Most Popular
-
1
Man arrested 16 years after murdering girlfriend, hiding body in cement
-
2
[Online Predators] Online reviews of sex tourism in Southeast Asia proliferate
-
3
Pikki Pikki dance: Korean cheerleader dance routine takes social media by storm
-
4
Middle East’s big AI push lures Korean tech firms
-
5
[Herald Review] 'Culinary Class Wars': fresh, creative survival show minus the drama
-
6
[Exclusive] Democratic Party of Korea forms US election task force
-
7
[Grace Kao] NewJeans fights Hybe for their survival
-
8
NK nuclear test 'possible' around US election in Nov., says Yoon aide
-
9
[News Focus] Ex-Moon aide slammed from both sides over remarks on leaving Koreas divided
-
10
What will Yoon, Han talk about at dinner?
-
Big Bang makes Forbes’ 2016 Celebrity 100 list
The five-member K-pop band Big Bang will be included in Forbes’ 2016 Celebrity 100 issue, which analyzes and ranks the world’s top 100 highest-earning entertainers and celebrities. This will be the first time a K-pop group is featured on the annual list and Big Bang’s ranking position will be revealed when the list is announced on Tuesday.The band made $44 million in pretax earnings from June 2015 to June 2016, according to a recent Forbes article. This is over $10 million more than the annual i
PerformanceJuly 10, 2016
-
Creatives fear Brexit’s impact on U.K. arts
LONDON (AFP) – Britain’s thriving arts sector is in despair about the vote to leave the European Union, fearing that funding cuts and freedom of movement restrictions will have serious consequences.In the aftermath of last month’s referendum result, performers and fans at the Glastonbury festival formed a heart in a pro-EU flash mob while musicians gave a spontaneous performance of Beethoven's “Ode To Joy” -- Europe’s anthem -- in central London.“I had a horrible dream in which I found out on a
CultureJuly 10, 2016
-
New Bolshoi ballet chief aims to focus on dance not drama
MOSCOW (AFP) -- After years of off-stage drama and scandal that has cast a shadow over Russia’s famed Bolshoi ballet troupe, new dance chief Makhar Vaziev is looking to get back to its roots. “The Bolshoi ballet is classical dance before all else,” Vaziev told journalists recently at his first press conference. Vaziev, 54, is currently gearing up for his first season in charge of the scandal-hit company after leaving his post as ballet chief at Milan’s La Scala last year to return to his homelan
CultureJuly 10, 2016
-
Korea's car exports down 13% in H1
Korea's exports of automobiles plunged more than 13 percent in the first six months of the year on the back of falling demand from new emerging markets, government data showed Sunday.Korean carmakers shipped 1.33 million units of vehicles abroad over the January-June period, down 13.3 percent from a year earlier, according to the data by the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy. The government said the decrease followed the sluggish growth in new emerging markets, such as the Middle East, and
MobilityJuly 10, 2016
-
Former Mongolian president urges N. Korea to give up nukes for economic development
Former Mongolian President Punsalmaagiin Ochirbat has said North Korea's simultaneous pursuit of nuclear weapons and economic development is an "impossible" task, adding that Pyongyang should first give up its nuclear program to seek economic growth.Ochirbat, who served as Mongolia's first directly elected president from 1990 to 1997, said economic cooperation with North Korea will be impossible, unless the reclusive state gives up its nuclear program."North Korea needs to focus on enhancing its
Foreign AffairsJuly 10, 2016
-
Hungarian film wins top prize at Czech festival
PRAGUE (AFP) -- Hungarian film “It’s Not The Time Of My Life” won the top prize at the Czech Republic’s Karlovy Vary film festival on Saturday, the organizers said.The Crystal Globe award winner directed by Szabolcs Hajdu (“White Palms,” “Bibliotheque Pascal”) is a study of two families forced to share a flat. American actor Willem Dafoe, the star of “Platoon,” “Shadow of the Vampire” and “The Last Temptation of Christ,” received the Crystal Globe at the festival earlier on for his contribution
FilmJuly 10, 2016
-
N. Korea blasts S. Korea for possible increase of loudspeakers
North Korea lashed out at South Korea Saturday for its plan to increase the number of loudspeakers near the tense border with North Korea.North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency said Seoul's plan is a provocation to push the situation on the Korean Peninsula to the worst possible.The angry reaction came as South Korea's military is reportedly planning to set up about 10 additional loudspeakers near the border to boost psychological warfare against the North.South Korea resumed the prop
North KoreaJuly 10, 2016
-
Korea to offer US$135 mln to Afghanistan in coming years
Korea said Saturday that it has pledged to provide US$135 million to Afghanistan in the coming years to help the war-torn country build up the capacity of its security forces.Korean First Vice Foreign Minister Lim Sung-nam made the announcement at the Warsaw summit on a NATO-led mission about Afghan security forces, the Foreign Ministry said.The ministry said Korea will contribute $45 million to Afghanistan per year from 2018 to 2020. The annual assistance accounts for 0.9 percent of its total a
Foreign AffairsJuly 10, 2016
-
N. Korea's latest submarine-launched ballistic missile test unsuccessful: S. Korea
North Korea's ballistic missile launch from a submarine ended in failure, South Korea's military said, a provocative move that drew condemnation from South Korea and other regional powers. The North's latest show of force came a day after South Korea and the United States announced they will deploy an advanced U.S. missile defense system in South Korea to counter threats posed by North Korea's missiles.The ballistic missile appears to have exploded at an altitude of some 10 kilometers after bein
North KoreaJuly 10, 2016
-
U.N. council names new special rapporteur for N. Korean human rights
