The list of North America's 50 Best Bars 2022 was announced at a live awards ceremony in New York City NEW YORK , June 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Attaboy , New York , is crowned No.1 at the first-ever North America's 50 Best Bars, sponsored by Perrier The list features 29 distinguished bars from the USA , 11 based in Mexico , 8 representing Canada , and 2 elevating the Caribbean...

SK Group said Wednesday its annual SK Global Forum will be held this week in San Jose, California, with some 30 company executives and local experts gathering to discuss the conglomerate’s future growth drivers. During the three-day event that kicks off Friday in the US, five affiliates -- SK Innovation, SK Telecom, SK hynix, SK Siltron and SK C&C -- will hold sessions to share their business pl...

Petrochemicals-to-battery materials company LG Chem has become the third most valuable chemical brand in the world, up a notch from a year earlier, data showed Wednesday. LG Chem’s brand value, estimated at $4.3 billion, followed that of Germany-based BASF and Saudi Arabia-based Sabic, according to London-headquartered consulting firm Brand Finance. LG Chem’s brand valuation rose over 19 percent...

In the news release, KBS and BBC Studios deepen long-term partnership with multi-year factual content deal, issued 08-Jun-2022 by BBC Studios over PR Newswire, we are advised by the company that the references to Serengeti III in the fifth paragraph of the original release should be removed. Please disregard the previous release and refer to this copy as the list of titles featured has been upd...

HONG KONG , June 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- This month on 'Culinary Journeys', CNN profiles one of Japan's most exciting chefs, Natsuko Shoji . Crowned Asia's Best Female Chef earlier this year at the annual gathering of the 50 Best Restaurants in Asia , she is the owner of Été – a pastry shop and restaurant in Tokyo which combines modern French cooking with fresh and seasonal Japanes...

Ultra-Premium Built-in Brand's Innovation with a Passion for Food SEOUL, South Korea , June 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- LG Electronics (LG) is set to hold a series of sophisticated events at the Signature Kitchen Suite Showroom in Piazaa Cavour, Milan , during this year's Milan Design Week 2022. LG Electronics (LG) is set to hold a series of events at the Signature Kitchen Suite Showroom in Piaz...

South Korea and the United States are in talks over the selection of a new site to house American military facilities that the countries have agreed to retain in central Seoul under their broader base relocation scheme, sources here said Wednesday. The two sides have been "positively" weighing the idea of putting residual military facilities in a site right next to an area in the northernmost po...

More than a dozen unionized truckers on a general strike were apprehended Wednesday for allegedly obstructing business operations of a plant in Icheon, officers said. A total of 15 members of the Cargo Truckers Solidarity, under the wing of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions, were taken into custody on charges of blocking cargo trucks from entering the plant operated by the country's leadi...

The Toronto Blue Jays' South Korean starter Ryu Hyun-jin, out with a left forearm injury, will get a second opinion on his ailing arm this week in California, the club announced. General manager Ross Atkins told reporters on Tuesday, with the Blue Jays in Kansas City for a road series, that Ryu will visit Dr. Neal ElAttrache at Cedars-Sinai Kerlan-Jobe Institute in Los Angeles on Thursday for an...

South Korea's new COVID-19 cases bounced back to over 13,000 on Wednesday following an extended weekend, as the country is working to return to pre-pandemic normalcy by easing antivirus restrictions. The country added 13,358 COVID-19 infections, including 59 cases from overseas, bringing the total caseload to 18,188,200, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said. The daily cas...

Song Hae, South Korea's oldest TV presenter, died Wednesday. He was 95. According to the police and hospital officials, he passed away in the morning at his home in southern Seoul. He had been admitted to a hospital for medical treatment and released several times this year. He tested positive for COVID-19 in March. Born in 1927 in Hwanghae Province in present-day North Korea, Song crossed the...

President Yoon Suk-yeol said Wednesday that a potential pardon for jailed former President Lee Myung-bak "is not an issue to talk about now." Yoon made the remark to reporters upon arrival at the presidential office following news reports that Lee filed for a suspension of his sentence and could be included in beneficiaries of a presidential pardon that could be carried out to mark Aug. 15 Liber...

Did you know that a South Korean baby born on New Year’s Eve is already 2 years old when the clock strikes 12? Yes, believe it or not, how Koreans calculate their age might leave you startled if you have never heard this before. In South Korea, a newborn baby is already 1 year old on the day of their birth and then gets an additional year when the calendar hits the new year. This is because in ...

Novavax COVID-19 vaccine receives positive vote from U.S. Food and Drug Administration Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee If Emergency Use Authorization is granted by the FDA, the Novavax COVID-19 vaccine would become the first protein-based COVID-19 vaccine available in the U.S. GAITHERSBURG, Md. , June 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Novavax, Inc. (Nasdaq: NVAX), a biotech...

After a successful bounce back from a demoralizing defeat, South Korea will chase their second straight victory in men's football on Friday against Paraguay while also seeking much-needed improvements from their defense. The kickoff between 29th-ranked South Korea and No. 50 Paraguay is 8 p.m. at Suwon World Cup Stadium in Suwon, some 35 kilometers south of Seoul. This will be the third of four...