The finance minister has asked South Korea’s Booyoung Group to invest more in the Cambodian financial-technology (fintech) market, which has seen remarkable growth during Covid-19, as the company’s …
N. Korea fires artillery in ‘serious warning’ as S. Korea, U.S. conduct defense drills
North Korea fired hundreds of artillery shells near the border with South Korea on Tuesday night and again on Wednesday in what it called a “serious warning” as Seoul held annual defense exercises.
South Korea’s move to force BTS to join the military will cause it to lose out on billions in lost tourism, merchandise, and cosmetics
The Hyundai Research Institute found that one in every 13 tourists who came to South Korea in 2017 was because of K-pop group BTS.
Kakao’s co-CEO steps down after widespread outage at South Korea’s top chat app
Kakao Corp’s co-CEO Namkoong Whon has stepped down, the company said on Wednesday, after an outage that shut down South Korea’s largest mobile chat app and other services, triggering widespread …
Iranian climber Elnaz Rekabi receives warm reception at airport after competing without hijab in South Korea
Iranian climber Elnaz Rekabi received a warm reception when she returned home after competing in a competition without her hijab in South Korea, per CBS News. Photos and videos from inside and outside …
Netizens slam South Korean seller for trying to sell ‘BTS hat’ for US$7,000
The seller claimed to be an employee at the foreign ministry, which BTS visited last year to obtain diplomatic passports ahead of the UN General Assembly The ministry could not confirm whether the …
North Korea Fires Artillery Shells Into Sea as South Korea Begins Military Drills
Pyongyang fired about 100 shells into the sea off its west coast around 10 p.m. local time Tuesday and 150 shells off its east coast about an hour later, Seoul’s military said, while about 100 shells …
Trevor Noah jokes that South Korea’s army will be invincible with BTS enlisting for mandatory military service
“Enemy soldiers are gonna be like, ‘Ah! I just got stabbed by Jin! This is the best and last day of my life,'” Noah joked.
Kakao outage: Co-chief executive quits South Korea internet giant
The co-chief executive of Kakao, the company behind South Korea’s largest mobile messaging app, has resigned after a massive outage at the weekend. Namkoong Whon told a news conference that he felt a …
Iran’s Elnaz Rekabi, who competed without hijab, in Tehran
Iranian competitive climber Elnaz Rekabi received a hero’s welcome on her return to Tehran early Wednesday, after competing in South Korea without wearing a mandatory headscarf required of female …