Kim Tae-ho, the star producer best known for the hit MBC TV show "Infinite Challenge," has left the broadcaster after 21 years. Monday was the last day of Kim's 21-year-long work for MBC, company officials said Tuesday. Kim began working for the broadcaster in January 2001. He went on to produce "Infinite Challenge" for 13 years and "Hangout with Yoo," also a hit variety show starring comedian ...

DUBAI -- President Moon Jae-in has held telephone talks with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and expressed condolences to victims of a suspected drone attack claimed by Yemen's Houthi rebels, Moon's office said. The 25-minute telephone talks Monday evening came after the scheduled summit between Moon, who is on a weeklong trip to the Middle East, and the UAE's de facto ruler ...

North Korea said Tuesday that it conducted the test-firing of a tactical guided missile a day earlier to confirm the accuracy of the weapons system under production. On Monday, South Korea's military said the North fired two suspected short-range ballistic missiles eastward from the Sunan airfield in Pyongyang, marking its fourth show of force this month. "The test-fire was aimed to selectively...

After a half century or so in politics, Joe Biden sure didn’t need to be reminded -- by a pollster, or a political science professor or a media pundit -- of the secret of winning elections. Because this is one secret that every politico knows. Namely: A politician will never be able to convince people that their perceived problems aren’t real -- or aren’t being fixed -- if voters are sure the pr...

FLORENCE, Italy , Jan. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The new Omicron variant is spreading rapidly causing an increase in infections at unprecedented speed. On November 28th , WHO officially recommended laboratories to use Real Time PCR detection kits capable of identifying putative Omicron variant infections, directly at the moment of the positivity test. To support this recommendation, Menari...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. , Jan. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Celgard, LLC (Celgard), a subsidiary of Polypore International, LP, was successful in settling its patent litigation against several Farasis defendants in the United States (U.S.) District Court for the Northern District of California (NDCA). Celgard and all Farasis entities listed in the lawsuit have settled the outstanding disputes between ...

The highly anticipated “7 Fates: Chakho,” a joint webtoon project between Naver Webtoon and Hybe, the K-pop powerhouse behind the superband BTS, is drawing mixed reactions from both webtoon and BTS fans at home and abroad. “7 Fates: Chakho,” the webtoon and web-novel series starring BTS members, released its first episode on Saturday. The series received a 7.70 rating as of Monday, which is a h...

Signing their contract with Pledis Entertainment last August, Fromis_9 is currently the only girl group from Hybe Labels, the management arm of K-pop powerhouse Hybe. “There is the pressure coming with the big name, but the members all agreed that it’s an opportunity to make Fromis_9 more known,” Sae-rom said, while Ha-young added, “Personally, with the new start (at Pledis), I think I’ve become...

Meanwhile, the ambassador also highlighted Indonesia’s potential in the creative economy sector at the global level. “Creative economy is projected to reach a global valuation of $985 billion by 2023, and could represent 10 percent of global GDP before 2030,” Soeherman said, citing research data from G20 think tanks. “Indonesia is the place where creativity is born and flourishes. Creativity is...

Seoul on Monday strongly protested against Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi’s remarks that renewed territorial claims over South Korea’s easternmost islets of Dokdo, demanding an immediate retraction. South Korea’s reaction came after Hayashi reiterated Tokyo’s stance that Dokdo, which is known as Takeshima in Japan, is a territory inherent to Japan in view of historical facts and int...

Press Conference to be held on 22 January, 2022 STOCKHOLM , Jan. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The party Svenska Rikslagen has been registered in Sweden . The party is focused on being voted into the Swedish Parliament in the September 2022 election. Our background Svenska Rikslagen was created in response to the Swedish government's response to the Covid pandemic. Our agenda With the o...

SEOUL, South Korea , Jan. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Hyundai Capital Services, a financial services subsidiary of Hyundai Motor Group, and CGI Finance, a subsidiary of Societe Generale Group, announce the launch of a joint venture, Hyundai Capital France (HCF). Hyundai Capital France is a joint venture between Hyundai Capital and CGI Finance. HCF will support Hyundai Motor France, Kia France ...

SEJONG -- Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Hong Nam-ki has expressed his commitment to raising accuracy and transparency in generating figures on tax revenue, reiterating his apology for the government’s excess revenue beyond its earlier estimate. In his meeting with reporters on Monday, Hong said the Finance Ministry would “focus on raising transparency (in operation and forecast of t...

Started as a mere app developing company, South Korea’s platform giant Kakao has been on the fast track of success, becoming the nation‘s fifth-largest business entity just in 11 years. Founded by Kim Beom-su, who used to run a PC room and work at Samsung SDS, the dominant takeover of the messenger app KakaoTalk laid the groundwork for the Kakao group’s expansion in the last decade. According to...