Author: Seoul Reporter

Singer and producer J.Y. Park / Korea Occasions fileVeteran singer and producer J.Y. Park will launch a brand new single titled “Comfortable Hour” on Wednesday, his company, JYP Leisure, mentioned.The observe marks his first new launch in a 12 months, following “Simple Lover.”J.Y. Park, whose actual identify is Park Jin-young, 53, is the founding father of JYP Leisure, one in every of South Korea’s main Okay-pop businesses. He additionally serves as co-chair of the Presidential Committee on Common Tradition Trade.Described as a country-pop music with a heat, soothing tone, “Comfortable Hour” options vocals by Park and singer Kwon Jin-ah, JYP…

Lee Chan-woo (middle), chairman of NH Nonghyup Monetary Group, and Yoon Byung-woon (second from left), CEO of NH Funding & Securities, amongst others, maintain up hand indicators saying the 108 trillion received help plan for productive and inclusive finance. (Photograph courtesy of NH Monetary Group) NH Nonghyup Monetary Group introduced on Nov. 5 that it could allocate 108 trillion received to productive and inclusive finance. Business observers word that following Woori Monetary and Hana Monetary, NH’s announcement of large-scale help measures signifies the fast unfold of the productive finance development. NH Nonghyup Monetary introduced it could set…

Hundreds of carnations on stage for LG Arts Middle’s twenty fifth anniversary “Nelken (Carnations)” (Picture by Oliver Look) When a choreographer dies, their artwork lingers within the recollections of those that moved with them, within the steps and actions handed down by generations of dancers, and turns into a part of the corporate’s repertoire.Proper now, few embody that course of as vividly as Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch, an organization that continues to hold the legacy of its founder, the late German choreographer Pina Bausch, greater than a decade after her loss of life — this time with a brand new…

The agriculture ministry unveiled Wednesday its plan to make Korea freed from basic swine fever (CSF) and decrease outbreaks of different main viral illnesses affecting pigs, resembling porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED), and porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS), by 2030.Below the highway map, the nation plans to ascertain infrastructure by 2027 for eradicating CSF, in line with the Ministry of Meals, Agriculture and Rural Affairs.To this finish, the ministry will first change the present CSF vaccine with a brand new marker vaccine, a particular sort of vaccine designed to let authorities distinguish animals which were vaccinated from these which were…

South Korea’s internet worldwide funding place as of October 2024 (Captured from CEIC web site) South Korea’s internet international property (NFA) have expanded to record-high ranges, however consultants level out that will increase exceeding fundamentals may result in received depreciation strain and weakening of the home capital market. Internet international property, additionally referred to as internet worldwide funding place, are a key indicator exhibiting a rustic’s exterior cost capability, calculated by subtracting liabilities from exterior monetary property. The Financial institution of Korea steered that measures must be taken to mitigate the bias towards abroad funding, together…

Printed: 05 Nov. 2025, 15:01 Woman group fromis_9 [ASND]   Woman group fromis_9 will launch a brand new tune in December, its company ASND stated on Wednesday.   “fromis_9 will launch a vacation tune match for the winter season,” the company stated in a press launch. “We ask on your love and assist.”     The brand new tune would be the group’s first in six months since its sixth EP, “From Our 20’s,” was launched in June.   The woman group additionally kicked off its first world tour, “Now Tomorrow,” in August, performing in 10 cities.  BY YOON SO-YEON…

The price of acquisition loans in South Korea has fallen into the 4% vary from above 5% final 12 months, easing funding stress for company patrons and personal fairness corporations and probably rekindling the nation’s merger and acquisition exercise.In response to funding banking officers on Wednesday, Woori Financial institution just lately set the yearly rate of interest for a 2.6 trillion gained ($1.8 billion) acquisition mortgage to finance SK Innovation Co.’s LNG energy subsidiary’s convertible most popular shares at 4.86%. Of the whole facility, 145 billion gained was organized by Woori Funding Securities Co. as co-lead. The deal highlights the…

‘Squid Recreation,’ ‘Parasyte: The Gray’ stars unite in ‘As You Stood By’ “As You Stood By,” starring Jeon So-nee (left) and Lee You-mi (Netflix) A gripping new thriller about two ladies who conspire to kill an abusive husband — led by breakout actors from “Squid Recreation” and “Parasyte: The Gray” — is quickly to launch on Netflix.“As You Stood By” follows Hee-soo (Lee You-mi) and Eun-soo (Jeon So-nee), two shut associates who conspire to homicide Hee-soo’s violent husband. The drama collection is tailored from Hideo Okuda’s acclaimed Japanese novel “Naomi and Kanako,” with the Korean remake reimagining the story by…

NEW YORK — When he introduced his run for mayor final October, Zohran Mamdani was a state lawmaker unknown to most New York Metropolis residents.However that was earlier than the 34-year-old democratic socialist crashed the nationwide political scene with a shocking upset over former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo in June’s Democratic major.On Tuesday, Mamdani accomplished his political ascension, once more vanquishing Cuomo, in addition to Republican candidate Curtis Sliwa, within the normal election .The previous foreclosures prevention counselor and one-time rapper turns into town’s first Muslim mayor, first born in Africa, and first of South Asian heritage — to…

Police are investigating allegations of preferential remedy within the hiring of Yoo Dam, 31, the daughter of former lawmaker Yoo Seung-min, as a professor at Incheon Nationwide College.The Yeonsu Police Station in Incheon mentioned Tuesday that it had acquired a criticism accusing college President Lee In-jae, members of the personnel workplace, hiring committee and information administration workforce of violating the Public Information Administration Act. The criticism claims that the college did not correctly protect recruitment paperwork associated to Yoo’s hiring, which ought to have been completely archived beneath institutional pointers. The complainant additionally referred to as for a probe to…