Always wanted to know how figure skating outfits are made? Check out our exclusive interview with the designer behind Cha Jun-hwan’s outfits! By Team Konnect Kim Min-jung ( minjung.kim@heraldcorp.com ) Jung Ji-eun ( jungje@heraldcorp.com ) Choi Jeong-yoon ( jychoi@heraldcorp.com ) Kim Jeong-ryul ( ryul@heraldcorp.com ) By Korea Herald ( khnews@heraldcorp.com )

Chung Jae-won was born in the first year of the 21st century, a bundle of speed skating potential waiting to be tapped. The first glimpse of that talent came four years ago at PyeongChang 2018, when Chung, all of 16, earned the silver medal in the men’s team pursuit. A fuller realization occurred Saturday in Beijing, where Chung, still four months away from his 21st birthday, skated to the silv...

Over his illustrious Olympic career spanning four competitions, South Korean speed skater Lee Seung-hoon has done nothing but win medals. And with the bronze medal in the men‘s mass start at Beijing 2022 on Saturday, Lee now has six medals for his career, more than any South Korean athlete in Winter Olympic history. With two golds, three silvers and one bronze, he is tied with two Summer Olympia...

Business hours of the complex are from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Although stores are closed on Sundays, most are open around the beginning of the new school year, through late March and Children’s Day on May 5. Photos by Park Hyun-koo Written by Kim Hae-yeon

A model walks the runway for The Blonds fashion show during New York Fashion Week. The Blonds Fall/Winter 2022 collection is modeled at Spring Studios during New York Fashion Week on Wednesday, Feb. 16. Many famous stars, including Adam Lambert, Paris Hilton and Megan Fox attended the show. David and Phillipe Blond have designed iconic costumes for many household names in the music industry, inc...

Touted as the next big thing, the metaverse has been undeniably the talk of the global town since last year. The metaverse frenzy accelerated further when Facebook changed its name to Meta in October. Hoping to take the lead in the new online virtual world, all sectors regardless of their specializations have jumped on the metaverse bandwagon. This has led to lofty projections luring individual ...

“I thought for a while what to cook, and chose things that are easy to cook but that can revive one’s appetite in springtime. In fact, we don’t have recipes that require sophisticated preparation or many supplementary ingredients in temple cuisine,” said Ven. Yeoil. Saying her cooking skill is “just knowledge she picked up from everyday observations,” Ven. Yeoil reveals her humility, but the mag...

The Americans called the Yeoncheon battle the Nevada Complex, with three hills forming a defense against advancing Chinese troops. The Yeoncheon battle was one of the fiercest fights that held back the enemy for the US Marines. During a day of that engagement, Reckless made 51 trips from the ammunition supply point to the frontline positions, most of them on her own. She carried over 300 rounds,...

March 9 is voting day in South Korea. Gearing up for the 20th presidential election and by-election of the National Assembly, the Daegu Election Commission on Thursday launched “D-20 Until Election Bread” with Samsong BNC, a local company in Daegu. To encourage citizens to vote, Samsong Bakery, a famous bakery affiliated with Samsong BNC, baked pastries with election-themed decorations. Startin...

For future directors, smartphones can be a great tool to experiment with camera angles, he said. “The story of the movie is important, but how to organize the screen is the most difficult problem for the beginners. You can experiment with screen composition with a smartphone,” Park added. “Life is But a Dream” and the making of the film were made available on Apple’s YouTube channel on Friday. ...

South Korean bobsleigh pilot Won Yun-jong led his four-man team to an unexpected silver medal on the final day of the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang. With Beijing 2022 drawing to a conclusion Sunday, Won and his new-look four-man unit will try to repeat that performance from four years ago. The final two runs of the four-man bobsleigh competition will be the final event for South Korea in ...

South Korea reported more than 100,000 new COVID-19 cases for the second day in a row on Saturday amid the rapid spread of the highly transmissible omicron variant. The new daily infections came to 102,211, including 102,072 local infections, raising the total caseload to 1,858,009 the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency said. The death toll from COVID-19 reached 7,354, up 71 from Frida...

SEOUL, South Korea , Feb. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The best-seller of the no. 1 k -beauty brand, d'Alba has reached a new record. The White Truffle First Spray Serum has sold over 10 million bottles globally. d'Alba Premium vegan cosmetic brand, White truffle first spray serum sold over 10M bottles d'Alba has been ranked no 1 in the mist category in the following platforms: Naver Shoppin...