Author: Seoul Reporter

Oceans and Fisheries Minister Jeon Jae-soo met with a Brazilian parliamentary delegation in Busan on Monday to debate methods to broaden cooperation within the transport and port sectors, the ministry mentioned.In line with the ministry, Jeon hosted a luncheon assembly with Murilo Galdino, chair of the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies’ Particular Committee on Ports, and 16 different delegation members.In the course of the talks, Jeon launched the competitiveness of Busan Port — the world’s seventh-largest and second-busiest transshipment port — highlighting its transition towards eco-friendly and automatic operations according to international tendencies. He expressed Korea’s willingness to strengthen cooperation with…

New pageant transforms the Theatre des Lumieres right into a symphony for the senses Posters for performances at “Traditional Weekends” (Artpod) A brand new classical pageant working Aug. 8-24 at Theatre des Lumieres in Gwangjin-gu, japanese Seoul, invitations audiences to immerse themselves in music and visuals alike.Led by soprano Hong Hye-ran as creative director, Traditional Weekends presents eight performances that marry dwell music with large-scale media artwork projections.The venue, positioned inside the Walkerhill Lodge advanced, is a 4,958-square-meter area with a 21-meter ceiling, geared up to venture 360-degree visuals throughout its partitions and ceilings flooring. Initially designed for digital artwork…

U.S. Protection Secretary Pete Hegseth (left) and Protection Minister Ahn Gyu-baek maintain a joint press convention at the Ministry of Nationwide Protection in Yongsan on Nov. 4. (Captured from KBS) U.S. Protection Secretary Pete Hegseth expressed his intention to actively assist South Korea’s acquisition of nuclear-powered submarines on Nov. 4. Throughout a joint press convention with Protection Minister Ahn Gyu-baek held after the 57th Safety Consultative Assembly (SCM) on the Ministry of Nationwide Protection in Yongsan, Hegseth responded to a query about South Korea’s nuclear submarine acquisition by stating, “I reconfirm as soon as once more what President…

JERUSALEM — Till final week, Maj. Gen. Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi was the Israeli military’s high lawyer. Now she is behind bars and on the middle of a scandal rocking the nation after a weird sequence of occasions that included her abrupt resignation, a short disappearance and a frantic search that led authorities to search out her on a Tel Aviv seaside.The cleaning soap opera-worthy saga was touched off final week by Tomer-Yerushalmi’s explosive admission that she accredited the leak of a surveillance video on the middle of a politically divisive investigation into allegations of extreme abuse in opposition to a Palestinian…

Larger training consultants talking on the QS World College Rankings: Asia panel in Seoul urged universities to pair cutting-edge, AI-driven instruments with a continued give attention to human connection, stressing that the enduring worth of private interplay should stay central to their model identification and communication.In a panel session moderated by Edward Harcourt, senior vp of QS Quacquarelli Symonds, audio system confused that whereas automation brings effectivity and personalization to the appliance and enrollment course of, genuine human engagement and oversight are important to sustaining institutional repute and forging significant connections with potential college students.Panelists broadly agreed that scholar expectations…

Park Jin-young (left), the founding father of JYP Leisure and head of the Presidential Committee on Well-liked Tradition Trade, speaks to Chinese language President Xi Jinping (proper) and South Korean President Lee Jae Myung (heart) at a banquet for Xi held after the Korea-China summit in Gyeongju on Nov. 1, 2025. (from Park’s Instagram) Chinese language President Xi Jinping’s first go to to South Korea in 11 years and his cordial summit with President Lee Jae Myung have prompted hopes that China will raise its ban on Korean cultural content material. Nevertheless, contemplating that the de facto ban on Korean…

Boy band AHOF performs ″Pinocchio,″ the lead monitor for its second EP, ″The Passage,″ at Yes24 Reside Corridor in japanese Seoul on Nov. 4. [DANIELA GONZALEZ PEREZ]   Boy band AHOF might not must go world, because the rookies are already world by nature — as its first 4 months since debut have confirmed. Now, with its second EP, the boy band goals to scale issues up.   “I’m grateful for our followers throughout the globe as I met lots of them in Japan, China and Vietnam,” mentioned member Daisuke throughout a press showcase at Yes24 Reside Corridor in japanese…

Hyundai Motor’s devoted electrical automobile, IONIQ 5, is produced on the Hyundai Motor Group Metaplant America (HMGMA) manufacturing facility in Georgia, USA. (Photograph courtesy of Hyundai Motor Group) A state-run analysis institute has analyzed that, much like Japan, Korea is experiencing a decline in productiveness progress as the principle issue behind falling capital profitability, resulting in a shift from home funding to abroad funding. Accordingly, consultants level out that structural reforms equivalent to labor market flexibilization have to be urgently pursued to reverse the entrenched low progress. The Korea Improvement Institute (KDI) identified on Nov.…

Cowl of Hyun Ki-young’s quick story assortment, which incorporates “Iron and Flesh”/ Courtesy of Changbi PublishersWritten by Hyun Ki-youngTranslated by Peace LeeAmong the many famed mountains of the Joseon Peninsula, solely Mount Jiri was mentioned to have resisted Yi Seong-gye’s rise to energy, thus giving delivery to the title “The Unyielding Mountain.” In 1948, when the waist of the Korean Peninsula was severed and hostile regimes took root in each North and South, it was Mount Halla that got here to bear that title.The southern regime enforced an influence construction modeled rigidly on American grammar, the place English fluency conferred…

Naver Band has merged the prevailing My Band tab, which was the band dwelling, with the New Posts Feed tab into one unified international foremost dwelling. (Photograph courtesy of Naver) Naver introduced on Nov. 4 that it has carried out an replace that utterly revamps the person expertise (UX) of its group communication service Band. Naver Band, which marks its thirteenth yr since launch this yr, goals to make a full-scale leap ahead as a worldwide social networking service (SNS) by this overhaul. This replace centered on dwelling renovation, enhanced navigation comfort, improved particular person foremost…