According to Google trends, searches for "4B" reached an all-time high on the Wednesday following the American election. Interest in the movement surged by 450 percent in the US, with significant activity in states like Washington, DC, Colorado, Vermont and Minnesota. Meanwhile, on TikTok, videos about the movement have amassed millions of views as numerous young American women express their inte...

A screen shows bitcoin trading at over $80,000 at local crypto exchange Upbit's headquarters in southern Seoul, Monday morning. The price of bitcoin hit an all-time high, marking a nearly 17 percent rise over the past week. Bitcoin traded as high as $81,784 on Upbit, as of press time. The recent surge was largely driven by US President-elect Donald Trump's victory, after he stressed his will to e...

Hana Financial Group Chair Ham Young-joo (fourth from left) and other company executives join a "gimjang" or kimchi-making event at the group's headquarters in Seoul on Monday as part of the 2024 Modu Hana Day campaign. Some 300 people, including representatives of Hana's partner firms, participated in the annual event to donate 11,111 heads of kimchi to disadvantaged households. (Hana Financial ...

Le Sserafim made history by becoming the first K-pop girl group to win Best Push, an award given to the artist who showed the best performance among those who appeared on MTV’s artist introduction program “MTV Push Campaign” over the past year. “Just performing in the UK for the first time was incredible, but we never imagined winning an award. We’re deeply grateful to all the fans who have supp...

Young Poong, the world’s sixth-largest zinc smelter, has been ordered to close down its refinery facility for two months for discharging polluted wastewater without authorization, posing a possible setback in its attempt to take ownership control of Korea Zinc, its affiliate and the world’s largest zinc producer. Earlier this month, the Supreme Court dismissed Young Poong’s request to nullify an...

SINGAPORE , Nov. 11, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The 3 rd Agri-Food Tech Expo Asia (AFTEA) will be held from 19 to 21 November 2024 in Singapore at Sands Expo & Convention Centre. A participating event of the Singapore International Agri-Food Week, AFTEA, organised by Constellar, is Asia's only trade exhibition where cutting-edge technologies, innovative food solutions and global investment o...

Drawing lessons from Trump's first term, the Yoon government has engaged officials from the Foreign Ministry alongside political, academic and private sector figures to maintain frequent contact with members of Trump’s inner circle throughout the election cycle, South Korean senior diplomats said during a closed-door briefing Thursday. Seoul officials are intensifying rapport-driven diplomacy be...

From 2030 to 2035, Oh added that UAM routes that connect the capital city with other cities in the Greater Seoul area, which includes Gyeonggi Province and Incheon, will also be built. After 2035, the city government looks forward to having more routes that are tailored to meet different commuting demands. “Once the S-UAM system is completed, the city expects to dramatically improve connectivity...

Hyundai Motor has missed out on the United States tax incentives for its new $7.6-billion manufacturing plant -- Hyundai Motor Group Metaplant America -- in Bryan County, Georgia, but said the credit did not affect its investment in the plant. According to industry sources Monday, Hyundai Motor did not make the list of companies that will receive tax incentives in the second round allocations of...

A consultative body, comprising the government, medical sector, and ruling party, was launched on Monday to seek a resolution to the standoff that began in February and deliver tangible results by year-end. It was held with opposition from the main opposition party and striking junior doctors and students against the expansion plan boycotting the meeting. The move comes after ruling People Power...

The second edition of the Korea National Symphony Orchestra's International Conducting Competition announced its winners Sunday, ending the five-day competition. The first prize went to German conductor Simon Edelmann, who conducted the first movement of Brahms' Symphony No. 4, the third movement of Rachmaninoff's “Symphonic Dances,” and the first movement of Debussy's “La Mer” in the final roun...

South Korean builder Daewoo Engineering & Construction said Monday that Chairman Jung Won-ju recently visited Turkmenistan to attend CIET2024, an annual event focusing on the country’s construction, industrial and energy sectors. During the event, which took place in the capital Ashgabat from Nov. 3 to Nov. 5, Jung met with key officials to discuss Daewoo’s plans for local business growth, build...

South Korea's top tobacco company KT&G unveiled a new program designed to enhance its corporate value, primarily focused on increasing shareholder returns, Monday. The program centers on improving profitability, optimizing asset efficiency and streamlining financial operations to reach a return-on-equity target of 15 percent by 2027. To drive profitability, KT&G will focus on its three core bus...

As Korea’s foreign workforce nears the 1 million mark, JobKorea, the nation’s leading online recruitment platform, has launched the spinoff Klik, or Kickstart Life in Korea, to bring quality jobs and community to foreign national job seekers. Chris Heo, a 33-year-old Canadian national who leads the Klik team, said that the platform’s birth was largely inspired by his own experiences and challeng...