The 39-year-old Koo wished to remain silent about the next season, but said that he is also curious about how the “Monstrous” storyline will continue in the future. “People’s hearts change every time, so I cannot answer about season 2. But I have been working on my YouTube channel, ‘[2x0HD] Koo Kyo-hwan x Lee Ok-seop.’ I am writing scripts, starring in and producing an independent film. I hope t...

With digital technology becoming the key drivers for growth across industries, South Korea’s tech behemoths Naver and Kakao are going all-in to win the tech war using artificial intelligence through AI-powered search engines and logistics solutions businesses. Naver announced Tuesday it has made upgrades to its AI search engine, called “Airsearch,” now offering more optimized search results for ...

South Korean stocks finished slightly lower Tuesday amid inflation woes and uncertainty over this week's US Federal Reserve meeting. The Korean won fell against the US dollar. The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) retreated 6.99 points, or 0.26 percent, to close at 2,680.46. Trading volume was moderate at about 869 million shares worth some 9 trillion won ($7.1 billion), with ...

Kim In-chul, the nominee for deputy prime minister and education minister, became the first Cabinet pick for the Yoon Suk-yeol administration to step away from the confirmation process. After a series of allegations surrounding his term as president of Hankuk University of Foreign Studies and his family were raised, Kim said he will no longer seek the post. “I am to withdraw today,” Kim told th...

An official at the CHA’s artifacts excavation division told The Korea Herald that the stone artifacts that are wrapped in black plastic are safe since they have been exposed to the elements for centuries. “The building permit (for the park) was issued last year and all designs have been completed. The construction will hopefully start in 2023, as soon as the budget issue is resolved, and it will...

KB Kookmin Bank opened a unmanned branch within top retailer Emart‘s No Brand store in Express Bus Terminal in Seoul on Tuesday. The branch, launched in partnership with Emart, connects users with bank tellers through video calls and provides basic services including wiring, issuance of debit cards and more.

Korean hip-hop legend Tiger JK is gearing up for the release of a new digital single sometime in June, an industry source told The Korea Herald on Tuesday. “Tiger JK has completed recording and is going to start mastering the record and film a music video for the upcoming song,” the source said. It will likely to mark the musician’s return to music nearly nine months after the release of “Love ...

South Korean scientists have developed the world’s first photothermal-effect-based high efficiency particulate air filter -- also known as HEPA filter -- that can take out 99.9 percent of influenza and COVID-19 viruses, the Korea Institute of Energy Research said Tuesday. The photothermal effect, which refers to the mechanism of how a substance absorbs light energy and turns it into heat energy,...

Yoon Suk-yeol’s presidential transition committee announced 110 national tasks on Tuesday. The tasks include reversing the phase out of nuclear power, cut real estate taxes, and improve welfare for soldiers. The team estimated that the new government would require an additional 209 trillion won ($165 billion) over the next five years to implement the plans. Yoon Suk-yeol’s government will scra...

In a move to highlight the company‘s legacy as being a presidential shoemaker since 1965, Hyungji Esquire said it would issue NFTs of shoes worn by former South Korean presidents -- former Presidents Park Chung-hee, Roh Tae-woo, Kim Young-sam, Kim Dae-jung and Lee Myung-bak. Based on job orders the company received from former presidents, the shoemaker has restored the shoes as NFTs. The tokens ...

The Energy Ministry on Tuesday proposed a new set of tightened measures to prevent lithium-ion batteries mounted on energy storage systems in South Korea from catching fire. The government will seek to revise the law to force battery vendors in Korea to make sure that the ESS field has ground-fault detectors to prevent current flow from running on the ground, a fire extinguishing system and devi...

BANGKOK , May 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- In the latest results of the Times Higher Education (THE) Impact Rankings 2022, Chulalongkorn University has made Thai universities proud by being ranked No . 1 in Thailand for the 3rd consecutive year and top 16 in the world (out of 1,524 institutions from 110 countries), which is the highest ranking ever given to a Thai university. Chulalongkorn...

President Moon Jae-in, in his final days in office, is set to hold his last Cabinet meeting Tuesday, in a bid to promulgate two controversial bills on prosecution reform. The Cabinet meeting will be held at 4 p.m., hours after the ruling Democratic Party (DP) railroaded the last-remaining bill on prosecution reform through the National Assembly amid opposition protest, completing its push to red...

‘힙합 대부’ 타이거JK가 이르면 다음 달 컴백한다. 지난해 9월 발매한 ‘호심술’ (Love, Peace) 리믹스 싱글 이후 약 9개월 만이다. 3일 가요계에 따르면 타이거JK는 다음 달 새 디지털 싱글 발매를 목표로 준비에 한창이다. 타이거JK는 신곡 녹음 작업을 마치고 컴백을 위한 막바지 작업에 돌입한 것으로 전해졌다. 업계의 한 관계자는 “(타이거JK가) 빠르면 오는 6월 초중순에 신곡을 발매할 예정”이라면서 “현재 신곡 마스터링 작업과 뮤직비디오 촬영만 남겨둔 상황”이라고 말했다. 해당 관계자에 따르면, 타이거JK의 이번 신곡 발매의 당초 계획은 늦어도 이번 달 중이었다. 하지만 코로나19 여파와 지난달 진행한 미국 그래미 뮤지엄에서의 공연 등을 위한 출국 일정으로 컴백 시기...