Author: Seoul Reporter

Blue Ocean Applied sciences stated Tuesday it’s “totally ready” for the resumption of U.S. inventory buying and selling throughout Korea’s daytime hours, as Korean brokerages restarted the service following a 15-month suspension.The U.S.-based different buying and selling system (ATS) additionally stated it’s welcoming again Korean buyers — certainly one of its largest buyer teams.”Blue Ocean Applied sciences is happy to welcome the return of Korean buyers buying and selling on our refined platform,” stated CEO Brian Hyndman in an announcement to The Korea Instances. “The Blue Ocean ATS platform is totally ready for this growth and continues to increase its…

“Golden,” a success tune from the Netflix animated movie “KPop Demon Hunters,” held regular at No. 2 on the U.S. Billboard Scorching 100 chart, Billboard stated Monday (U.S. time).The observe remained in second place for the second straight week, following eight non-consecutive weeks on the prime of the chart.Taylor Swift’s newest single, “The Destiny of Ophelia,” continued its reign at No. 1 for the fourth consecutive week.The Billboard Scorching 100 ranks the preferred songs in the USA throughout all genres, combining knowledge from streaming, radio airplay and gross sales.

Kumho Tire introduced its provisional Q3 2025 efficiency on a consolidated foundation with gross sales of 1.114 trillion received and working revenue of 108.5 billion received. Q3 gross sales reached 1.114 trillion received resulting from elevated gross sales of high-value-added merchandise in main world markets together with North America and Europe, and expanded new OE provide to completed automobile producers. Kumho Tire has maintained quarterly gross sales of over 1 trillion received for eight consecutive quarters since This autumn 2023, and secured an working revenue margin of 9.7% by way of elevated gross sales…

Korean leisure powerhouse to roll out devoted hub in Disney+ Japan (Tving) Korean streaming platform Tving, house to hit originals comparable to “Pretty Runner” and “Transit Love,” will turn into obtainable in Japan beginning Wednesday.Based on Tving, the platform entered right into a strategic partnership with Disney+ and can formally roll out a devoted hub, titled Tving Assortment, inside Disney+ Japan.The launch marks each Tving’s debut in Japan and the primary time Disney+ has created a devoted streaming model hub inside its platform within the Asia-Pacific area.Tving described Japan as a “key strategic market” in its growth plans.“Japan is a…

Dongkuk Metal’s rebar plant in Incheon (Photograph courtesy of Dongkuk Metal) The federal government has launched into tools restructuring for normal metal merchandise similar to rebar and formed metal. As an alternative, it determined to speculate a complete of 770 billion gained, together with 200 billion gained in analysis and improvement (R&D) assist and 570 billion gained in monetary assist, for high-value merchandise similar to particular carbon metal. The Ministry of Economic system and Finance, the Ministry of Commerce, Business and Sources, and different associated ministries held the Financial Ministers’ Assembly and the Industrial Competitiveness…

The BP emblem is displayed on a petroleum tanker delivering gasoline at a petroleum station in Shepton Mallet on October 20, 2025 in Somerset, England.Anna Barclay | Getty Photos Information | Getty PhotosBritish oil large BP on Tuesday reported stronger-than-expected third-quarter revenue, citing progress on divestments and its cost-cutting program.The London-listed oil and gasoline main posted underlying alternative value revenue, used as a proxy for internet revenue, of $2.21 billion for July-September interval. That beat analyst expectations of $2.03 billion, in keeping with an LSEG-compiled consensus.BP’s third-quarter internet revenue got here in at $2.3 billion final 12 months and $2.35…

Former first woman Kim Keon Hee’s mom and elder brother appeared earlier than a particular counsel crew Tuesday to endure questioning over their alleged evasion of improvement charges for an condominium development mission a decade in the past.Choi Eun-soon and Kim Jin-woo are suspects accused of inflicting losses to state coffers by way of their alleged evasion of improvement charges value 1.75 billion gained ($1.22 million) in the course of the mission to construct an condominium complicated in Yangpyeong, east of Seoul.The 2 appeared at particular counsel Min Joong-ki’s workplace in central Seoul and entered with out answering reporters’ questions.The…

A rising variety of imported carmakers are shifting to direct on-line gross sales, a technique that helps construct buyer belief in pricing and reduces operational prices, business officers stated Tuesday. Tesla has set a profitable instance underneath its new gross sales paradigm by promoting completely on-line, avoiding the prices of dealership affiliations. This stands in sharp distinction to the standard dealership-reliant methods utilized by most different international automakers, together with Mercedes-Benz Korea and BMW Korea.Tesla, which has no dealership community in Korea, operates just a few showrooms for offline promotional functions. However, its Mannequin Y electrical SUV ranked because the…

Revealed: 04 Nov. 2025, 14:30 SBS apologized after mistakenly displaying an unrelated subtitle mentioning ″North Korean jail camps″ throughout a protection of Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s remarks on AI on Nov. 1, proven on this picture. [SCREEN CAPTURE]   SBS has issued an apology after mistakenly displaying an unrelated subtitle mentioning “North Korean jail camps” throughout a protection of Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s remarks on the APEC Financial Leaders’ Assembly final week.   In a remark posted on its YouTube channel on Tuesday, SBS mentioned, “Throughout our particular information protection of President Lee Jae Myung’s assembly with Nvidia CEO Jensen…

North Korea fired round 10 artillery shells from its a number of rocket launcher system earlier this week, coinciding with a joint go to by the protection chiefs of South Korea and the US to the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) separating the 2 Koreas, the South’s army mentioned Tuesday.The North launched the rockets towards waters off the northern Yellow Sea at round 4 p.m. Monday, the Joint Chiefs of Workers (JCS) mentioned, including an evaluation of the weapons check is beneath approach.The launch got here lower than an hour earlier than U.S. Protection Secretary Pete Hegseth arrived at Camp Bonifas, simply…