A man in his 20s has been indicted on charges of committing sexual abuse against teenagers through online platforms including YouTube, according to the prosecution on Monday. According to the Seoul Northern District Prosecutor's Office on Monday, the suspect enticed minors by posting messages seeking a "slave" on various online platforms, including YouTube, between January 2022 and March of this...

...e Nasdaq Composite gained 1 percent to 13,240.77. The May US jobs report cemented bets for the Fed's rate-hike pause this month as it hinted there are signs of the labor market slackening despite an ...thin a given population. "Profit taking in tech stocks kept the Kospi from rising further in today's session. Now all eyes are on whether the Fed will hold rates steady at next week's meeting," Park ...

... was originally introduced in 2008 before opening on Broadway in April 2009 and moving on to London's West End three years later. "9 to 5" starts and ends with a title song made famous by Dolly Parto... In "9 to 5," the chauvinistic boss, Franklin Hart Jr., consistently objectifies Doralee and Violet's husband engages in infidelity. In portraying the boss characters, the musical shows how he attempt...

...oration. LG Electronics is already working together with GS EPS to build a solar panel plant at LG’s Smart Park factory in Changwon, South Gyeongsang Province, for electricity supply. While the cons...tion, the company said. LG and GS signed an off-grid direct power purchase agreement last year. LG’s domestic and foreign offices and factories -- such as Magok LG Science Park in Seoul; its US headq...

...esident Yoon Suk Yeol said Monday, launching the body he promised a year ago to advance the country’s business ties. The Overseas Koreans Agency offers one-stop services for Koreans who have acquired...lobal ascent as the city manages overseas Koreans’ “business network,” essential in promoting Korea’s reach. Incheon is home to one of the world’s largest and busiest airports and the country’s first...

...3, the new law will come into effect from Dec. 14. The revision is part of the financial authority’s broader plan to create a favorable environment for foreign investors. Other high priority tasks th...the foreign exchange market and mandating English disclosure for foreign investors. The government’s plan also aligns with the country's endeavors to elevate its stock market to the highest tier of g...

... combined 8,000 units in the January-May period this year.” Launched in 1955, the Crown was Toyota’s first mass-produced car model with the longest history of 69 years. It was introduced in Korea by ...ificial intelligence-based call center to assist customers in need 24/7,” said Kang. “For this year’s Autumn and Winter period, the company plans to hold racing car events and VIP events for Korean cu...

...ight, as Taeyeon unleashed her full vocal skills for “Fine,” filling the dome with her voice. For the second verse of the track, the band went silent, and she sang completely unaccompanied. Taeyeon’s 30-second a cappella performance left the audience awestruck. She wrapped up the concert with “Drawing Our Moments” during which the stage was adorned with silver glitter that filled the air. But ...

South Korea's Supreme Court has recently sentenced a 46-year-old man to 10 years of imprisonment for subjecting his intellectually disabled younger brother to alcohol and drug influence and abandonin...ng him to die by drowning in the stream. The focal point of the court case was whether to view Lee's action as murder. A district court found the man guilty of multiple counts, including murder and ...

...ther cities in terms of AI and big data, at the same time. The future car industry requires Gwangju’s high-tech for its technologies, such as autonomous driving,” Kang said. Kang stressed that the hi...palities to win a bid to host a semiconductor specialized complex. Semiconductors are one of Korea's top five export items, accounting for about 20 percent of the country's total exports, according t...

...ting held at the National Assembly Monday that Lee Rae-kyung will be in charge of leading the party's new innovation committee. "We will leave all decisions, such as the names and roles of new innova...ical parties in Korea, is a student activist-turned-businessperson who has actively supported Korea's civil society movements. He entered Seoul National University's department of metal engineering i...

The Ministry of Health and Welfare said it seeks to promote the expansion of medical institutions overseas and facilitate the export of advanced medical systems through deregulation measures and advisory services. Under the plan to promote health and medical exports, the Welfare Ministry on Monday said it sees the global medical market as a promising industry and aims to boost it as a key driver...

South Korean crime action franchise “The Roundup: No Way Out” starring Don Lee, also known as Ma Dong-seok, has attracted 4 million ticket sales just four days after the film’s opening on May 31, the record among local box office hits over the last seven years. According to the Korean Film Council, the highly anticipated sequel to "The Roundup" (2022) recorded 4.5 million ticket sales on the ope...

South Korea’s second-biggest carmaker Kia said Monday it has appointed John Buckingham, a UK veteran automotive designer, as the exterior design chief of its next design group. Buckingham has worked...ter earlier this year. Under the leadership of Karim Habib, executive vice president and the center’s chief, Vice President Kim Teck-koun, a former Mercedes-Benz veteran, joined to lead the next desig...

...ll as getting stuck in closing subway doors. The average number of people who pass through Incheon's Gyeyang Station between 7 a.m. and 9 a.m. on a weekday in April was confirmed to exceed 15,500, af...ffer transfers to other metro lines. The model is jointly being developed by the Interior Ministry’s Integrated Data Analysis Center, Seoul Metro, Gimpo City and Gimpo Goldline. The new system will ...