The net asset value of stock funds in South Korea suffered a decline for the first time in four months in January, as the global stock market roiled amid major central banks' move to tighten policies, data showed Wednesday. The asset value of publicly placed stock funds stood at 82.7 trillion won ($68.4 billion) as of Thursday, down 8.37 trillion won, or 9.2 percent, from the previous month, acc...

Samsung C&T Corp., the construction unit of Samsung Group, said Wednesday it has obtained a $510 million plant deal from Vietnam. Samsung C&T received the order from Petro Vietnam Power Corp., an affiliate of Vietnam's state-run oil firm Petro Vietnam, to build the Southeast Asian country's first combined cycle power plant, the company said in a statement. Samsung C&T will form a consortium wit...

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and his wife, Ri Sol-ju, have attended an art performance marking Lunar New Year's Day, Pyongyang's state media reported Wednesday. It marks Ri's first public appearance since last September when the couple visited the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun, where the bodies of Kim's late grandfather and national founder Kim Il-sung, and his late father and former leader Kim ...

지난 주에 이어 우리 일상의 대화를 좀 더 세련되게 만들 수 있는 표현들을 보겠습니다. 저희 책 『나는 더 영어답게 말하고 싶다 일상회화 편 2』에서 뽑은 표현들입니다. 1 A: In his speech, the mayor renewed his commitment to helping the homeless every year. B: That’s a great goal to aspire to. A: 시장이 연설을 통해 매년 홈리스를 돕겠다는 의지를 새롭게 하던데. B: 추구해 볼 훌륭한 목표네. SITUATION 더 열심히 추진한다고 할 때 평범하게 Prime Minister promised to implement his economic policy more strongly. 영어답게 Pr...

South Korea's daily virus cases on Wednesday exceeded 20,000 for the first time since the country reported its first virus case two years ago, due to the fast spread of the omicron variant. The country reported 20,270 new COVID-19 infections, including 20,111 local cases, raising the total to 884,310, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA). The death toll from COVID...

South Korea faced a reduced number of import curbs from trade partners last year for the first time in a decade amid the pandemic, a trade body said Wednesday. The country was subject to 206 import regulations from 28 countries as of end-December, down 22 from a year earlier amid a decline in global trade during the pandemic, according to a report from the Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency...

More than three in 10 children out of school have been suffering depression, being at risk of possibly taking one's own life, a survey showed Wednesday. The National Youth Policy Institute (NYPI) found through a survey that 35 percent and 29 percent of out-of-school children were experiencing depression and anxiety, respectively, while 36.8 percent were exposed to suicidal risks. The survey was...

Actor Park Bo-gum, currently serving in South Korea's Navy, has passed a state exam to become a licensed barber, military officials said Wednesday. Park, who has been fulfilling his mandatory military service since 2020, took the exam last month, the officials said. He is currently stationed in the Gyeryongdae military headquarters, 160 kilometers south of Seoul. Park is set to complete his mil...

They say all is well that ends well, and South Korea ultimately got the job done by defeating Syria in Dubai on Tuesday to clinch an early World Cup spot. But the process left much to be desired, as South Korea caught some lucky breaks en route to a 2-0 win in their latest match of the final Asian World Cup qualifying round. The victory in Dubai has sent South Korea to their 10th consecutive Wo...

LONDON , Feb. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The release of the AR-powered Trillion app has pushed the boundaries for jewelry brands and jewelry lovers. Combining neural networks and artificial intelligence, the Trillion app allows you to try on precious jewelry pieces using only your phone camera from anywhere in the world. Recently released in the App Store and Google Play , the Trillion ap...

With two matches remaining in the final Asian qualifying round for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, South Korea have already claimed a ticket to Qatar for the big tournament. They blanked Syria 2-0 in their latest Group A match at Rashid Stadium in Dubai on Tuesday, and guaranteed themselves one of two automatic berths out of the group, alongside Iran. Iran lead South Korea 22-20 in points, and they wil...

South Korea have clinched an early berth for the 2022 FIFA World Cup with their latest victory in the ongoing qualification phase. Kim Jin-su and Kwon Chang-hoon had a goal apiece to push South Korea past Syria 2-0 in Group A action in Dubai on Tuesday (local time) in the final Asian qualifying round for the World Cup. The match took place at Rashid Stadium in Dubai as the neutral venue, with th...

A senior policeman has been sentenced to four years behind bars on charges of breaking into the house of a younger colleague and sexually assaulting her, officials said Wednesday. The 51-year-old police inspector in Seoul, only known by his surname Lee, was indicted in May last year, nearly two years after he broke into the colleague's house and sexually assaulted her in 2019. Charges against h...

*진행자: 간형우, Beth Eunhee Hong 1. Natural decline in population hits all-time high in November 요약: 11월 인구 자연감소 사상 최대 기록 [1] South Korea’s monthly decline in population reached the record-high of more than 8,000 in November, with the demographic tally losing by more than 40,000 for the first 11 months of 2021, state data showed Wednesday. *decline: 감소 (하락, 축소) *demographic: 인구(통계)학의 *tally: 기록,...

Seventh annual Influential Leaders initiative recognizes 27 champions of diversity and inclusion TAMPA, Fla. , Feb. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- AACSB International (AACSB)—the world's largest business education alliance—announces today its 2022 Class of Influential Leaders , a group of 27 business school alumni serving as champions of diversity and inclusion. Some of the 2022 Influential Lea...