Land prices in South Korea rose at a slower clip in the first quarter of 2022 from three months earlier as transactions tanked, data showed Friday. Land prices in Asia's fourth-largest economy inched up 0.91 percent on-year in the January-March period, down from a 1.03 percent increase in the last quarter of 2021, according to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, and the Korea Rea...

Even as a new omicron wave gathers speed in some parts of the world, most countries are pushing ahead with reopening travel and easing restrictions in a bid to move past the COVID-19 era. In March, Norway claimed the No. 1 spot in Bloomberg’s COVID Resilience Ranking. After scrapping all of its travel restrictions, the country scored the highest among the 53 economies ranked with the most Vacc...

일본의 1등 영어 유튜버가 한국 영어 학습자들에게 드리는 글 일본은 가깝고도 먼 나라고들 말한다. 필자의 개인적인 체험으로는 영어 공부를 정성을 다해 열심히 하는 일본 선생님들도 적지 않고 상호 교류하면서 자극을 받는 점도 있어서 긍정적인 면이 많다. 필자의 토익 책이 일본에 수출되어 베스트셀러가 된 것을 계기로 사귄 친구들도 있고 그런 분들 중에 일본의 도쿄대 출신 선생님들도 계시다. 오늘 소개할 친구는 도쿄대학을 나온 일본의 토익부분 1등 유튜버 Tetsuya Morita 선생님이다. 한국 방문할 때 두 번, 일본방문 때 두 번 정도 만나본 분으로 영어, 한국어, 중국어도 잘하는 분이다. 필자가 만나본 일본 선생님들 중에 새로운 시도도 많이 하는 머리 좋은 분으로 현재 일본 1등 토익 유튜버이다. K...

The office of President Moon Jae-in on Friday confirmed an exchange of letters between Moon and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. Presidential spokesperson Park Kyung-mee said Cheong Wa Dae plans to brief the media on the letters. According to the North's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), Kim received a letter from Moon on Wednesday and sent a reply letter the next day. The KCNA said ...

South Korean stocks opened steeply lower Friday as the US Federal Reserve chief signaled interest rates would be aggressively raised. The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (Kospi) retreated 29.17 points, or 1.07 percent, to trade at 2,699.04 in the first 15 minutes of trading. Stocks got off to a lackluster start, tracking overnight Wall Street losses. The tech-heavy Nasdaq composite ...

Alibaba Group pledges to make nine energy efficiency patents technology available for free for the first time Alibaba Cloud aims to have its global data centers running entirely on clean energy by 2030 HANGZHOU, China , April 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Alibaba Group Holding Limited (NYSE: BABA and HKEX: 9988, "Alibaba" or "Alibaba Group") has joined Low Carbon Patent Pledge (LCPP) , an inte...

Sales of derivatives-linked securities in South Korea decreased in 2021 largely as investors shunned the risky investment tools amid the tightened regulations, data showed Friday. The combined value of equity-linked securities (ELS) and derivatives-linked securities (DLS) came to 84.7 trillion won ($72.1 billion) last year, down 4.3 trillion won from 2020, according to the data from the Financia...

WASHINGTON -- The United States is seeking to completely denuclearize the Korean Peninsula but only through dialogue and diplomacy, a Department of State spokesperson said Thursday. Ned Price, however, reiterated that the US will continue to hold the North to account over its recent missile provocations. "Our goal is to achieve that ultimate objective -- the complete denuclearization of the Kor...

WASHINGTON -- The United States and South Korea must not reduce their joint military drills just to bring North Korea back to the dialogue table, former US ambassador to South Korea Harry Harris said Thursday, calling it a "proven path to failure." He also dismissed the call for an end of Korean War declaration long advocated by the incumbent Moon Jae-in administration. "I think the current adm...

Taste coffee from Ganeung in the heart of Seoul Coffee aficionados do not have to travel to Gangneung, a city famous for coffee in Gangwon Province, to try a delectable cup of espresso this weekend. Renowned baristas from Gangneung are coming to Culture Station Seoul 284, a former Seoul train station that has become a multipurpose art and cultural complex. The event titled “Barista and Gangneu...

Fairmont Ambassador Seoul unveils new signature bakery collection The Atrium Lounge at Fairmont Ambassador Seoul presents a new collection of signature bakery goods, crafted by head baker Morgan Muller in accordance with authentic French recipes combined with natural Korean ingredients. The signature collection features natural sourdough-style fermentation techniques. Options include the plain ...

Cheongnamdae Spring Flower Festival The Cheongnamdae Spring Flower Festival will run through May 8 at Cheongnamdae in Cheongju, North Chungcheong Province. Once a private villa used by former presidents of South Korea, Cheongnamdae opened to the public in 2003. Surrounded by spring flowers, the festival welcomes visitors of all ages with various sculptures, art paintings and wild flowers. Che...

Anchor (Korea) Opened April 20 Thriller Directed by Jeong Ji-yeon Se-ra (Chun Woo-hee) is a famous news presenter with a mother, So-jung (Lee Hye-young), who micromanages her life. One day, Se-ra receives a phone call from a woman named Mi-so, five minutes before her news program goes on air. Mi-so claims she is about to be killed by a stranger and asks Se-ra to report her story, adding that...

Preparing for my first visit to South Korea since fall 2019 has been a pleasure. I look forward to meeting friends who I’ve only been able to meet on social media or Zoom. And I look forward to visiting favorite places and exploring new ones. Preparing for a long visit to Korea means looking at maps, lots of them. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, I looked at maps efficiently, but this time, I spend ...