Whether Prime Minister nominee Han Duck-soo will join the Yoon Suk-yeol administration is to be decided Friday, as the parliament is slated to vote on his appointment as the last part of the confirmation process. The National Assembly has scheduled a plenary session at 2 p.m. Friday to vote on whether to approve Han’s appointment to the office of prime minister. The Democratic Party holds sway o...

South Korean skincare brand Siita said it has developed a new technology to speed up plastic decomposition, becoming the only zero-waste enterprise globally to treat its own plastic waste. Siita’s technology, unveiled in September, accelerates the decomposition process of plastic from 500 years to just 3 months, according to the skincare company. Celebrities such as Hollywood actor Jeremy Renne...

Henk Ovink, a flood expert and special envoy from the Netherlands to the United Nations, says investment in water projects must be scaled up, as population growth and economic development adds to water-related challenges. “No matter where in the world, water is life -- it helps build a better future and inform sustainable actions, and it helps bring us together,” Ovink said in a written intervie...

At Bloomberg’s New Economy Forum in Beijing back in 2019, the former United States Secretary of State Henry Kissinger mentioned that the US and China were still in the “foothills of the New Cold War,” which basically meant that we had not entered it yet. From my personal view, there must be a few objective criteria before determine that the New Cold War has begun: Will Biden’s 4 years also presen...

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia , May 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Flipbizz , a community management app that provides a networking avenue for potential business opportunities, and Cision PR Newswire , a leading global provider of news distribution and earned media software and services, and signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on May 11 to officially become news partners for the business indu...

With two new exciting co-living properties, Dash Living operates 800+ units in Singapore to meet increased demand from young professionals and business travellers SINGAPORE , May 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Dash Living , Asia's leading serviced co-living community, is expanding its co-living options in Singapore with two new properties, Dash Living on Mackenzie and Dash Living on Kin...

Test your knowledge of Korea with our weekly quiz on the language, culture, history or anything K-related. Answer: b Spoon theory is a euphemism used to describe a person’s family background, usually related to financial situation and social influence, by comparing it to spoons made of different materials. The phrase is derived from the English expression “born with a silver spoon in one’s mou...

* From waking up a dozing student to tidying up graves, online advertisements with unusual but real job descriptions offer a peek into the Korean society. The Korea Herald looks at some of these unusual ads. The following is the third installment. –- Ed. A job ad that still exists on the hyperlocal community app Karrot Market is from a person searching for someone to do his or her homework assig...

Posco Energy said it signed a deal with a Danish fund management firm focused on renewable energy infrastructure to work together on offshore wind power and green hydrogen business. The largest private energy producer in South Korea said it will cooperate with Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners on the offshore wind power business; supply chain including steel products for offshore wind power; gr...

SEOUL, South Korea , May 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Pearl Abyss announced today that the new Yacha class has now arrived in Black Desert Mobile amid various rewards prepared for Adventurers to celebrate his arrival. New Yacha Class Arrives in Black Desert Mobile Yacha, the Rampaging Beast of the Battlefield, is available as an Awakened class. Having gained control of Echo Spirit, his other s...

K-pop boy group Ateez will release a new Japanese-language EP next week, its management agency said Wednesday. The octet will drop its second Japanese EP "Beyond: Zero" next Wednesday, KQ Entertainment said, adding it will be the band's first release in Japan since its single "Dreamers" in July last year. The EP will have seven tracks, including the main track "Rocky" and "The King." Ahead of ...

DENPASAR, Indonesia , May 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ASEAN members agreed on setting up the ASEAN Center for Public Health Emergencies and Emerging Diseases (ACPHEED) at the 15th ASEAN Health Minister Meeting (15th AHMM) in Nusa Dua , Bali, Indonesia on May 11-15, 2022 . ASEAN member states accept mutual recognition of COVID-19 Vaccine Certificate Indonesian Health Minister Budi Guna...

Software offerings give developers freedom to use the test equipment of their choice INCHEON, South Korea , May 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Granite River Labs (GRL) , a global leader in engineering services and test automation solutions for digital connectivity, has expanded its offering of electrical compliance test automation software solutions that give product developers exceptional f...

North Korea has remained unresponsive to South Korea's attempt to propose working-level consultations on its push to extend help to the neighbor in its fight against the COVID-19 outbreak for the third day, a ministry official here said Wednesday. The Ministry of Unification had sought to deliver a related message to the North on Monday through their liaison office to hold the talks and offer as...

The US Forces Korea (USFK) has held a ceremony launching a permanently stationed air cavalry squadron consisting of new Apache attack helicopters in a key US base south of Seoul, its officials said Wednesday. The 5th Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Combat Aviation Brigade was activated in the event at Camp Humphreys in Pyeongtaek, 70 kilometers south of Seoul, on Tuesday. It takes over from...