The ethics committee of the ruling People Power Party (PPP) on Wednesday was scheduled to look into allegations that party Chairman Lee Jun-seok tried to destroy evidence related to an alleged sexual bribery case. The PPP ethics committee will hold a meeting at 7 p.m. at the National Assembly to decide whether to seek disciplinary action against Lee. Lee has been facing allegations that he rece...

Seoul shares opened lower Wednesday despite Wall Street's overnight rebound, as investor sentiment remained fragile amid bold monetary tightening in major economies and fears about a recession. The Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) fell 8.71 points, or 0.36 percent, to 2,400.22 in the first 15 minutes of trading. Wall Street made a comeback overnight, following a brutal week in the wake...

North Korea's new suspected COVID-19 cases remained below 20,000 for the fourth consecutive day, according to its state media Wednesday. More than 15,260 people showed symptoms of fever over a 24-hour period until 6 p.m. the previous day, the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said, citing data from the state emergency epidemic prevention headquarters. It did not provide information on ...

Hong Kong will include Korean as one of the foreign languages in its university entrance exam starting in 2025, Seoul's education ministry said Wednesday. The ministry said its National Institute for International Education and Hong Kong's state examination board, Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority, will soon sign a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on the arrangement. Under the MO...

South Korean players' bid to snap a long winless skid at LPGA major championships will resume this week in Maryland, where the KPMG Women's PGA Championship will tee off Thursday. The Congressional Country Club's Blue Course in Bethesda, Maryland, will host the third major tournament of the 2022 season. The last South Korean champion of an LPGA major tournament is Kim A-lim from the 2020 U.S. W...

South Korean Hwang Sun-woo has come up short in his second attempt to reach the final in the men's 100m freestyle at the world swimming championships in Hungary, unable to capitalize on an opportunity for his second medal following an unexpected withdrawal by a heavy favorite. Hwang finished 11th overall among 16 swimmers in the semifinals at the FINA World Championships in Budapest on Tuesday (...

als said Wednesday. The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said two probable cases were found Tuesday and diagnostic tests are being conducted. KDCA said one of the suspected patients was a foreigner, who arrived in the country on Monday, and another was South Korean, who arrived on Tuesday. According to officials, the foreigner visited a hospital in Busan, 450 kilometers south...

DA NANG, Vietnam , June 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Routes Asia 2022's closed as a great success after the hosting of Routes Asia 2023 being handed over to Chiang Mai , Thailand . The event creates excellent opportunities for Da Nang's tourism and aviation industry in the years to come. Routes Asia is a golden chance to promote inbound tourism opportunities and drive the socio-economic g...

Two new singles from the BTS anthology album "Proof" have entered the Billboard's Hot 100 main singles chart for this week. According to the latest chart unveiled Tuesday (US time), "Yet To Come," the main track of the album, debuted at No. 13 and "Run BTS," also off the same album, at 73rd on the chart. Released on June 10, "Proof" started on top of the Billboard 200 main albums chart for this...

진행자: 김혜연, Beth Eunhee Hong 1. Paramount+ launches in S. Korea on Tving with high hopes, goals 기사요약: 티빙과 손잡고 한국을 아시아의 첫 번째 마켓으로 공략하는 파라마운트 플러스 Korea launch marks critical moment of our expansion as the first time the service lands in Asia: Paramount official [1] Paramount+ landed in South Korea Thursday as a free-to-view addition to Tving, local entertainment powerhouse CJ ENM‘s subscription-b...

100,000 kg/day production facility, halfway between Melbourne and Sydney World's largest 6500 kg/day Hydrogen Refuelling Station (HRS) approved and under construction in Melbourne's West MELBOURNE, Australia , June 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Hydrogen Fuels Australia (H2FA) and CLARA Energy, a developer of a large scale green hydrogen production facility in Tarcutta NSW, have agreed to pla...

On June 17, Americans found ourselves at the convergence of two crises of shattering assaults on our democracy. They were crises of crimes and cover-ups, at opposite ends of history’s half-century arc. They were crimes committed by two very different sitting presidents -- Richard Nixon and Donald Trump -- who were determined to win reelection, no matter what. Both times, America’s true patriots ...

The 72nd anniversary of the Korean War is just around the corner, meaning that those born in the unforgettable year of 1950 are now 72 years old. It also means that few people in Korea will remember the war that utterly devastated the Korean Peninsula for three years or those who died in wartime. Americans call the Korean War the “forgotten war” because few people seem to remember it. For the Kor...

Ad Net Zero Expansion Led By Advertisers, Agency Groups, Media & Trade Bodies Companies Invited to Join Global Efforts To Drive Rapid Change CANNES, France , June 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Leaders from many of the largest companies and associations in the world's advertising industry have announced their intent to apply learning from the UK and plan the roll out of Ad Net Zero international...