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The French artist presents 260 works throughout 10 historic websites in Avignon — a metropolis as soon as house to popes View of “Mirror Lotus” by Jean-Michel Othoniel on the Calvet Museum in Avignon, France (Park Yuna/The Korea Herald) Korea Herald correspondentAVIGNON, France — As you enter the Calvet Museum in Avignon, a stainless-steel lotus set up rests quietly within the courtyard. Stepping nearer, you would possibly start to ponder infinity as you end up endlessly mirrored within the giant, mirrored beads alongside reflections of the beads themselves and the encircling panorama.“You see your self hundreds of occasions, and also…

BELEM, Brazil — An odor of oil hung over final 12 months’s U.N. local weather convention in Baku, capital of fossil fuel-rich Azerbaijan.Beginning Monday, the 50,000 individuals of COP30 will as a substitute really feel the heavy, humid air of the Amazon rainforest in Belem, Brazil, the place they face the daunting process of retaining international local weather cooperation from collapsing.Unfazed, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva insisted on holding the occasion right here regardless of a dire scarcity of resort rooms.His goal: to make the Amazon itself open the eyes of negotiators, observers, companies and journalists — in a…

Marine Corps Commandant Ju Il-suk will go to Australia this week to debate methods to increase army exchanges and cooperation between the 2 international locations, his workplace mentioned Monday.In the course of the six-day go to, Ju will maintain talks with Lt. Gen. Simon Stuart, chief of the Australian Military, to signal an settlement on advancing ties between their touchdown forces, in response to the Marine Corps.He may also meet different senior officers to debate methods to increase mixed coaching and attend a bilateral safety dialogue, underscoring the significance of multilateral cooperation in a altering safety atmosphere.As a part of…

Established within the wake of the Asian monetary disaster within the late Nineties, Companions for the Future Basis marked its twenty fifth anniversary this yr, standing as a long-lasting instance of American companies’ contributions to Korean society.Chairman Jeffrey Jones, who has labored to strengthen enterprise cooperation between Korea and the USA for the reason that Nineteen Seventies, believes the muse has grown right into a platform for firms to implement company social accountability (CSR) actions and can additional increase its mission to assist disabled staff and college students at regional universities.“We offer a platform for firms to implement their CSR…

The US personal credit score market is poised for continued development as lending demand broadens from mid-market corporations to smaller companies, and institutional traders increase allocations to the asset class, in accordance with Josh Niedner, chief government of Apogem Capital LLC.“You’ll be able to see tens of hundreds of companies within the US exist within the personal market at scale,” Niedner stated in a keynote speech on the ASK 2025 World Different Funding Convention in Seoul on Oct. 29. “And under that, lots of of hundreds of small and medium-sized companies are rising. What you’ve got is an unlimited set…

Printed: 10 Nov. 2025, 15:12 Cellist Lee You-bien, who took first place on the Worldwide Isangyun Competitors, is seen after the competitors on the Tongyeong Live performance Corridor in South Gyeongsang on Nov. 8. [TONGYEONG INTERNATIONAL MUSIC FOUNDATION]   Cellist Lee You-bien took first place on the Worldwide Isangyun Competitors, which concluded on Saturday on the Tongyeong Live performance Corridor in South Gyeongsang.   Lee carried out Shostakovich’s Cello Concerto No. 1 with the Tongyeong Pageant Orchestra, performed by Czech conductor Leos Svarovsky, to win the highest prize.     A graduate of the Korea Nationwide College of Arts, Lee…

On October 20, “Meet the Sea Alongside the Yellow River” Dongying Metropolis Promotion Convention and Solar Tzu Cultural Tourism Pageant (South Korea Department) Held in Yangju Metropolis, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. In keeping with Li Hao, the Korean Govt Consultant of the “China-Korea Sister Metropolis Change Program” of CRI (China Radio Worldwide) On-line Shandong Channel, by way of numerous actions resembling metropolis promotion, cultural lectures, ecological images exhibition, and intangible cultural heritage experiences, the occasion showcased Dongying’s ecology, tradition, and vibrant improvement to the general public in South Korea, constructing a brand new bridge for cultural alternate between Dongying…

Former ‘Operating Man’ star Lee Kwang-soo returns to display screen in Vietnamese rom-com banking on his superstar Lee Kwang-soo (left) and director Kim Sung-hoon communicate at a press convention for “Love Barista” at CGV Yongsan in Seoul on Monday. (Moon Ki-hoon/The Korea Herald) The room erupted in laughter when Lee Kwang-soo admitted he’d solely simply spoken the movie’s Korean title “Prince Alone” — a playful nod to his nickname “Asian Prince” — out loud for the primary time.”I do not know, it is simply embarrassing,” he stated at Monday’s press convention at CGV Yongsan, visibly squirming at his personal discomfort.…

WASHINGTON — Lengthy, blond, wavy hair, heavy make-up and beauty injections: like many ladies in Donald Trump’s orbit, political marketing consultant Melissa Rein Vigorous wears her help for the U.S. president on her face.With the rise of Trump’s Make America Nice Once more (MAGA) motion, a bunch of well-connected and well-off Republican ladies have come into the highlight sporting what the U.S. media have dubbed the “MAGA look.””This has all the time been my look. I simply discovered my tribe,” stated Rein Vigorous, 40, founding father of “America First,” a public relations company that gives “anti-woke” companies.”It is a lot…

A Chinese language fishing boat capsized off the southwestern coast Monday, leaving 9 individuals unaccounted for, officers stated.The 99-ton vessel was reported to have turned over some 150 kilometers southwest of the island of Eocheong at 8:53 a.m., the Gunsan Coast Guard stated, citing a misery name from the Chinese language coast guard.Of the 11 individuals aboard, two had been rescued by a passing cargo ship, whereas 9 remained lacking.4 patrol vessels and helicopters have been deployed to the positioning to seek for the crew members.The accident occurred only a day after one other Chinese language fishing vessel capsized in…