Prime Minister Han Duck-soo on Wednesday defended a reported nominee for the head of government policy coordination, citing his rich experience as an economic bureaucrat. President Yoon Suk-yeol has been reportedly considering nominating Yoon Jong-won, chief executive of the state-run Industrial Bank of Korea, as the minister for the Office for Government Policy Coordination, which is in charge ...

A group of exchange students at Hanyang University on Wednesday had to face an overtly discriminatory caution sign written in red when they arrived at the university to get tickets for the university’s annual festival. About a hundred foreign exchange students waited in line to get tickets to enter the festival’s main performances, featuring popular celebrities including Psy. However, they were...

SINGAPORE , May 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Vantage , an international multi-asset broker, is pleased to announce it will allow swap-free gold XAUUSD trades for all clients. Vantage launches swap-free gold trading for a limited time From now until the end of July, gold XAUUSD trades will not be charged overnight fees. This product feature enhancement is designed to provide greater convenienc...

Seoul is closely monitoring North Korea for a possible nuclear test, with authorities having detected the testing of nuclear warhead detonation devices, a top security official said Wednesday, following a National Security Council meeting to address North Korea’s three ballistic missiles launches early the same morning. When asked about the possibility of the North’s nuclear test, Kim Tae-hyo, t...

The family of Lee Dae-jun, the man killed by North Korean soldiers at sea about a year and a half ago, filed for the release of information now archived as presidential records on Wednesday. “The court sided with the family last November, and ordered Cheong Wa Dae to release the information on the case,” the attorney representing the family, Kim Ki-yun, told reporters outside the Presidential Ar...

“I’ve realized my popularity in Korea as K-pop artists reached out to me through social media and told me, ‘Your song is everywhere,’” the singer-songwriter said. “I think I’ve been loved by Korean fans crossing the language barrier, because my music is about love and happiness that everyone can relate to. That’s a beautiful thing.” Pink Sweat$ also pointed out that he likes K-pop due to its cle...

“尹 정부 성공에 필요한 사람은 나” “한·미 정상회담, 중국과 긴장 유발” 남북관계 풀 별도 채널 가동 언급도 박지현에 “이준석처럼 성숙해질 것” [코리아헤럴드=김아린 기자] 더불어민주당 서울시장 후보로 나선 송영길 민주당 전 대표는 24일 코리아헤럴드와 인터뷰에서 이번 6·1 지방선거는 ‘심판이 아니라 해결사’를 선택하는 선거가 돼야 한다고 강조했다. 그는 자신이 서울시장이 되면, 남북 간 별도 채널을 만들어 정부의 대북 정책에 기여할 수도 있다고 내세우며, 코로나19 재유행에 대비해 의료진 번아웃 문제도 해결하겠다고 밝혔다. 또한 윤석열 정부와 협력할 것은 협력하되, 대통령 집무실의 용산 이전 등 시민에게 불편을 끼칠 수 있는 사안에 대해서는 적극적으로 견제하겠다고 했다. 민주당의 ‘20대...

SINGAPORE , May 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Electrolux is set to launch a Sustainability Squad of 10 influencers from the region to further its goal of spreading the word on sustainable practices to communities in APAC and MEA. The influencer initiative will start off with a virtual sustainability event this April. Electrolux’s Sustainability Squad 2022 The Sustainability Squad initiative is ...

With just a few days left until the June 1 local elections, 26-year-old rookie politician Park Ji-hyun dropped a bombshell on the liberal opposition Democratic Party of Korea on Wednesday, openly calling on the party’s old guard to retire. Park, who is only four months into partisan politics yet leads the main opposition party’s interim leadership as its co-head, said the party is in need of dra...

Seoul booth be operated from May 29 to June 2 Joint marketing programs with Seoul MICE Alliance (SMA) Signal of Seoul's preemptive international marketing to boost the recovery of the MICE industry FRANKFURT, Germany and SEOUL, South Korea , May 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Seoul Tourism Organization (CEO/president KIL Ki-Yon) announced participation in IMEX, the world's largest MICE ...

SHENZHEN, China , May 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Huion, a leading supplier of digital drawing devices in the world, today launches an innovative Bluetooth pen tablet, the Inspiroy Giano G930L. It will mark a leap forward for Huion's pen tablets. With exceptional performance, Inspiroy Giano is one of the winners of the Red Dot of the Red Dot Award: Product Design [2022], which will provide an un...

Seoul shares ended higher on Wednesday as investors remain cautious about surging inflation and a global economic slowdown. The South Korean won rose against the US dollar. After choppy trading, the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) rose 11.35 points, or 0.44 percent, to 2,617.22. Trading volume was light at 698.94 million shares worth 8.2 trillion won ($6.5 billion), with gainers outpa...

Starting next month, South Korea and Japan will resume flight services between Seoul’s Gimpo and Tokyo’s Haneda airports. Korea Airports Corp. said during its regular briefing Tuesday that it is currently discussing the exact date and immigration procedures with the Japanese government before reopening flights between Gimpo and Haneda. Once resumed, there will be 16 flights provided every week ...

Hiking ranks as one of the top attractions on foreigners’ to-do lists when visiting Seoul, a recent survey showed, but some raised concerns over the lack of information available. A survey conducted in April showed 83 percent of foreigners in the “Generation MZ” group -- categorized as those in their 20s to 30s in the survey -- would be willing to go on a hike while in Seoul. In order to gauge ...

LG Display said Wednesday that media artist Refik Anadol’s “An Important Memory for Humanity,” a non-fungible token work of art on its transparent OLED display, recently raked in $6.2 million at auction. LG is the sole producer of a large-size transparent OLED display that boasts glass-like clarity to be used across industries, including digital art.