiming to boost the high-quality development of Kelan cashmere goat industry. As the first cashmere goat price index in China , the index comprehensively and objectively reflects the price information of all links of Kelan cashme...

SHENZHEN, China , July 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Since its launch in 2020, Petal Maps has grown tremendously now offering innovative travel and navigation experiences to more than 28 million users in over 160 countries. Maps should aim to reproduce the real world to the greatest extent possible, and that is Petal Maps' guiding principle, and being always working on. During navigation, the Lane ...

Tropical storm Aere is likely to affect Jeju Island and other southern parts of South Korea early next week after having formed off Japan's Okinawa, the weather agency said Friday. Aere was moving north-northeast at a speed of 13 kilometers per hour, packing winds of up to 65 km per hour and with a central pressure of 1,002 hectopascals upon its formation in the sea 760 km off south-southeast of...

REYKJAVIK, Iceland , July 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Gabriel Jagger's media company Whynow invests in Overtune joining an already impressive list of investors. Overtune In recent days Overtune closed its $2M seed round having partnered up with Gabe Jagger's Whynow media. "I am thrilled to have Gabriel and the whynow team on board at Overtune. In a few short weeks they have impressed me w...