Author: Seoul Reporter

A video exhibiting a gaggle of Chinese language vacationers marching in military-style uniforms alongside Seoul’s Han River Park has prompted robust backlash in Korea, with critics accusing the contributors of crossing a line.The footage, first uploaded to Chinese language social media on Tuesday and later shared extensively on-line in Korea, reveals dozens of women and men in matching uniforms and caps marching in formation, their arms swinging in sync. On the entrance, a participant carries a pink flag, giving the scene the look of a navy parade.Chinese language vacationers march in military-style uniforms throughout the Worldwide Strolling Change occasion at…

US President Donald Trump indicators an govt order relating to greater schooling on April 23, 2025, within the White Home Oval Workplace. (AFP/Yonhap)  By Robert Fouser, linguistAlready a 12 months has handed because the newest US presidential election. Donald Trump’s second victory introduced with it the identical catastrophic shocks that accompanied his first win. His supporters had been ecstatic, however nervousness was palpable throughout America as an entire. Trump’s two victories could look related, however there’s a essential distinction between them. In 2016, Trump gained the Electoral School, however misplaced the favored vote to Hillary Clinton by roughly 3 million. It…

An indication stands on the entrance of KAIST. (Picture courtesy of KAIST) KAIST will develop a home synthetic intelligence (AI) for the bio sector known as “Okay-Fold” that surpasses Google DeepMind’s AlphaFold3. KAIST introduced on Nov. 7 that it has begun full-scale growth of an AI basis mannequin for medical science and bio sectors. This mission, involving Prof. Kim Woo-yeon from the Division of Chemistry, Profs. Hwang Sung-ju and Ahn Sung-soo from the Kim Jaechul Graduate College of AI, and Profs. Oh Byung-ha, Kim Ho-min, and Lee Gyu-ri from the Division of Organic Sciences, represents a…

Rose poses with the Music of the Yr award for ″APT.″ (2024) in the course of the MTV Video Music Awards on Sept. 7 at UBS Enviornment in Elmont, N.Y. [AP/YONHAP]   Blackpink’s Rosé and Netflix’s smash hit “KPop Demon Hunters” every earned three nominations for the 68th Annual Grammy Awards, in line with the Recording Academy’s announcement livestreamed on Saturday, alongside HYBE’s international woman group Katseye.   Rosé’s viral megahit “APT.” (2024), a collaboration with Bruno Mars, and “Golden,” the ever-present chart-sweeping anthem from “KPop Demon Hunters,” at the moment are competing in opposition to one another for the…

Throughout the U.S., low-income households are tightening their grocery budgets because the federal authorities shutdown drags into its sixth week. With meals stamp advantages in limbo, many are not sure whether or not they are going to get cash for groceries this month, and group facilities from Los Angeles to New York are fielding anxious calls from households nervous about learn how to put meals on the desk.The federal Supplemental Diet Help Program (SNAP) supplies month-to-month advantages to about 42 million Individuals, together with 1000’s of Korean American households. However because the shutdown continues with no spending settlement, a number…

A Korean civic group has raised issues over reviews that some Korean males are participating in organized intercourse tourism in Laos. Some reportedly even lease long-term housing in main cities to facilitate the acquisition of intercourse. The pattern, activists warn, has grow to be so widespread that it’s reportedly pushing up native lease costs.Lee Hyun-sook, head of the civic group Tacteen Naeil, which works to forestall sexual crimes in opposition to minors, revealed the findings throughout a CBS Radio interview on Thursday. Her group has been monitoring on-line chat rooms and Telegram channels that share details about prostitution.Based on Lee,…

Jin Yong-sung, the chairman of Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Workers, speaks on the change of command ceremony held on the Joint Chiefs of Workers Coaching Middle in Seoul on Sept. 30, 2025. (Yonhap) Jin Yong-sung, the chairman of Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Workers, ordered the substitute of all Joint Chiefs generals as a part of a reshuffle aimed toward clearing away the vestiges of the botched rebellion on Dec. 3, 2024. Which means all 4 heads of Joint Chiefs directorates — intelligence, operations, strategic planning and army assist — might be changed in the course of the army’s upcoming reassignment…

Electrical automobile gross sales development exterior China from January to September (Photograph courtesy of SNE Analysis) Electrical automobile gross sales in international markets excluding China elevated by greater than 25% through the first 9 months of this 12 months in comparison with the identical interval final 12 months. In line with market analysis agency SNE Analysis on Nov. 7, a complete of 5.545 million electrical autos have been registered in international locations worldwide excluding China throughout January-September, representing a 28.0% enhance in comparison with the identical interval final 12 months. This statistic consists of each…

Korean BL (boys’ love) drama “Peach Entice” has emerged as a breakout hit on international streaming platforms, signaling a long-awaited resurgence for Korea’s homosexual content material scene.Launched on Thursday as the primary unique manufacturing from BL-focused OTT platform Heavenly, the eight-part romantic comedy soared to the highest of assorted streaming rankings upon debut. It at present ranks No. 1 on Heavenly Korea, Japan’s Rakuten TV, North America’s iQIYI and Taiwan’s GagaOOLala, demonstrating its broad cross-border enchantment.Based on Heavenly, the present’s success displays “a rising worldwide urge for food for high-quality Korean BL dramas that stability emotional storytelling with putting visuals.”…

President Lee Jae Myung and U.S. President Donald Trump shake palms after assembly on the Gyeongju Nationwide Museum, the venue for the Korea-U.S. summit on Oct. 29. (Captured from the White Home) The Presidential Workplace has revealed the rationale for the delayed announcement of the “Joint Reality Sheet” containing particulars of Korea-U.S. tariff and safety negotiations. The delay is because of safety points, together with the development of nuclear-powered submarines, and the workplace has reaffirmed its place to construct the submarines domestically. The workplace defined that safety sector discussions between the 2 international locations…