...rgh Pirates now official, South Korean pitching prospect Shim Jun-seok has realized his dream. "It's been my dream to play in the United States," Shim was quoted as saying by MLB.com, during his intr...t-hander had been ranked No. 10 among international prospects by MLB Pipeline. He skipped last year's rookie draft for the Korea Baseball Organization, where he would have been a high first-round pick...

WASHINGTON -- US Secretary of State Antony Blinken would welcome any future opportunity to engage with his South Korean counterpart, a state department spokesperson said Thursday. Vedant Patel, principal deputy spokesperson for the state department, however, said he had nothing to announce when asked about a possible meeting between Blinken and South Korean Foreign Minister Park Jin in Washingto...

Screening schedules are updated weekly and can be viewed on Laika Cinema's official website or Instagram. In addition to emerging independent and art-house films, the theater also shows popular and beloved classics. Tickets can be bought on site or reserved through its website and Naver. Tickets cost 10,000 won for adults on weekdays and 11,000 won on weekends. Early bird rates for the first sc...

...Kang Ki-young plays a witty and highly energetic local interpreter, lightening the mood of the film’s weighty theme. “The First Slam Dunk” (Japan) Opened Jan. 4 Adventure/Comedy Directed by Takeh...ed sports film follows Ryota Miyagi, a high school student who plays as a point guard on his school’s basketball team. It follows his journey of winning the championship at a nationwide basketball com...

JW Marriott Hotel Seoul presents seasonal delicacies JW Marriott Hotel Seoul's buffet restaurant, Flavors, presents a series of gourmet journeys through Feb. 28. The restaurant serves a buffet of s...e dessert selection features 10 creations made with seasonal strawberries. The Lounge at the hotel’s eighth-floor reception lobby also serves a strawberry afternoon tea set comprising five strawberry...

...vide a stupendous view for visitors. To hold a safe festival, all the programs of the Jeju Fire Festival -- the opening ceremony, lighting the flames and more -- require reservation via the festival’s official website. Admission is free and the event is open to visitors of all ages. Updated information can be found at www.jejusi.go.kr/buriburi/main.do . Chilgapsan Ice Fountain Festival, Cheon...

South Korea’s air traffic rose 16 percent in 2022 from a year earlier on unleashed pent-up demand for travel amid eased COVID-19 virus curbs, the Transport Ministry said. Airlines, domestic and foreign, made a total of 539,788 flights over South Korea last year, up from 465,469 flights a year ago, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport said in a statement. The ministry said the 2022...

...17, however, international students started to decline and dropped sharply during the pandemic. Numbers have since recovered somewhat but growing tensions between the US and China combined with China’s own demographic challenges do not bode well for a return to pre-pandemic levels soon. These two trends -- the drop in high school graduates combined with a steady decline in international students ...

...s. It made me think a lot about how I was to make it mine. Through different attempts, we added TXT's colors to the song," Huening Kai said. Yeonjun, on the other hand, said he had a good feeling abo... could thrive in and also show a new side of us. The song encases both sexy and fresh vibes, and it's not easy to imagine the two together. We had to think about how to convey such subtle feelings thr...

BTS extended its stay on the Billboard 200 for the 32nd consecutive weeks, with its anthology album “Proof” climbing to No. 114, up six rungs from last week. “Proof” was the band’s sixth album to make it on the chart. RM’s first solo album “Indigo” from December last year sat at No. 193. The album peaked at No. 3 on the chart and has stayed on it for six weeks, the longest period for a K-pop so...

...will be limited to those who have repeatedly committed crimes or committed sex crimes against children under the age of 13, in consideration of basic constitutional rights such as freedom to move one’s residence. The court will decide the specific radius of residence restriction case-by-case, within a maximum range of 500 meters. The Jessica Act in the US was named after a young victim of sexual ...

...rld, the South Korean automaker said Thursday. Despite the global economic downturn, Hyundai Motor’s yearly sales also recorded 142.5 trillion won, up 21.2 percent on year to set a new high. With op... its leasing business as IRA incentives will be given for leased EVs. Seo Gang-hyun, Hyundai Motor’s executive vice president heading the company’s planning and finance division, said the automaker p...

The bid by a former head of the country’s top financial regulator for the chairmanship of Woori Financial Group has stoked controversy and rekindled concerns of bureaucratic involvement in the highly...hairman of NongHyup Financial Group from back in 2013 to 2015. On Wednesday, Woori Financial Group’s union held a press conference to express their concerns about Lim's latest bid. “We have deep con...

The opposition Democratic Party of Korea went after the Yoon Suk Yeol administration’s national security strategy on Thursday in a bid to keep the ruling People Power Party on the defense. Democrati...t “might push the country into war” with his “tit-for-tat” strategy, referring specifically to Yoon’s remarks on sending South Korean drones across the border in response to North Korea’s airspace inc...