Author: Seoul Reporter

This November is proving to be considered one of Ok-pop’s busiest months, with heavyweight acts and rising newcomers alike crowding the discharge calendar. From veteran performers like Tremendous Junior vocalist Kyuhyun and rapper Jessi to international powerhouses together with Stray Children and NCT DREAM, the month’s lineup highlights shifting currents inside the Ok-pop soundscape.The comeback rush begins with ONF, a six-member boy band underneath WM Leisure. Returning after a nine-month hiatus, the group will launch its five-track mini-album “UNBROKEN” on Nov. 10, led by the title observe “Put It Again.”Anchored by groovy bass strains and crisp electrical guitar riffs, WM…

IFEZ Commissioner Yun Received-sok presenting on the IFEZ imaginative and prescient. The Incheon Free Financial Zone Authority (IFEZ) introduced on the seventh that it efficiently concluded the ‘2025 AI-Bio Convention in Songdo’ held at Gyeongwon Jae Walkerhill in Songdo. The occasion, themed ‘AI-based Drug Improvement and Precision Drugs Innovation,’ introduced collectively world-renowned analysis establishments, universities, and international corporations to current future business paradigms led by the convergence of AI and biotechnology. In his opening welcome remarks, IFEZ Commissioner Yun Received-sok acknowledged, “Via this innovation stage the place AI and bio meet, we are going…

Artist reveals how previous and current coexist on a single floor by means of the meditative means of layering and sanding lacquer. Set up view of “Overlaid: Layered Time, Types of Reminiscence” at Whitestone Gallery in Seoul (Whitestone Gallery) In conventional East Asian portray, when ink is utilized to hanji, Korean mulberry paper, it seeps into the fibers, turning into one with the paper itself.Lacquer artist Kim Deok-han’s works embody an identical precept in his personal materials language. Even with a number of layers of lacquer, they don’t construct up, however coalesce right into a single, unified floor. The sense…

The KT Wiz introduced their signing of former main league pitcher Matt Sauer for the 2026 season.The Korea Baseball Group (KBO) membership mentioned Sauer, 26, agreed to a one-year deal value $950,000 — with $750,000 in wage and $200,000 in signing bonus.The suitable-hander was a second spherical choose by the New York Yankees on the 2017 Main League Baseball (MLB) draft however made his large league debut with the Kansas Metropolis Royals in 2024.He started the 2025 season with the Los Angeles Dodgers and pitched to a 6.37 ERA in 10 outings, together with one begin, with a 2-1 report…

PARIS — As French police race to trace the place the Louvre’s stolen crown jewels have gone, a rising refrain desires a brighter mild on the place they got here from.The artifacts had been French, however the gems weren’t. Their unique routes to Paris run via the shadows of empire — an uncomfortable historical past that France, like different Western nations with treasure-filled museums, has solely begun to confront.The eye sparked by the heist is a chance, consultants say, to strain the Louvre and Europe’s nice museums to clarify their collections’ origins extra actually, and it might set off a…

Information about the progress of a legislative invoice concentrating on the restriction of English training for younger kids has been regarding for Choi Go-eun (not her actual identify).Because the mom of a six-year-old who attends an English kindergarten in Gimpo, a metropolis close to Seoul, she worries that she could have to maneuver her baby to a different establishment if the invoice passes.“That’s a giant deal,” Choi informed The Korea Instances. “Meaning I should discover an alternate with out understanding whether or not there may be one I would really like, and alter my training plan for her. It will…

Severine Frerson, cellar grasp of Perrier-Jouet, believes the various textures and spices of Korean delicacies make a wonderful match for champagne, inviting gourmets in Korea and past to find the concord between the champagne home’s legacy and globally celebrated Korean delicacies.“Korea is an rising gourmand nation the place we will think about many inventive pairings between Korean dishes and champagne,” Frerson stated throughout an interview with The Korea Occasions in Seoul.“I used to be impressed by the tenderness of hanwoo and the number of facet dishes that accompany it. The smooth texture of the meat and the layers of taste…

Samsung Electronics Co. has changed the chief of its inner management tower for the primary time in eight years, upgrading its Enterprise Assist Job Pressure into a proper division — the Enterprise Assist Workplace — in a transfer anticipated to speed up Chairman Jay Y. Lee’s “New Samsung” initiative.On Friday, the South Korean chipmaker appointed Park Hak Kyu, government of the duty pressure workforce and head of the Units Resolution’s company administration workplace at Samsung Electronics, to guide the revamped management tower. The previous chief monetary offiecer on the chipmaker succeeded Vice Chairman Jeong Hyeon-ho. Jeong had headed the duty pressure…

Revealed: 07 Nov. 2025, 16:32 Teaser picture for the discharge of BabyMonster’s music video for the track “Psycho” [YG ENTERTAINMENT]   Woman group BabyMonster is about to launch the music video for the track “Psycho” on Nov. 19, company YG Leisure stated Friday.   “Psycho” is featured on the group’s second EP, “We Go Up,” which was launched on Oct. 10.   The track is a fuse of hip-hop, dance and rock genres, complemented with highly effective bass sounds.   BabyMonster debuted in 2023 and is understood for songs like “Batter Up” (2023), “Drip” (2024) and “We Go Up.” The…

North Korea launched one suspected short-range ballistic missile towards the East Sea on Friday, South Korea’s navy mentioned, a day after the North warned of correct measures towards the most recent U.S. sanctions on Pyongyang.The Joint Chiefs of Workers (JCS) mentioned it detected the launch from close to Taegwan County in North Phyongan Province at 12:35 p.m., with out offering additional particulars.The missile flew about 700 kilometers earlier than splashing into the ocean, the JCS mentioned, including additional evaluation is underneath approach with the U.S. facet to find out its specs.South Korean and U.S. intelligence authorities detected indicators of the…