The Samsung Foundation of Culture will collaborate with overseas cultural institutions to restore works of Korean cultural heritage, bringing the works to the Leeum Museum of Art for the restoration process, the foundation announced Wednesday. “Banquet for the Governor of Pyeong-an,” owned by the Peabody Essex Museum in Massachusetts, is currently under restoration and is the first work to benefit from the collaboration. The folding screen painting from the 19th century depicts a ban

Academic research concludes that raising the standard temperature of most frozen food by 3 degrees could cut carbon emissions by the equivalent of taking 3.8m cars off the road. This emissions saving would be equal to the entire population of New York, New Hampshire and Vermont not driving for a year. Potential energy savings identified of approximately 25 terawatt-hours per year – equivalent to 8.63% of the UK's annual energy consumption. The move would bring energy savings of between

Some 350 flats at Hyundai Engineering & Construction's new apartment complex, Hillstate Gayang The Wise, located in Gayang-dong, Daejeon, will go on sale in December. The 358 units at the three-building apartment complex range from 84 square meters to 155 square meters. At 49 stories high, Hillstate Gayang The Wise will become the tallest residential building in East Daejeon. Residents are expected to move in starting from next October. The complex is right next to the Daejeon bus termi

President Yoon Suk Yeol on Wednesday extended an apology for the South Korean port city Busan's failure to host the World Expo 2030. "I feel that we greatly missed our prediction target, which was based on what we've felt from meetings (to ask for support for Busan's bid)," Yoon said in a 10-minute speech to South Korean citizens at his office. "The blame is all on me." Yoon expressed his appreciation for the all-out efforts of those involved in Busan's bi

Almost half of Russians want President Vladimir Putin to open talks to end the war in Ukraine, according to a survey. Some 48 percent of respondents agreed it was time to negotiate a peace deal, with 39 percent in favor of pressing on with the war, the telephone poll of 1,611 people by the Russian Field company found. The proportion favoring talks was the highest since the company began monitoring attitudes to the war in April last year. Russian President Vladimir Putin has shown no willingness

BEIJING, Nov. 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Timothy Brook visited China for the first time in the 1970s, and has returned to the country many times since then to conduct deep exchanges with Chinese scholars. A specialist in Chinese history, Brook is particularly fascinated by the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), and has published several books and academic papers on the topic over the decades. His latest book, The Price of Collapse: The Little Ice Age and the Fall of Ming China, was published by Princeton

HARBIN, China, Nov. 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Harbin Ice and Snow World, one of the world's largest ice and snow theme parks, will open in advance in the first half of December, local authorities announced. The ever-early opening of the park will kick off the 180-day-long snow tourism season in Harbin, the capital of Northeast China's Heilongjiang province and the host of the 2025 Asian Winter Games. Harbin Ice and Snow World, one of the world's largest ice and snow theme parks, wi

CHANGZHOU, China, Nov. 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- To cope with the new economic changes in the world and create a new economic development pattern in the Asia Pacific region, the 4th China-Korea-Japan Asset Management Summit Forum was held on November 22 in Zhonglou District, Changzhou, Jiangsu Province. The forum convened under the theme "Industrial Finance Empowerment, Cohesion and Win-win". Representatives of multiple institutions, business leaders, experts and scholars from China, So

ZHONGSHAN, China, Nov. 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Meet thousands of businessmen at the origin in Spring. The China (Guzhen) International Lighting Fair ("GILF") was held in 1999 in the form of "Roadside Exhibition", and its frequency has gradually increased from annual to twice a year. Now, the GILF has developed into a specialized, market-oriented, and international large-scale event, setting a new benchmark for lighting exhibitions in China and continuously injecting pow

The former presidential office compound of Cheong Wa Dae will open its gates at night for six days next month, allowing visitors to enjoy the venue's beautiful landscape and nighttime atmosphere. From Dec. 6 to 11, Cheong Wa Dae will accept 2,000 visitors per day from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., the Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism said Tuesday. Visitors can explore the compound's main garden, the main building, the moonlit small garden, the former presidential residence buildings, the

Harman, Samsung Electronics' audio and automotive component subsidiary, said Tuesday it acquired Roon, a popular music player platform, to strengthen its home audio business. Roon is a music player platform for enthusiasts, featuring a rich interface for browsing and discovering music, compatibility with almost any audio device and a playback engine designed to deliver the best possible sound, according to Samsung. Roon is available on all popular operating systems, and the firm also manu

South Korea's Transport Ministry said Tuesday it plans to revise its current ordinance on the operation of air transport, mandating an in-flight announcement reminding passengers not to open plane doors while in flight. The revision aims to prevent reoccurrence of incidents like the one in May in which a man in his 30s opened the emergency exit of a plane operated by Asiana Airlines just minutes before it landed at Daegu International Airport. The incident was dubbed "two minutes of

Stand first: The inaugural ACES Summit 2023 provides a unique platform for delegates to advance transformative actions and achieve an equitable, resilient and sustainable future for business and generations to come KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Nov. 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Major transformation in the areas of climate, food and circularity needs to happen in order to address environmental, social and governance (ESG) in an era of uncertainty now. From Left: Luis Bueno Nieto, Advisor, ACES

South Korean stocks started a tad higher on Tuesday despite overnight losses on Wall Street. The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index rose 15.98 points, or 0.64 percent, to 2,511.64 in the first 15 minutes of trading. In the United States, major stock indices closed in negative territory, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average losing 0.16 percent and the Nasdaq Composite declining 0.07 percent. In Seoul, large-cap shares led the positive start. Market bellwether Samsung Electronics rose 0.

Congressional dysfunction took a dangerous turn this month. In the House, former Speaker Kevin McCarthy allegedly elbowed Rep. Tim Burchett in the kidney (McCarthy denied the claim). Not to be outdone, Sen. Markwayne Mullin challenged the president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters union, Sean O’Brien, to a fight, with the two men exchanging insults. For those inclined to believe that these childish provocations auger the end of the republic, please consider life in the US Cong