Meanwhile, Lotte World Adventure -- a landmark in Songpa-gu, southern Seoul -- presents a nearly 60-percent discount on its admission ticket until Nov. 30. Though there are students who enjoy the Suneung promotion, there was no drastic increase in the number of high school seniors and graduates at Lotte World Adventure in previous years, according to a Lotte World Adventure official. "We are ex...

The South Korean military is close to launching a third spy satellite, to be a key asset in monitoring North Korea. The third military reconnaissance satellite will be carried into orbit atop Space X’s Falcon 9 rocket, like the first two, around the third week of December from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, according to the Ministry of National Defense on Monday. The upcoming la...

A man in his 20s was talked out of jumping off a Han River bridge by Seoul police officers, Saturday, police said Monday. Seoul's Seocho Police Station at 8:50 p.m. on Saturday received a report from the man's friend that he appeared to have gone to the Han River alone after getting drunk. The police tracked his cell phone to find him standing near the southern end of the Banpo Bridge, and reque...

LG Energy Solution said Monday it forged an exclusive deal with US-based Bear Robotics to supply its cylindrical batteries, marking a significant expansion into sectors beyond electric vehicles. The battery maker’s 21700 cylindrical cells -- measuring 21 millimeters in diameter and 70 mm in height -- will be installed in Bear Robotics’ service robot “Servi Plus” and logistics robot “Carti.” The ...

A senior Unification Ministry official said Monday that Kim's speech aimed to affirm the legitimacy of Russia’s war in Ukraine and to justify North Korea’s deployment of troops to the battlefield in Ukraine. "Overall, these remarks appear aimed not only at quelling any military or internal unrest regarding North Korea's dispatch of troops against Ukraine, but also at fostering hostility (toward ...

Shares of Samsung Electronics continued to gain Monday, following the company’s announcement of a share buyback plan worth 10 trillion won ($7.17 billion) on Friday, partly recovering from a steep decline the previous week. Samsung Electronics shares closed trading at 56,700 won Monday, up 3,200 won or 5.98 percent from the previous trading day, according to the Korea Exchange. During intraday t...

BENGALURU, India , Nov. 18, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Microland is proud to announce its recognition as a Leader in the 2024 Gartner ® Magic Quadrant ™ for Managed Network Services (MNS) for the fifth consecutive year. This accomplishment highlights the company's unwavering dedication to delivering automation-driven, user-focused solutions that ensure secure, seamless, and reliable enterprise ...

Korea Herald correspondent

Proposed Bill: Partial Amendment to the Labor Standards Act Proposed by Rep. Ko Dong-jin (People Power Party) ● To enhance the competitiveness of Korea’s national high-tech strategic industries, this bill aims to exempt the R&D sector in industries such as semiconductors, displays, biotechnology and secondary batteries from the current weekly cap of 52 work hours. Rep. Ko, a former CEO of Sams...

Luvsan Khurelbaatar, chairman of Mongolia’s Monos Group, shared details about the Silk Road Project, a long-term initiative in partnership with Korea’s Daegu Haany University. The project aims to enhance medical education, research, and production in Mongolia, with a particular focus on traditional medicine and pharmaceutical innovation. “We have been collaborating with Daegu Haany University fo...

The Seoul Metropolitan Government announced on Monday that it is pushing to hire foreign nationals as bus drivers on local community routes as the city struggles to deal with a chronic manpower shortage in the transportation sector. The city government requested last month that the Office for Government Policy Coordination expand the E-9 visa program to include the transportation sector and to e...

Enhypen set a sales record with “Romance: Untold – Daydream –,” a reissue of its second full album, agency Belift Lab said Monday. It sold more than 1.4 million copies in the first week and broke the first-week sales record for a repackaged album from a K-pop act. The band added two songs to second LP “Romance: Untold,” which had contained 10 tracks. One of the two new songs and focus track “No ...

Most regions were issued cold wave alerts Monday as South Korea saw a 10-degree drop in average temperatures compared to the previous day, with the cold expected to continue into Wednesday. According to the Korea Meteorological Administration, most parts of Korea saw temperatures dip below freezing, with average morning temperatures reaching as low as minus 5 degrees Celsius and daytime temperat...

PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia , Nov. 18, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Personal Data Protection (PDP) Commissioner in collaboration with Futurise Sdn. Bhd., is delighted to provide an update on the ongoing development under the Personal Data Protection and Privacy Regulatory Sandbox, aimed at strengthening data protection standards and guidelines in Malaysia. PDP Commissioner, Futurise on Track to Complete Guid...

“The Killers” is an anthology comprising four short films, which director Lee participated in. It opened in local theaters in October, and will be available at Emu Cinema through this exhibition. The four short films offer different interpretations of Hemingway’s classic short story “The Killers,” with Shim Eun-kyoung taking the lead role in most of the segments. Additional information on the s...