SHANGHAI , Jan. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- According to data released by the China Automotive Technology & Research Center, HiPhi X was the best-selling luxury electric vehicles with MSRP more than 500,000 RMB in both December and the second half of 2021. Designed and manufactured by industry-leading new mobility and intelligent driving company Human Horizons, the HiPhi X is equipped with the ...

“As omicron goes on to become dominant, the restrictions that we have now may need to be eased further,” Son said. The ministry has said that once omicron starts dominating the outbreak, Korea will abandon its rigorous virus control strategy known as 3T -- test, trace and treat -- and focus on providing “targeted protection” for vulnerable people. Dr. Jung Jae-hun, a COVID-19 advisor to the p...

The Ministry of Education will support medical costs for students who experience adverse events from being vaccinated or are experiencing mental health issues due to the COVID-19 pandemic. “As many students and parents are worried about children and youths experiencing adverse events from vaccination, we have came up with measures that can relieve the concerns,” Education Minister Yoo Eun-hae sa...

Hyundai Heavy Industries’ failed acquisition of its smaller rival Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering may be a boon for the nation’s largest shipbuilder as it has secured abundant cash to focus on new growth engine businesses such as hydrogen, autonomous driving and robots. Last week, the European Commission disapproved the merger plan of the two Korean shipbuilders over monopoly concerns. ...

Nearly 400 empty school buildings, chiefly in rural areas, are sitting idle after closing their doors due to lack of students, government data showed Tuesday. The Ministry of Education has a thorny task of giving new life to abandoned classrooms. As of May last year, a total of 3,855 schools have closed across South Korea in nearly 40 years since 1982, according to data compiled by the Ministry...

The Ministry of Environment will evaluate the environmental impact of major government policies and projects beginning in September as part of its road map to reach carbon neutrality by 2050. According to the plans revealed Tuesday, the ministry will also monitor the state budget and funds to ensure they contribute to the reduction of greenhouse gases starting in 2023. For private businesses, t...

She said the positive energy and brightness of Ji-won was not something that I had before. “I was a little reluctant to play a lively character, because I thought I was more of a calm and boring individual,” the actor said. “At the beginning, I felt embarrassed to make cute gestures and remarks but at the end of the series, I got so used to them that the director told me it was too much and kep...

Different genre preferences and interests were notable through global sales figures shown, according to LTI Korea. In France, readers showed a deep interest in mystery and thriller genres, purchasing novels by bestselling thriller writers Seo Mi-ae and Kim Un-soo. In Germany, Korean spiritual and psychological-themed essays grabbed notable attention, with “Love for Imperfect Things,” written by...

Kazakhstani Damir Kusheyev, a former professional cyclist, has finished a 793.8-kilometer bicycle trip across Korea, which he embarked on to commemorate the 30th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Korea and Kazakhstan and to support Busan in its bid to host the World Expo 2030. Kusheyev began his trip at Haeundae Beach in Busan on Jan. 8. He cycled over nine days, passing through Samnan...

SEJONG -- A large portion of startups and the self-employed failed in less than five years while suffering from fears of possible financial insolvency due to heavy debt, data from Statistics Korea and credit rating firm NICE showed Tuesday. Their unstable status was found to have started years before COVID-19 hit the nation. According to Statistics Korea, the median individual startup stayed in ...

"Russian avant-garde art was politically shunned at the time but was reborn as minimal art after 50 years. The art avant-garde movement also influenced Korean abstract art, such as the ‘dansaekhwa movement,’” said Kim Young-ho, a professor at Chungang University who directed the exhibition. The exhibition starts with “Wassily Kandinsky’s Improvisations,” showing Kandinsky’s works from the improv...

The “Korean age” system came into the limelight Tuesday following leading presidential candidate Yoon Suk-yeol’s pledge to make the use of the international age system mandatory for all administrative matters. Alongside the international age calculation that measures how many years and months that a person has lived since his or her birthday, the nation has kept its unique way of counting a newb...

South Korea posted $46.47 billion in car exports last year, up 24.2 percent from the previous year which was hit hard by COVID-19, government data showed on Tuesday. Export volume surged 8.6 percent to 2.05 million units, marking the first time in nine years to see exports rise in both volume and value. The country’s car production and sales volume at home, on the other hand, dropped 1.3 percen...

DENGFENG, China , Jan. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- With the Chinese New Year around the corner, China's Songshan Shaolin Temple and Shaolin Culture Centers across the world have launched a global kung fu contest - "Happy Chinese New Year: Shaolin Kung Fu Online Games ." "Shaolin kung fu boasts the value of fitness, enlightenment, and harmony." said the abbot of the Shaolin Temple, Master Sh...

The US envoy for North Korea urged Pyongyang to cease its “unlawful and destabilizing” activities and engage in dialogue in his talks with South Korean and Japanese counterparts on Monday after the North’s latest missile test. US Special Representative for North Korea, Sung Kim, South Korea’s Noh Kyu-duk and Japan’s Takehiro Funakoshi held three-way phone talks immediately after North Korea f...