As a growing number of South Korean women are tying the knot in their early 40s, the number of middle-aged first-time brides has outstripped brides in their 20s for two consecutive years, government data showed Monday. According to data from Statistics Korea, there were 10,949 marriages among women aged between 40 to 44 last year, outpacing the 10,113 marriages by women aged between 20 to 24. T...

Actor Park Seo-joon is returning to the big screen for the first time in four years with director Lee Byeong-heon’s sports comedy film “Dream.” The 34-year-old’s most recent project on the screen was the multiple Oscar-winning “Parasite” (2019). In still photos released by distributor Plus M Entertainment on Monday, Park is seen talking with actor Lee Ji-eun, who appears as documentary film prod...

...to police and prosecution on Monday. The doctor reportedly took pictures of computer screens that contained the personal information of 97 patients during his stint at an examination center in Seoul’s Gangseo-gu and Gangnam-gu from August 2021 to February 2022. The doctor is also accused of exposing patients’ medical records, including their names and medical histories, in a group chat comprised ...

...nsecutive week, according to the data compiled by the Korean Film Council. Director Makoto Shinkai's latest film, which is centered on a high school girl and a mysterious young man trying to prevent ...r a Japanese animation with its captivating story of an undefeated spirit and nostalgia for the 1990s. The film adaptation of the popular basketball manga series "Slam Dunk" has attracted 4.15 millio...

South Korea's new COVID-19 cases fell to the lowest daily tally in about nine months on Monday, the first day of completely lifting the indoor mask mandate on public transportation. The country reported 3,930 new COVID-19 infections, including 14 cases from overseas, bringing the total caseload to 30,702,960, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency said. The Monday figure is the lowest ...

South Korea reported another African swine fever case after a one-month hiatus on Monday, and issued a standstill order on pig farms and related facilities in the country's northern regions, the agriculture ministry said. The animal disease was found at a pig farm in the city of Pocheon, 41 kilometers northeast of Seoul, which raised 12,842 pigs, after 50 of the pigs died last week and an in-dep...

... Internet giant Naver surged 1.77 percent, and Kakao, the operator of the popular mobile messenger KakaoTalk, advanced 1.33 percent. Carmakers traded mixed, with No. 1 automaker Hyundai Motor going up 0.17 percent, while its affiliate Kia slid 0.75 percent. The local currency was trading at 1,299.70 won against the US dollar as of 9:15 a.m., up 2.5 won from the previous session's close. (Yonhap)

...rocket for small satellites capable of carrying a 50-kilogram payload. Last year, Innospace signed an agreement with the Brazilian Department of Aerospace Science and Technology to launch the latter's inertial navigation system, called SISNAV, being carried onboard as a payload of HANBIT-TLV. If it succeeds in test-firing HANBIT-TLV, Innospace will possibly become South Korea's first private launch service provider, analogous to Space Exploration Technologies Corp., known as Space X in the United States. The South Korean government has also led aerospace projects, includi...

...e other entertainment agencies with separate training and development teams for each label, Hybe has only one T&D department in charge of educating and nurturing the trainees of all its labels. That’s the key to Hybe’s differentiated competitiveness in the K-pop scene, according to the leader of the T&D department at Hybe, Shin Seon-jeong. “We are in charge of educating and nurturing trainees in a way that fits t...

... and remove excess greenhouse gases, but, most importantly and urgently, refreeze the Arctic.” That’s quite a large program, given the fact that we are already behind schedule. The other domain where...ne is taking advantage of this Russian infighting. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy consulted his army’s leaders, and they unanimously recommended putting Prigozhin’s army through the proverbial meat gri...

...ruling holding Japanese companies liable for damages to Korean victims of forced labor during Japan’s 1910-45 rule of the Korean Peninsula, Seoul plans to compensate the victims on its own, while wait...e. He was referring to the three-way US-led military coalition that has been working on North Korea’s denuclearization. Washington has openly pushed for stronger Seoul-Tokyo ties. America’s two bigges...

Lotte Duty Free, the country's largest duty-free operator in terms of sales, has lost the bidding race for the operational rights of duty-free shops at Incheon Airport. Instead, Lotte's smaller rivals, Hotel Shilla, Shinsegae DF and Hyundai Department Store Duty Free, were shortlisted for the duty-free licensing bid. On Friday, Incheon International Airport Corp. announced the results in the fir...

...thed the place in an exotic atmosphere. The market opens from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. The April 15 lineup for musicians includes Quartet Rosso, La Promessa and Class, while the May 20 lineup includes HOA, Hwabun and Line & Circle. Co-hosted by the farmer’s market cooperation “Marche,” the event attracted some 13,000 visitors over six days last year. The fall chapter is expected to resume in September.