The United Nations' Human Rights Council named former Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, Tomas Ojea Quintana, as the new special rapporteur for North Korea's human rights, a U.S. report said Saturday.The U.N. council confirmed the Argentine lawyer to replace Marzuki Darusman, the current U.N. special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in North Korea, the Washington-based Voice of America reported. The incoming rapporteur will be investigating North Korea's
North KoreaJuly 10, 2016
-
Re-enter the dragon: Hong Kong’s movie new wave
HONG KONG (AFP) -- Shoot the film you’ve always wanted on a shoestring budget or sell out and make a blockbuster? It is a dilemma Hong Kong directors frequently face as mainland China’s lucrative movie industry beckons.Now, with concerns growing about Beijing's increasing influence on Hong Kong, some filmmakers are defying commercial and political pressures to produce homegrown movies with a local voice -- and inject new life into the city’s cinema scene.Hong Kong once pumped out at least 200 fi
FilmJuly 10, 2016
-
Richest 50 Koreans see stock assets fall
The wealth of Korea's 50 richest people by stock assets fell sharply this year, mostly led by the three children of Samsung Group Chairman Lee Kun-hee due to the slumping equity of major affiliates, industry data showed Saturday. The combined equity value of the 50 wealthiest people was tallied at 151.43 trillion won (US$130.88 billion) as of Friday, wiping out 2.65 trillion won from Jan. 4, according to the data compiled by Seoul-based corporate tracker Chaebul.com.Lee Jae-yong, the vice chairm
July 10, 2016
-
Thousands strip and paint themselves blue for U.K. art event
LONDON (AP) -- Thousands of people have stripped naked and painted themselves in four shades of blue to celebrate the English city of Hull’s relationship with the sea. Hull City Council says some 3,200 people took part in the art installation, staged by New York artist Spencer Tunick on Saturday. The work is called “Sea of Hull” and was commissioned by the Ferens Art Gallery to mark the city’s celebration next year as the U.K. City of Culture.Tunick says the resulting photos incorporate some of
PerformanceJuly 10, 2016
-
Korean stocks forecast to remain range bound next week
Korean stocks are expected to remain in a tight range, though they may see upward movement on eased woes from Europe, local analysts said Saturday.The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index closed at 1,963.10 on Friday, down 1.2 percent from a week earlier.The index took off on an upbeat note at the start of the week after recovering from a near crash sparked by Britain's vote to leave the European Union in the previous week.Profit-taking behaviors later faced downward pressure, prompting
July 10, 2016
-
Son Yeon-jae grabs two medals in her final Olympic tune-up
South Korean rhythmic gymnast Son Yeon-jae has captured two medals at an International Federation of Gymnastics competition in Russia, her final tune-up for the Rio de Janeiro Summer Games.Son won the silver medal in hoop and took the bronze medal in ribbon at the FIG World Cup in Kazan, Russia, on Saturday. She has claimed at least one medal at each of the six World Cups she has competed in this season.In hoop, Son finished second with 18.600 points, 0.100 point above the individual all-around
Olympic GamesJuly 10, 2016
-
Avignon festival dramas warn of Europe‘s far-right lurch
AVIGNON, France (AFP) -- On paper it was already theatrical TNT. One of the hottest directors in the world and some of France’s greatest stage actors in a play warning about the slide into dangerous political populism.And “The Damned” has not disappointed.Ivo van Hove’s powerful adaptation of Luchino Visconti’s 1969 film about the insidious rise of fascism opened the Avignon festival in France last week to rave reviews, with critics from the right and left rising to hail it as “sublime, unforget
CultureJuly 10, 2016
-
(News Focus) THAAD decision unlikely to do lasting harm to Korea-China ties: U.S. expert
Despite China's vehement protests against the planned deployment of the U.S. THAAD missile defense system in South Korea, the decision is not expected to do lasting harm to Seoul's relations with Beijing, a U.S. expert said Friday.South Korea and the U.S. announced earlier that they have officially decided to deploy a Terminal High Altitude Area Defense battery to South Korea to cope with ever-growing nuclear and missile threats from North Korea. China, which has long voiced opposition to THAAD
Diplomatic CircuitJuly 10, 2016
-
House Foreign Affairs chairman welcomes THAAD deployment in S. Korea
The chairman of the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee welcomed the decision to deploy the U.S.THAAD missile defense system in South Korea, saying it will provide good protection from the North's nuclear and missile programs.South Korea and the U.S. announced earlier Friday that they have officially decided to deploy a Terminal High Altitude Area Defense battery in South Korea to cope with ever-growing nuclear and missile threats from the communist nation. "The North Korean regime's continued
Diplomatic CircuitJuly 10, 2016
-
U.S. remains in contact with China, Russia at 'highest levels' amid THAAD tension: Pentagon
The United States remains in contact with Chinese and Russian leaders "at the highest levels,"the Pentagon said Friday, as Beijing and Moscow protest strongly the planned deployment of the U.S. THAAD missile defense system to South Korea.South Korea and the U.S. announced earlier that they have officially decided to deploy a Terminal High Altitude Area Defense battery to South Korea to cope with ever-growing nuclear and missile threats from North Korea.China, which has long voiced opposition to
InternationalJuly 10, 2016
-
Budget carrier passengers top 100 mln in 11 years
The cumulative number of passengers of South Korea's low-cost carriers has topped 100 million since they began service here 11 years ago, data showed Sunday.The number of people using domestic and international flights by local LCCs reached 114.79 million after the first LCC was launched in August 2005, according to the data by the Korea Airports Corp. and the Incheon International Airport Corp.LCC passengers on domestic flights came to 81.32 million during the cited period, and those from inter
IndustryJuly 10, 2016