Kang Min-jin, head of the minor opposition Justice Party’s youth division, said the People Power Party is “relying on misogyny to win votes from one gender.” Kang cited instances such as Hana Bank’s decision to hire with a gender ratio of four men to one woman, Dong-A Pharmaceutical’s ”sexist” job interviews, and the Seoul Metro and Korea Gas Safety Corporation’s manipulation of scores to keep w...

ITZY will get together with its fans in person at its first official fan meet event on April 9, announced label JYP Entertainment on Tuesday. The event, named “ITZY The 1st Fan Meeting,” marks the quintet’s third anniversary of debut and will be livestreamed online as well. It was originally planned for Feb. 19 but was postponed when Lia tested positive for COVID-19 on Feb. 13. Yeji and C...

Sejong Center for the Performing Arts unveiled Monday a series of plans to revitalize the ageng cultural complex that is facing competition from newer facilities as well as financial difficulties. Ahn Ho-sang, who took the helm of the center in October, said that the Sejong Center faced competition not just from other performance facilities but also digital content platforms such as Nexflix. Ahn...

“In this time of digital transformation, people are more drawn to an analog way of life, such as reading printed books or using film cameras. The enduring popularity of vintage clothes and other retro fashion items is also attributable to people’s nostalgia,” said Kwak Geum-joo, a psychology professor at Seoul National University. By copying their parents of decades ago, young people are trying ...

LG Energy Solution was listed on the main Kospi bourse in January, 30 years after the company took its first step as a pioneer in the rechargeable battery business in 1992. Its next goal is to become “a company that is trusted and loved by customers.” LG Energy Solution’s initial public offering set several records, raising capital of more than 10 trillion won ($8.3 billion) and attracting 114....

In “Authentisch Leben (Authentic Life),” a compilation of lectures and writing by Fromm, edited by Rainer Funk, the scholar says the brutal labor exploitation of slaves and the colonized may have ended about 100 years ago, but the practice has continued in other forms. “Today, everyone has become the subject of self-exploitation.” Fromm argues people feel inertia because they relinquish their i...

SEJONG -- At least 1 in 2 South Koreans were found to have predicted home prices to go down in the coming year, amid a variety of tight regulations and rising interest rates, data from the Bank of Korea showed Tuesday. According to the monthly consumer survey conducted by BOK, the index for households’ outlook on housing prices sat at 97 in February, down three points from a month earlier. The ...

Teachers’ unions are voicing out their concerns after the government announced schools will have the choice to provide full remote classes during the first two weeks of March. The Ministry of Education announced Monday that it has designated March 2 -11 to be a new semester adjustment period, allowing schools to hold online-only classes if needed. Previously, the ministry had warned schools to ...

The South Korean antitrust regulator granted a conditional approval on Tuesday for a merger between South Korea’s two biggest air carriers to prevent monopoly in the country’s aviation industry. The Fair Trade Commission’s decision was made after concluding that Korean Air’s acquisition of Asiana Airlines might limit competition. After the merger, the two air carriers would operate around 48.9 ...

An annual international peace forum kicked off in PyeongChang, Gangwon Province, on Tuesday for a three-day run to discuss peace, inter-Korean relations and ways that the upcoming Winter Youth Olympics in 2024 could serve as an opportunity for peace on the divided Korean Peninsula. Under the slogan of “Peace, Here and Now!,” the PyeongChang Peace Forum brings together global leaders, scholars...

One of them will be “Ultimate Weapon Alice (unofficial translation),” a series directed by Lee Byung-heon, who is known for directing the hit movie “Extreme Job” that attracted more than 16 million moviegoers here. As for the company’s overseas business strategy, Watcha CEO Park said that it had to scrap its original plan and is starting over. Abroad, Watcha currently operates in Japan. “For ou...

South Korean banking groups are opening more offline asset management centers exclusively for the nation’s superrich, while closing regular branches and replacing them with mobile and artificial intelligence-based services. On Tuesday, Shinhan Financial Group said it upgraded and rebranded two of its wealth management centers in Seoul to focus on providing exclusive banking services for its clie...

“Director Lee wanted me to create my own version of Mi-jin, who was different from the character of the original webtoon. As Mi-jin’s friends turned into zombies and left her side, I did not hide my feelings of regret and sadness, which was unimaginable for a cold-hearted, rational Mi-jin of the original webtoon,” the actor told The Korea Herald. While the actor believed that she would have trie...