South Korean television series "Squid Game" has won a special honor from the American Film Institute (AFI). The AFI announced the top 10 movies and TV shows of the year on Wednesday (US time), and "Squid Game" was one of the three special award winners, along with "Belfast" and "Summer of Soul…(Or, When the Revolution Could Not be Televised)," although they fell outside the institute's criteria ...

US missile defense system capabilities including those in South Korea are constantly reviewed and upgraded to meet evolving threats, Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby said Wednesday. Kirby also highlighted the need for such capabilities to counter threats posed by what he called any "would-be" foes. "This is the kind of capability that we not only believe we need in the region but that we nee...

South Korean stocks opened slightly higher on Thursday, led by advances by auto and chemical stocks. The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) rose 5.28 points, or 0.18 percent, to trade at 3,007.08 in the first 15 minutes of trading. Overnight, the tech-heavy Nasdaq composite added 0.64 percent and the Dow Jones Industrial Average edged up 0.1 percent on easing concerns about the...

The United States is in a better position from a year earlier to compete with China, partly thanks to its strong alliances with countries such as South Korea, National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said Wednesday. The top US security advisor also underscored the importance of a US military presence in the Indo-Pacific region to help maintain peace and stability. "I believe that there's a fairl...

Audi Volkswagen Korea, Honda Korea and three other companies will voluntarily recall more than 4,200 vehicles to fix faulty components, the transport ministry said Thursday. This is the latest in a series of recalls by carmakers operating in South Korea due to problems with vehicle components. The five companies, including Volvo Trucks Korea, Stellantis Korea, FMK which sells Ferraris and Maser...

New 40-inch panel promises outstanding performance and seamless compatibility with the latest standards and existing products SANTA CLARA, Calif. , Dec. 9, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Granite River Labs (GRL) , a global leader in engineering services and test solutions for high speed connectivity and charging, has certified LG's new 40-inch UltraWide™ 40WP95C monitor as fully Thunderbolt 4 and U...

HOUSTON , Dec. 9, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Ascend Performance Materials has announced plans to purchase a compounding facility in San Jose Iturbide, Mexico , growing its global footprint and expanding production capacity for high-performance engineered materials. The purchase agreement includes the assets of DM Color Mexicana, a joint venture between Dainichiseika and Mitsubishi Corp. The deal ...

Approximately 13 percent of low-wage jobs in Germany would not be viable if workers understood just how good their outside options truly are. That is the conclusion of a recent paper by Benjamin Schoefer, my colleague here at the University of California, Berkeley, and his co-authors, Simon Jager, Christopher Roth and Nina Roussille. “When comparing workers’ subjective outside options against ob...

History repeats itself -- and it oftentimes is not kind. I have been reminded of this in the closing weeks of the past several years. As Korea approached the 21st century, hearts filled with hope and eyes rejoiced at sights unseen before. The history of an undivided Korean Peninsula seemed likely to be repeated. But a Cold War freeze rose again. On Nov. 18, 1998, a cruise ship left Donghae Port ...

AUSTIN, Texas , Dec. 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- AB Power Advisors, LLC (AB), in Austin, Texas , announced today its advisory role in the recent signing of a Power Purchase Agreement by Energy Transfer from a utility scale Solar project in northeast Texas . Energy Transfer is a publicly traded Fortune 100 energy company based in Dallas . Solar Farm AB provided Samsung Renewable Energy, Inc...

Quali's CloudShell provides new, one-click, instant access to infrastructure for developers building the future of telecom AUSTIN, Texas , Dec. 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Quali , the award-winning provider of Environments-as-a-Service infrastructure automation solutions, announced today that it is joining the Telecom Infra Project (TIP) . TIP is a community of diverse participants that incl...

The top diplomats of South Korea and Hungary on Wednesday discussed ways to boost cooperation and exchanges between the two countries in a phone conversation, Seoul's foreign ministry said. Foreign Minister Chung Eui-yong held phone talks with his Hungarian counterpart, Peter Szijjarto, as their in-person meeting in Seoul was cancelled because one of Szijjarto's staff was confirmed to have COVID...