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Revealed: 06 Nov. 2025, 17:00 Singer G-Dragon speaks throughout a welcome dinner for the 2025 Asia-Pacific Financial Cooperation (APEC) summit at Lahan Choose Gyeongju in Gyeongju, North Gyeongsang, on Oct. 31. [YONHAP]   Ok-pop celebrity G-Dragon revealed in a latest interview that he was so disheartened by a drug allegation probe two years in the past that he thought-about retiring from the music trade.   The chief of the influential Ok-pop group Massive Bang opened up concerning the emotional toll of the investigation throughout an look on MBC’s present affairs program “Sohn Suk-hee’s Questions,” which aired Wednesday.     “I…

S&P International Rankings is anticipated to keep up South Korea’s credit standing at AA in 2026, citing regular financial development and a manageable fiscal deficit, in response to an inner report obtained by the Korea Financial Every day.In its newest sovereign replace, the US score company stated its secure outlook for Asia’s No. 4 economic system displays expectations that South Korea will maintain a better common development charge than most superior economies over the subsequent three to 5 years, whereas conserving authorities funds broadly secure.The confidential report, dated on Oct. 30, is the primary detailed evaluation since S&P reaffirmed South…

Widespread Korean make-up artists Pony, LeoJ and Cha Hong open pop-up salon in New York for tvN selection present Park Hye-min (Pony) talks throughout a web based press convention held Thursday. (tvN) Almost each side of Korean tradition appears to have gone international, from Ok-pop and Ok-dramas to Ok-food. Now, Ok-beauty is taking its flip within the highlight.”Excellent Glow” brings Ok-beauty to the streets of Manhattan, the place a few of Korea’s hottest make-up artists convey their craft to a global clientele. The present follows their journey as they open a pop-up magnificence salon in New York Metropolis, providing makeovers…

It was not a shock in late October when the Okay League lifted all restrictions on international gamers. The rise of the Saudi Professional League, with golf equipment signing megastars like Cristiano Ronaldo and Karim Benzema, each former Ballon d’Or winners, had made headlines around the globe and a distinction on the sector. In Could, Al-Ahli of Jeddah, a group packed filled with worldwide expertise, gained the Asian Champions League for the primary time, and was one in every of three Saudi groups to make the semifinals. It’s not simply groups from Riyadh and Jeddah, however different elements of the…

To fight a surge in modern-day on-line scams, Singapore has turned to a punishment from the previous: caning.This week, Singapore’s parliament amended legal regulation within the city-state to introduce caning as a penalty for scammers and rip-off mules after tens of hundreds of scams leading to practically $385 million in losses had been reported within the first half of this 12 months alone.

Amid speedy modifications pushed by range, developments of synthetic intelligence (AI) and the post-pandemic shift, specialists on the QS Increased Ed Summit: Asia Pacific 2025 emphasised that universities should embrace strategic transformation to remain forward in as we speak’s evolving academic panorama.The significance of fostering an inclusive setting that extends past attracting various college students was highlighted through the session titled “Inclusive Establishments; Distinctive Outcomes” on Thursday.”Seeing inclusivity prolonged past the classroom is essential,” mentioned Vittoria Vitucci, a world pupil from U.S. at Korea College. “It made me really feel that this establishment isn’t simply speaking the speak, however really…

(Clipart Korea) “The fast development of synthetic intelligence is inflicting a requirement shock for reminiscence semiconductors,” SK Group Chairperson Chey Tae-won instructed journalists on the SK AI Summit 2025, held at COEX in Seoul’s Gangnam District on Sunday.Dismissing considerations of an AI bubble, Chey declared that “the demand for reminiscence chips will proceed.”Expectations are excessive for a semiconductor “tremendous cycle” as calls for for chips develop with the AI funding growth. This AI-triggered tremendous cycle differs considerably from earlier chip cycles, with specialists figuring out three most important variations. The primary is the shortened recession cycle. US-based multinational funding financial institution…

멤버온리The Nationwide Pension Service, the world’s third-largest pension fund with over $910 billion in property, will vote in favor of Elon Musk’s record-setting $1 trillion pay package deal, backing the Tesla Inc. chief government as international buyers stay sharply divided forward of a decisive shareholder vote within the US.

Comic Park Mi-sun made a short look in a teaser on tvN’s “You Quiz on the Block” on Wednesday, marking her first tv look since being recognized with breast most cancers.On the finish of Wednesday’s episode, the teaser for subsequent week’s present featured Park with a carefully cropped coiffure, as host Yoo Jae-suk launched her as “our expensive pal returning in good well being.”“I got here to make my survival report,” Park mentioned with a smile, explaining her motive for occurring the present. She additionally addressed the false rumors that had circulated throughout her hiatus, including, “There have been so…

South Korea and the US have but to launch their joint reality sheet on the end result of final week’s summit between President Lee Jae Myung and U.S. President Donald Trump, elevating hypothesis about what has brought about the prolonged delay.Seoul officers mentioned earlier the 2 sides plan to launch the very fact sheet outlining the small print of what was agreed upon between the 2 leaders inside “two or three days” of their summit, held on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Financial Cooperation (APEC) gathering in Gyeongju, North Gyeongsang Province, on Oct. 29.The joint reality sheet is anticipated to…