BERLIN , Dec. 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- HUAWEI Ads has secured a win at this year's App Growth Awards . HUAWEI Ads secures App Growth Awards Win at App Promotion Summit Held in Berlin as part of the App Promotion Summit, the App Growth Awards recognise app innovation and app marketing progress, drawing submissions from around the world. Finalists are judged by industry experts, with HUAWEI...

South Korea expanded its entry ban to two additional African countries Wednesday amid growing concerns over the fast-spreading omicron coronavirus variant. From Friday to next Thursday, short-term foreign arrivals from Ghana and Zambia will be banned. South Korean nationals and long-term foreign arrivals from these countries will face a mandatory 10-day quarantine, regardless of their COVID-19 v...

Minister of Food and Drug Safety Kim Ganglip speaks to The Korea Herald at his office in Osong, North Chungcheong Province, on Monday. (Park Hyun-koo/The Korea Herald) OSONG, North Chungcheong Province -- South Korea’s Minister of Food and Drug Safety Kim Ganglip says his 30 years of office in public health has prepared him to serve the country during an unprecedented public health crisis. As th...

“I didn’t want to achieve or gain something by becoming involved in reality programs. I created my YouTube channel to actively communicate and learn what my fans want to see from Rain and return their love and support. Joining ‘The Hungry and the Hairy’ was no different,” Rain added. The 10-part series will arrive on Netflix on Dec. 11. By Lee Si-jin ( sj_lee@heraldcorp.com )

Among the winners in other categories were Loopy, a pink character in “Pororo the Little Penguin,” created by Iconix; Pinkfong by Smartstudy; Naver Webtoon’s “The Whale Star”; and Kakao Page’s “Solo Leveling.” “I would like to offer my sincere gratitude to the individuals who have worked hard to develop and promote the Korean contents on a world stage. The creative contents in broadcast, films, ...

It has been more than 10 years since South Korea entered the OECD Development Assistance Committee, which shifted the country’s status to a key donor from a onetime recipient of foreign aid. The total volume of South Korea’s official development assistance now reaches some $2.25 billion, marking around a threefold increase over the past decade. As the amount of assistance grows, the need to imp...

United States Trade Representative Katherine Tai last month met with South Korea Minister of Employment and Labor An Kyung-duk to share the Biden administration’s worker-centered trade policy and to discuss the importance of worker rights, which has become increasingly important amid the COVID-19 pandemic and the “fourth industrial revolution” that has been much-hailed during the crisis. The pan...

Peter Chung Soon-taick was officially installed as Seoul’s new Roman Catholic archbishop after an inaugural Mass at Myeongdong Cathedral in central Seoul on Wednesday. The last inaugural Mass was held nine years ago, in 2012, when Bishop Andrew Yeom Soo-jung became the 13th archbishop of Seoul after the late Cardinal Nicholas Cheong Jin-suk retired from the post. In February 2014, Yeom was appoi...

Brave Girls will hold its first standalone concert in January, its agency Brave Entertainment announced Wednesday. The group debuted in 2011 and after a few lineup changes, now has four members -- Minyoung, Yujeong, Eunji and Yuna. “Rollin’” from 2017 gained popularity online earlier this year and the group strengthened its position with “Chimatbaram,” the lead track from the group’s fifth EP...

South Korean stocks rebounded Wednesday on foreign buying amid growing hopes that the omicron variant would not derail a global economic recovery. Analysts in Seoul also said that stocks will shake off their pandemic-caused weakness early next year when supply disruptions are resolved. The main benchmark Kospi closed at 3001.80, up 0.34 percent from a day earlier, surpassing the 3,000-mark agai...

SAN FRANCISCO , Dec. 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- App Annie , the leading mobile data and analytics provider today announced that 2021 was a record breaking year with total consumer spend across iOS and Google Play leaping by nearly 25% YOY to hit $135 billion . Downloads also hit a new milestone growing 8% YOY to reach 140 billion. Top Apps Worldwide by Growth in 2021 The company also prov...

Despite looming uncertainties like the omicron variant, the executive emphasized that travel will return to normal at some point because exploring new places, enjoying new food and meeting new people form an essential part of who we are as humans. “Traveling is, for all of us, so much of who we are, what we love to do. We are convinced that more people will start traveling in Asia. It just takes...

Posco International, the trading arm of the country’s leading steelmaker Posco, has set up a holding company in Singapore to expand its palm oil business, the company said Wednesday. The trading company is currently seeking to transfer 85 percent of its stake in an Indonesian palm farm to the holding company in the city state. The transfer will be completed by the end of the year, officials in ...

Hanmi Global said Wednesday it has signed a preliminary agreement with the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) to share educational contents on construction management. The construction management company has recently developed an online education platform, tentatively called Global PM University, to foster professionals in project management and offer knowledge on construction to the gener...