Lee’s decision to combine the elements of K-pop and ETF emanates experience of launching Mapiacompany, a music score IP investment firm, in 2016 followed by co-leading Beyond Music, a local music IP investment and song management company also founded last year by the 29-year-old innovator. Beyond Music’s business model is similar to the UK music IP investment firm Hipgnosis Songs Fund, which bel...

The bold backdrop and extravagant costumes that portray the Belle Epoque and the theatrical setting provide great visual pleasure. Two actors lead the musical as Mata Hari -- Ok Joo-hyun, who appeared in the previous two productions in 2016 and 2017, and Solar of K-pop girl group Mamamoo, who makes her debut as an actor in a musical with “Mata Hari.” Armand, a French pilot and Mata Hari’s lov...

The latest announcement of US logic chip designer Advanced Micro Devices’ next-generational processor standard for data center servers indicates that a collaboration with South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics is imminent. This comes as AMD’s chip architecture in the making is to be compatible with the groundbreaking Samsung-backed memory standard Compute Express Link, in order for the chip...

Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Rise Education Korea took a step into the online world to continue offering quality English education for children. Rise Education Korea is an English language teaching institution offering education to children. Though its online programs were initially created for students at its offline branches, the education group is now working on producing online content for d...

President Yoon Suk-yeol and the ruling People Power Party are set on a collision course with the main opposition Democratic Party of Korea over the Democratic Party’s push to revise the National Assembly Act, which would give lawmakers the right to amend presidential and prime ministerial decrees. When asked by reporters on his way to work on Monday about how he sees the opposition party’s push ...

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Honorific titles can be tricky in many cultures, but can be particularly baffling in South Korea -- where various factors like social status, age, work experience and even social prejudice can be factored in. This is part one of a series on the myriad ways people address each other in the Korean language. -- Ed. In a scene played for laughs in the 2016 movie “Doctor Strange,” the titular protago...

The Westin Yokohama is Set to Bring Holistic Well-being Experiences to the Modern Traveler in Japan HONG KONG , June 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Westin Hotels & Resorts , part of Marriott Bonvoy's portfolio of 30 extraordinary hotel brands, today unveils the latest opening in Japan – The Westin Yokohama . Owned by Sekisui House, Ltd., the 373-room new hotel is set to be the city's haven...

North Korea's new suspected COVID-19 cases dropped to below 40,000, its state media said Monday. More than 36,710 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. The total number of fever cases since late April came to over 4.46 million...

President Yoon Suk-yeol said Monday that there was nothing wrong with him and first lady Kim Keon-hee watching a movie the previous day shortly after North Korea fired artillery shots because the government took necessary steps in response. Yoon and the first lady watched the Cannes award-winning film "Broker" at a movie theater in Seoul on Sunday. But some critics said it was inappropriate for ...

President Yoon Suk-yeol told reporters Monday to not read too much into first lady Kim Keon-hee's planned visit with the widow of former President Roh Moo-hyun, saying it was something she had wanted to do since last year. Kim is scheduled to pay a visit to Kwon Yang-sook, the widow of the former president who took his own life in 2009 amid a sprawling corruption probe, at her home in the southe...

The Toronto Blue Jays lost their South Korean starter Ryu Hyun-jin to arm problems following his outing on June 1. Nearly two weeks later, they still have no idea when he will be back. Following the Blue Jays' 6-0 win over the Detroit Tigers at Comerica Park in Detroit on Sunday (local time), manager Charlie Montoyo said, "I don't even know how Ryu is right now." "He's a ways away," Montoyo tol...