Actor Park Hae-jin will become the object of an autobiographical web cartoon series set to launch next month, his talent agency said Wednesday. The series, whose title roughly translates to “The Private Life of a Major Actor You Don't Know about,” will be created by up-and-coming cartoonist Hyesso, Mountain Movement Entertainment said. (Mountain Movement Entertainment) Only the founding member...

More than a million people watched the behind-the-scenes footage of Korean actor Park Hae-jin’s appearance on a Chinese entertainment show, his publicist said Thursday. Park’s every word and gesture was broadcast live on the Chinese social media website Weibo in the run-up to the pre-recorded session of “Jing’s Talk Show” last Friday, HNS HQ said. The video racked up 1.34 million views as of Tu...

Creator of Kakao emoticons and Psy caricatures shares how he created art that delivers the modern state of mind

The Social Welfare Society appointed rapper Tiger JK, singer and rapper Yoon Mi-rae and rapper Bizzy as its honorary ambassadors on Tuesday. The married couple Tiger JK and Yoon, who have supported SWS for several years, will help raise awareness of the welfare society with Bizzy. From left, rapper Bizzy, Social Welfare Society president Rhie Yong-heung, singer and rapper Yoon Mi-rae and rappe...

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- It's become so common for some female TV weather reporters to dress like they are on the way to a cocktail party that their dresses should have long ago ceased to raise any eyebrows among viewers. But there was eyebrow-raising aplenty across the Internet this week after KTLA-TV weather anchor Liberte Chan’s cohost handed her a dull-looking, gray sweater and she pulled it on ...

PARIS (AFP) -- The U.N. cultural agency said Wednesday that the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra had suffered significant damage at the hands of Islamic State fighters, but that the archaeological site retains much of its authenticity. UNESCO sent experts to the world heritage site to study damage caused by the Islamic State group which held the city for nearly a year before it was retaken by Pre...

'Sapiens' author Harari: Artificial intelligence may better respond to emotional needs than humans

Paul Shin, former AP reporter, discusses changing landscape of English-language media in Korea

SWEET DESSERTS -- President Park Geun-hye (right) and actor Song Joong-ki -- Korea‘s tourism ambassador -- make a traditional Korean dessert during the opening ceremony of the K-Style Hub, located at Korea Tourism Organization’s headquarters in central Seoul on Monday. (Yonhap)

Lee Seock-koo, head of Starbucks Korea, has received a presidential medal for the coffee chain’s efforts to provide equal workplace opportunities for people with disabilities, the company said Wednesday. The CEO was given the award at an annual convention to promote employment of the disabled. It was organized by the Ministry of Employment and Labor and the state-run Korea Employment Agency for ...