South Korea ranked 59th among 146 countries in a U.N.-sponsored world happiness index. The Sustainable Development Solutions Network under the United Nations announced the 2022 World Happiness Report on Friday (local time). Finland topped the list for the fifth consecutive year, followed by Denmark, Switzerland and Iceland. South Korea climbed up three places from last year to 59th. The nation...

South Korean stock markets are expected to gain ground next week, as investors are likely to snap up oversold stocks amid eased uncertainty about the U.S. monetary policy and optimism for the Russia-Ukraine peace talks, analysts said Saturday. The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) closed at 2,707.02 points Friday, down 1.72 percent from a week ago. The key stock index started ...

South Korea's new COVID-19 cases fell below 400,000 on Saturday, but concerns linger over the highly transmissible omicron variant amid the government's move to shift away from rigorous social distancing. The country reported 381,454 new COVID-19 infections, including 63 from overseas, raising the total caseload to 9,038,938, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said. The late...

CHENGDU, China , March 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Archaeological Forum of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences held in Beijing announced " China's New Archaeological Discoveries in 2021" on Mar 18 , with two archaeological sites in Southwest China's Sichuan province included on the list. A worker examines a bronze mask unearthed from the Sanxingdui site in Guanghan, Sichuan provi...

- MODAMODA launching its own shopping mall in the US to expand online/offline retailing, building a factory to make inroads into the US market, and even reviewing relocation of its head office to the US SEOUL, South Korea , March 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- MODAMODA, a bio-cosmetics company (President Ayden Bae ) announced the official launch of its online brand mall ( www.trymodamoda.com ) ...

SHANGHAI , March 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- XCMG's (SHE:000425) 1,000-ton crawler crane, XGC15000A, has set a new world record after completing its first single-arm wind power hoisting operation at a height of 172+12 meters for the Jinjiaozhou wind power farm in Qingdao, China . XCMG’s XGC15000A Sets New Wind Power Hoisting Record of Over 170 Meters High, Supports Low-Carbon Energy Constructi...

Boy band Dongkiz will change its name to DKZ and find new members, said agency Dongyo Entertainment Friday. Two of the five members, Moonik and Wondae, suffered injuries. Wondae decided to leave the team as he will need to go into long-term rehabilitation. Moonik still needs more time to recover and will not join the band’s activities for the time being. Instead, three new members will jo...

The Seokwoon Yoon show, which took place during London Fashion Week, introduced this year’s A/W collection under the theme of “Approaching a New Species.” Rookie womenswear brand Painters showed experimental visuals through its collection, hoping it to be accepted in the commercial market. Eenk presented its “V for Vintage” collection filled with powerful elegance and majestic glam inspired by th...

Stray Kids has been making steady progress since their debut in 2018. Last year, they became the first JYP Entertainment artists to sell a million copies of an album with their second long-player “Noeasy.” With “Oddinary,” the band pushed the envelope further, selling 1.3 million units in pre-orders alone, up by nearly 400,000 compared to their previous release, “Noeasy.” “It’s all thanks to St...

Timed to Global Recycling Day, Corona's global fishing event recycled five tons of plastic debris from waters worldwide while aiming to generate a second source of income for fisherpeople LONDON , March 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, on Global Recycling Day, global beer brand Corona revealed the results of their first global Plastic Fishing Tournament, a series of events held around the worl...

The Korean Symphony Orchestra on Friday is officially adding “national” into its name following the culture minister’s approval earlier this month. The name change for the orchestra, which is under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, has been pushed for several years, but faced opposition from the KBS Symphony Orchestra, which was once the National Symphony Orchestra. Despite being an ...

Uzbekistan will host the Tashkent International Investment Forum from March 24-26, the Embassy of Uzbekistan said in a press release. The forum will focus on green energy, innovative industries, agriculture and digitization of the economy. According to the embassy, the forum is a new platform for the Central Asian region to show the investment potential of Uzbekistan for international investmen...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Joe Biden and China’s Xi Jinping are set to speak on Friday as the White House warns Beijing that providing military or economic assistance for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine will trigger severe consequences from Washington and beyond. Planning for the call has been in the works since Biden and Xi held a virtual summit in November, but differences between Washington an...

South Korean banks are embracing artificial intelligence to better understand customers and enable them to take advantage of services more easily, as local financial institutions step up efforts to digitalize their operations. Hana Bank, one of the five major banks here, said Friday that it would use artificial intelligence to look through customer reviews in real-time so as to expand communicat...

SEJONG -- Recent indices are signaling a possible vitalization of the real estate market later this year, with expectations growing over deregulations, which had been pledged by President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol. A major property index showed Friday that the gap between the number of people, who want to purchase homes and those, who want to sell homes has somewhat narrowed. But the potential sellers...