Author: Seoul Reporter

SHENZHEN, China — When Stephen Ferguson, a 35-year-old New Yorker, walked right into a convention room right here in June, he was shocked to search out 50 individuals from China’s high scientific establishment keen to listen to about his expertise working on this southern Chinese language metropolis.

The Supreme Courtroom on Thursday dominated in favor of a controversial authorized ordinance that enables growth tasks exterior cultural preservation websites in Seoul.The ruling confirmed the validity of a revised ordinance handed by the Seoul Metropolitan Council in September 2023 to permit building 100 meters past the outer limits of nationwide heritage websites.The tradition minister had introduced the case to courtroom, arguing the ordinance ought to be nullified because the council handed it with out following a requirement within the regulation to seek the advice of the top of the state Korea Heritage Service earlier than making a revision.The highest…

Naver has set a strategic objective of introducing agentic synthetic intelligence (AI) for its main companies subsequent 12 months, whereas additionally increasing its portfolio to help within the AI transformation of companies.At Coex in southern Seoul on Thursday, the Korean web big outlined its new methods at DAN25, an annual convention the place its associates and companion corporations showcased their newest updates and shared AI insights with the broader tech business.“Naver has seen constructive indicators over the previous 12 months as its AI applied sciences had been utilized to key companies together with search, purchasing and finance, leading to larger…

The business ministry stated Thursday it should devise new help measures to increase Korea’s cosmetics exports amid the worldwide recognition of Korean beauty-related merchandise.They’re anticipated to incorporate the institution of worldwide on-line malls for Korean-made cosmetics merchandise, in addition to specialised supply and fee options for international shoppers, in response to the Ministry of Commerce, Business and Sources.The federal government additionally plans to help home cosmetics corporations’ of their abroad growth and assist them break into main abroad retail networks.Such a imaginative and prescient was shared forward of Commerce Minister Yeo Han-koo’s go to to Silicon2, an organization that operates…

Revealed: 06 Nov. 2025, 17:08 Posters for boy band Seventeen’s upcoming live shows in Singapore and the Philippines as a part of its ″NEW_″ world tour. [PLEDIS ENTERTAINMENT]   Boy band Seventeen added live shows in Singapore and the Philippines to the Asian leg of its ongoing “NEW_” world tour, company Pledis Leisure mentioned Thursday.   The band will carry out on the Nationwide Stadium in Singapore on March 7 subsequent yr, after which the Philippine Sports activities Stadium in Bulacan, the Philippines, on March 21.   Seventeen kicked off its tour in September with a two-day present at Incheon…

The autonomous navigation check vessel Haeyang Nuri passes by the coast in entrance of the Autonomous Navigation Ship Efficiency Demonstration Middle positioned in Dong-gu, Ulsan. (Picture courtesy of the Autonomous Navigation Ship Efficiency Demonstration Middle) Know-how for totally autonomous navigation ships that may function independently with out crew members and even distant management can be developed beginning subsequent yr. The Ministry of Science and ICT introduced on Nov. 6 that it held the eighth Nationwide Analysis and Growth (R&D) Undertaking Analysis Coordination Committee this yr and confirmed the exemption of preliminary feasibility research for the…

Set up view of “Colours of Korea: Highlight on Korean Up to date Artwork” on the Korean Cultural Middle in Paris (Park Yuna/The Korea Herald) Korea Herald correspondentPARIS, France — An exhibition introduced on the Korean Cultural Middle in Paris provides a uncommon glimpse into the historical past of Korean trendy and up to date artwork constructed over the previous seven a long time.“Colours of Korea: Highlight on Korean Up to date Artwork,” which opened on Oct. 22, coinciding with Artwork Basel Paris, exhibits works by 34 Korean artists and was organized in commemoration of the one hundred and fortieth…

KYIV — Ukrainian forces are nonetheless battling desperately to take care of their foothold within the besieged japanese metropolis of Pokrovsk, whilst debate mounts over whether or not they need to tactically retreat — a transfer that would save lives but additionally ship a propaganda victory to Russia.

The variety of multicultural marriages in Korea final yr reached its highest degree since earlier than the COVID-19 pandemic, the Ministry of Information and Statistics stated Thursday.The variety of births from multicultural mother and father additionally rose by greater than 1,000 from a yr earlier, marking the primary improve in 12 years.The ministry attributed the expansion to a rebound in demand for worldwide marriages that had been subdued through the pandemic, together with the federal government’s strengthened household help measures, which seem to have benefited multicultural households.The variety of multicultural marriages stood at 21,450 final yr, up 1,019, or 5…

Zohran Mamdani greets the group at an Election Night time watch occasion following his election as mayor of New York on Nov. 4, 2025. (AFP/Yonhap) New York Metropolis, the guts of worldwide capitalism, has chosen a socialist as its subsequent mayor.Zohran Mamdani, 34, a Muslim and self-described democratic socialist who’s a state assemblyman for New York, was elected New York Metropolis’s 111th mayor on Tuesday, defeating his closest rival by almost 10 factors.Mamdani’s victory is a watershed second that seems to brush radical options to American social points, resembling racial battle and the wealth hole, into the mainstream. The election…