“I have learned a lot by watching Song’s films and series. It will be a great honor to work with my grandmother as well,” Ha said. The nine-part series is available on streaming platforms Tving and Paramount+. By Lee Si-jin ( sj_lee@heraldcorp.com )

As musical enthusiasts will know, these separate adaptations were being prepared simultaneously during the 1980s. When “The Phantom of the Opera” became a success on the West End, it effectively halted Broadway’s plans to release“Phantom,” which was instead made into a TV miniseries in 1990. Some of South Korea‘s up-and-coming musicians, including cellist Mun Tae-guk, clarinetist Kim Han, flutis...

Lotte Chemical Corp. said Monday it is pushing to build an electrolyte solvent factory overseas with a US-based chemical company as it seeks to bolster its battery components business. It signed an agreement with Sasol Chemicals LLC, the American unit of South African petrochemical firm, Sasol Ltd., last week to conduct a feasibility study on the envisioned project, with either the US state of L...

This film had its world premiere at last year’s Cannes Film Festival. The director said since the film was invited to a noncompetition section at last year’s Cannes, he attended the film festival without much pressure. “Once I got there, I could feel the audiences’ respect for the movie and was very happy to be there,” Han said. “I hope I can take part in the festival again if possible.” “Em...

Brief introduction to the music and the composers will be provided during the program. Tickets will go on sale at 10 a.m., Wednesday at the Deoksugung Palace website. Admission is free and 80 seats will be made available online. An additional 10 seats will be available on-site for visitors aged 65 and older and foreigners on a first-come first-served basis. By Kim Hae-yeon ( hykim@heraldcorp...

Umbrellas and rain boots are on display at a discount chain in Seoul for customers preparing for the rainy season.

SEJONG -- South Korea will embark on discussions and debates on extending the retirement age from the current 60, under the Yoon Suk-yeol administration’s economic policy approach to cope with workforce shortages caused by demographic change. In a comprehensive plan on the economy unveiled last week, the government said it would foster a “task force to take countermeasures against workforce shor...

South Koreans experienced the greatest economic pain in May largely due to soaring consumer prices and higher unemployment rates, according to data on Monday. The nation’s “misery perceptions” index, calculated by adding the seasonally adjusted jobless rate to the annual inflation rate, stood at 8.4 in May, said Rep. Kim Hoi-jae of the main opposition Democratic Party of Korea, quoting data comp...

South Korea’s homegrown rocket Nuri is ready for blastoff on Tuesday, with hopes to deliver a complete and successful launch this time to officially signal the country’s entrance into the global space race. The Korea Aerospace Research Institute said Monday that Nuri, also known as the Korea Space Launch Vehicle-II, has been erected on the launch pad at Naro Space Center in the southern coastal ...

LG Chem said Monday that it is building its first hydrogen plant in South Korea as part of efforts to become carbon neutral throughout its petrochemical production. The plant, to be located in its Daesan complex, some 75 kilometers southwest of Seoul, will have an annual production capacity of 50,000 tons of hydrogen by the second quarter of 2024, with the construction work to start early next y...

Naver’s cloud computing arm Naver Cloud said Monday it has partnered with US chip giant Qualcomm and local drone developer Argosdyne to build the nation’s first drones running on the 5G wireless network. Under the partnership, Naver Cloud will build the 5G network infrastructure for drone services, while Argosdyne will develop drones that can be operated to run on Qualcomm’s Flight RB5 5G platfo...

The widow of Lee Dae-jun, a South Korean fisheries official killed and burned by North Korean troops in 2020 at sea, said the Moon Jae-in administration seemed more sympathetic toward the North than the bereaved family. In a phone interview with The Korea Herald on Sunday, Lee’s widow Kwon Young-mi said the family had often felt the previous administration was “siding with North Korea.” Over th...