A two-day concert from 2AM was postponed after Jo Kwon tested positive for COVID-19 on Friday. It was a breakthrough infection as the musician has received his second booster shot vaccination. He suspended all activities after receiving the results. Members Im Seulong and Lee Changmin tested negative, according to following local media reports. The concert, named “2AM concert 22 S/S,” was...

Top nuclear envoys of South Korea, the US and Japan urged North Korea to cease activities that escalate tension and return to dialogue and diplomacy at the earliest, following the regime’s recent flurry of missile tests. The call was made at the three-way session between South Korea’s chief nuclear envoy, Noh Kyu-duk, and his American and Japanese counterparts, Sung Kim and Takehiro Funakoshi, r...

Becoming a farmer carries a high risk, with volatile weather and soil conditions affecting farm crops in a blink. The risk, exacerbated by global warming, has been mitigated for Lee Kyung-ju, a former IT office worker-turned farmer who has been growing cucumbers with the help of a smart farm system since 2020. He kicks off his day by checking his smartphone application showing the farming weath...

JAKARTA, Indonesia , Feb. 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Bank BRI (IDX: BBRI), has announced its commitment to support the MSME sector in Indonesia to empower the ultra-micro sector at the BRI Microfinance Outlook 2022 on February 10, 2022 . The event was attended by Sri Mulyani, Minister of Finance; Airlangga Hartarto, Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs; Kartika Wirjoatmodjo, Deputy Min...

BEIJING , Feb. 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- A promotion conference for the investment environment of Wangcheng District of Changsha , central China's Hunan Province was held on Thursday, when 18 major investment promotion projects were signed with total investment of 43.3 billion yuan (about 6.81 billion U.S. dollars ). Photo provided by Changsha Wangcheng Converged Media Center shows th...

He said Korea no longer had strategy to bring down the patient numbers as the government abandons TTIQ -- test, trace, isolation, quarantine. So that foreshadows a greater burden for hospitals in the coming weeks, he said. Omicron has spread across Korea “more than 10 times as rapidly as delta did,” he said. “In about 2 1/2 months since omicron was first detected in Korea, daily case numbers hav...

Rozy, the first virtual social media influencer in South Korea, is set to make a debut as a singer this month, according to Sidus Studio X Friday. Rozy’s debut song will be produced by Vanilla acoustic’s Jung Jae-won, who has worked with artists such as Bolbbalgan4, while Music Vine is participating in the project as a production company. Sidus Studio X, which produced the virtual human based o...

SEJONG -- Economic and financial policymakers are considering allowing self-employed people to roll over their debt as part of efforts to minimize insolvency amid the ongoing pandemic. The action comes during the meeting of chiefs from the Ministry of Economy and Finance, the Financial Services Commission, the Financial Supervisory Service and the Bank of Korea on Friday. They will finalize the...

A twenty-eight-year old surnamed Lee has been watching Netflix‘s “Single’s Inferno” and Tving’s “Transit Love” over the past month, despite the many controversies surrounding the hit dating shows. “Seeing men and women in such ideal conditions, in exotic places, and, what’s best, without a mask, somehow gives me a sense of excitement and energy,” said Lee who works at a data analysis management ...

Renault Samsung Motors said Friday that Renault Group has named Stephane Deblaise, the former vehicle program director at the French headquarters, as a new chief to lead the Korean business. The 49-year-old who served Renault’s advanced project and cross-car line program director until recently will assume the new role from March 1. Deblaise is joining the Korean unit as the first CEO with an e...

South Korea’s top four major banking groups -- KB, Shinhan, Hana and Woori -- saw their combined earnings last year hit a record high, largely buoyed by robust interest and commission income. According to their separate regulatory filings, the total net profit of the firms soared 34.5 percent on-year to 14.5 trillion ($12 billion) last year, eclipsing the previous record of 10.8 trillion won in ...

McDonald’s Korea announced Thursday it will raise prices of some 30 food items by an average of 2.8 percent starting from Feb. 17, in line with other fast food chains that have carried out price hikes recently. Under the new scheme, the price of the Bulgogi Burger will increase from 2,200 won to 2,300 won ($1.84 to $1.92), while a small Americano coffee will be priced at 1,900 won, up from 1,700...

Hyundai Motor Group said Friday Kia Motors has topped JD Power’s reliability study for the first time, outpacing all rivals in the mass-market and premium segments. Kia ranked first in JD Power’s 2022 US Vehicle Dependability Study, while its bigger sister Hyundai Motor came third. Genesis, which has become an independent luxury brand, ranked fourth overall, topping the premium segment. The sec...

Kakao leaders are struggling to restore the platform giant’s brand image and win back the trust of investors after the company’s friendly reputation took a huge hit over a series of mishaps. “Looking back on the path that Kakao has walked on over the past four years, Kakao has achieved rapid growth with the support of the entire nation. But in the process, we have suffered growing pains and lost...

From short film “On my way Home” (2018), period drama “My Country: The New Age” (2019) and teen romance “School 2021” (2021) to horror film “Metamorphosis” (2019), Cho has been expanding her repertoire, but the actor finds there is still much room for improvement. “When I look back on the characters that I played in my previous work, they were all different, not sharing much similarities in genr...