Youn Yuh-jung, the 93rd Oscar-winning actress of US film “Minari,” will return to the Academy Awards later this month. Youn, who won the best supporting actress award in 2021 for her portrayal of an eccentric grandmother in “Minari,” will join former winners and nominees to present at the 94th Academy Awards ceremony slated for March 27. The first slate of presenters includes American actors Ke...

After an intense 10-minute climb, you will come upon a pylon stopping you on your hike. From here, the four pointed peaks -- Jokduribong, Hyangnobong, Bibong and Munsubong -- of Bukhansan will blow your mind, taking away the fatigue of the two-hour hike. By Lee Si-jin ( sj_lee@heraldcorp.com )

Hyundai Engineering Co. said Sunday it has received a front-end engineering and design (FEED) deal to build a plastic waste processing plant in the United States. Hyundai Engineering obtained the FEED deal from Encina Development Group to process plastic waste into 150,000 tons of circular chemicals products a year, the company said in a statement. Hyundai Engineering aims to win more deals fro...

South Korea's daily coronavirus cases stayed above 240,000 for the third consecutive day Sunday amid the fast spread of the highly transmissible omicron variant. The country reported 243,628 new COVID-19 infections, including 243,540 local cases, raising the total caseload to 4,456,264, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA). The daily tally fell from 254,327 cases ...

Ruling party presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung and main opposition candidate Yoon Suk-yeol are set to converge on Seoul in the homestretch of their campaigns Sunday. With the election three days away, Lee of the liberal Democratic Party will crisscross the capital for campaign rallies in the districts of Dobong, Seongbuk, Eunpyeong, Seodaemun, Gwanak and Yongsan. Yoon of the conservative Peo...

The wives of the two leading presidential candidates emerged as a key variable in this year's election as both were hit with embarrassing scandals that negatively impacted their husbands' campaigns. Kim Hye-kyung, the wife of ruling Democratic Party candidate Lee Jae-myung, was often seen accompanying her husband on the campaign trail before a major scandal broke over the Lunar New Year holiday ...

The following are key election pledges of South Korea's two leading candidates for the March 9 presidential election -- Lee Jae-myung of the ruling Democratic Party and Yoon Suk-yeol of the main opposition People Power Party. While many of the pledges have been officially announced by the candidates and their election camps, some are based on earlier remarks and known views. 〈Foreign Relations〉...

Yoon Suk-yeol has undergone a dramatic transformation from a prosecutor general serving President Moon Jae-in to an opposition presidential contender vowing to investigate the administration's "deep-rooted evils" if elected on March 9. Yoon, 61, rose to prominence as a prosecutor investigating high-profile cases under the previous conservative administration of President Park Geun-hye, including...

Ruling party presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung calls himself a person that is "unbreakable" as he has overcome various obstacles starting with his impoverished childhood, and he wants to prove it again in the March 9 election. Known to be an aggressive public administrator, the former Seongnam mayor and Gyeonggi governor emphasizes that he is the one who can overcome the COVID-19 crisis, driv...

South Koreans will elect a new president this week, capping off a neck-and-neck race between two leading contenders whose promises of improved livelihoods and a fairer society were largely overshadowed by scandals and feuds. Wednesday's election has shaped up to be a two-way race between former Gyeonggi Province Governor Lee Jae-myung of the ruling Democratic Party and former prosecutor-general ...

North Korea said Sunday it has conducted another "important test" for developing a "reconnaissance satellite." "The DPRK National Aerospace Development Administration (NADA) and the Academy of Defence Science conducted another important test on Saturday under the plan of developing a reconnaissance satellite," the Korean Central News Agency said in an English-language report. The DPRK is the acr...

Samsung Electronics has allegedly been hacked by a foreign hacking group, which breached its confidential source code and other classified data, industry sources and media reports said Saturday. Data extortion entity Lapsus$ has claimed that it hacked the system of the South Korean tech giant and leaked up to 190 gigabytes of its data and source code online, according to the sources. It also sa...

By Kim Hae-yeon ( hykim@heraldcorp.com )

At the end of the alley bordered by hanoks is the oldest place where the general public and Joseon palace servants did their laundry. Photos by Park Hyun-koo Written by Byun Hye-jin

The Haenam Yun clan has been a fixture for the past 600 years, according to the museum. “There are over 50,000 Yun family descendants,” according to Yun Young-yea, a 10th-generation descendant of Yun Seon-do. “Preserving family treasures was the job of the many nameless daughters-in-law of the Yun family,” said Yun, the docent at the Gosan Yunseondo Artifact Museum. As the eldest son of his gen...