Former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroder (right) and his Korean fiancee Kim So-yeon held a press conference to announce their engagement at Seoul Press Center on Thursday. Schroder and Kim announced they will tie the knot in autumn and split their time between Korea and Germany. Schroder and Kim met two years ago at a global conference. Kim currently represents Korea for the regional economic de...

PRESS TOUR IN GANGWON -- More than 30 foreign correspondents from the US, Asia and Europe joined a press tour hosted by Gangwon Province and The Korea Herald from Friday through Saturday, visiting a host of landmarks of the forthcoming PyeongChang Winter Olympics. Reporters from international media including the New York Times, BBC, Channel News Asia and TV Tokyo made a tour of Gangwon landmarks...

Gangneung Airbnb host takes steps to become hotelier

Actor Lee Jung-jin and singer Euaerin are in a romantic relationship. It was reported Thursday morning that the two stars are dating, along with some photos of them playing golf together. According to the report, despite the 10-year age gap, the two share a love for sports, particularly golf. Lee Jung-jin on the left (Yonhap) and Euaerin (Star Empire) An hour after the report surfaced, Lee’s m...

Shot by Lim Jeong-yeo / Edited by Lim Jeong-yeo For those looking to find accommodation in Jeongseon, the city where the Alpine Centre for Olympics alpine skiing games is located, a very Korean retreat could serve as a cultural experience as well as a base camp for the upcoming Winter Olympics season. Yoon In-sook, 60, built for herself an organic haven in the rural region of Jeongseon, Gangwon...

Homegrown craft beer joint owner turns a Korean-style house into bed-and-breakfast

Dental reshaping, a procedure to change a tooth‘s length, shape or surface, is common especially among celebrities to improve the appearance of their smile. However, nowadays, dental veneer treatment is much preferred for aesthetic purposes since the conventional orthodontic treatment, which involves braces and wires, takes an average of one year or more to complete. Sesigan Dental Clinic’s Sun ...

Song Joong-ki and Song Hye-kyo were spotted at a local bowling alley on Dec. 24. According to various news reports, the celebrity couple was seen bowling with some friends on Christmas Eve. In the revealed photos, the two actors, donning casual outfits, spent time at a bowling alley in Itaewon, Seoul. (Weibo) Starring together as the lead couple of the drama series “Descendants of the Sun,” th...

The Corea Image Communication Institute, a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting a positive image of Korea, will be honoring CJ Group, Joachim Son-Forget and Angelina Danilova at this year‘s annual CICI Korea Image Awards ceremony, which will be held at the InterContinental Seoul Coex in Samseong-dong on Jan. 16 The Korea Image Stepping Stone Award will be awarded to the CJ Group for its...

Star actor-singer Jang Keun-suk has been named honorary ambassador for the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics and the host province of Gangwon, his agency said Thursday. "We have high expectations from Jang Geun-suk as he has played a role bridging cultures in Asia," Gangwon Province Gov. Choi Moon-soon was quoted as saying by Tree J Company. Jang will promote the Winter Olympics and the ensuing ...

Julia Mullock, ex-wife of Yi Gu, the last prince of the Korean Empire, passed away aged 94 late last month in a nursing home in Hawaii. The Ukrainian American was called Julia Lee in Korea after marrying Yi Gu in 1958 in New York where the two met while working at the firm of architect I. M. Pei. Julia Lee with her ex-husband Yi Gu, the last prince of the Korean Empire. (Yonhap) Yi Gu was the ...

Producer-CEO Bang Si-hyuk of Big Hit Entertainment, the label of K-pop boy band BTS, is to receive a Presidential Citation for his contribution to cultural exchange, the Korea Creative Content Agency announced Monday. Bang is being recognized for spreading Korean culture through BTS, who became the first Korean artist to rank 7th in the Billboard top 200 and win top social artist at the Billbo...

Jenny Kim, 24, won the title of Miss Supranational 2017 on Friday in Poland, marking the first time a Korean has won the major international pageant. (Supranational Webpage) Kim is a student of Ewha Womans University in Seoul, where she is pursuing a double major. In January, she represented Korea in the Miss Universe pageant 2017. (Instagram) (Instagram) (Instagram) By Im Eun-byel (silver...

A pet dog stayed with its deceased owner for at least two weeks. Local media outlets reported Tuesday that actress Lee Mi-ji, 58, was found dead at her home more than two weeks after she passed away. (Yonhap) The police revealed Wednesday that Lee’s pet dog stayed with her after her death. The dog did not bark when the police and the firefighters entered the house. “The dog was very thin. How...

South Korean actor Jung Woo-sung will visit refugee camps for Rohingya people in Bangladesh early next month in the capacity of a national goodwill ambassador of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, said Artist Co., the actor’s agency, on Wednesday. The actor’s destination is Cox’s Bazar, a city near the Bangladesh-Myanmar border, where approximately 307,500 people sought asylum af...