Author: Seoul Reporter

Pyongyang Normal Hospital, a large-scale, high-level medical facility envisioned by North Korean chief Kim Jong-un as a part of his broader growth plan, has opened 5 years after its building started, based on state media Tuesday.Pyongyang Normal Hospital started receiving sufferers yesterday, the Korean Central Information Company (KCNA) mentioned, lauding it as being at “the world’s finest degree” and offering “one of the best medical service.”Pictures launched confirmed the hospital’s foyer crowded with individuals, all sporting masks.North Korea launched the hospital’s building in March 2020, aiming to finish it by October that 12 months, however the challenge hit a significant…

The Korea Instances’ 56th Fashionable Korean Literature Translation Awards entries proceed to reflect the booming curiosity in Korean literature and rising neighborhood of passionate, succesful translators. Some clear traits in fiction included LGBTQ tales, dystopian themes and fiction impressed by Ok-pop. Poetry additionally confirmed a variety, from the quick and aphoristic to longer varieties grounded in up to date on a regular basis life. Translators are discovering writing that’s significant to them and efficiently speaking that to future readers.Given the rising variety among the many texts chosen for translation, our dialogue turned to the query of what it means to…

Minister of Commerce, Trade and Sources Kim Jung-kwan delivers a lecture titled “The New Age of Nice Navigation” on the one hundred and ninetieth Mid-sized Enterprise CEO Luncheon on Nov. 3 on the Grand Hyatt Lodge in Yongsan-gu, Seoul. (Picture courtesy of the Ministry of Commerce, Trade and Sources) As South Korea and the USA have agreed to create a $200 billion funding program within the U.S., Minister of Commerce, Trade and Sources Kim Jung-kwan stated on Nov. 3 that this system is structured to provide precedence to South Korean corporations working in the USA. …

DAKAR, Senegal — The kidnapping of an American missionary final month within the coronary heart of Niger’s capital metropolis has set off a scramble inside the U.S. authorities, as officers search actionable info from inside a rustic that has grow to be a worldwide epicenter of terrorism — and, more and more, a black gap for U.S. intelligence, based on analysts and former officers.

The protection chiefs of South Korea and the USA have been set to carry their annual safety talks in Seoul on Tuesday to debate a spread of safety points, equivalent to how one can modernize the decadeslong alliance between the 2 nations.Protection Minister Ahn Gyu-back and U.S. Protection Secretary Pete Hegseth will maintain the 57th Safety Consultative Assembly (SCM) on the protection ministry in Seoul. It marks their first co-chairing of the occasion since they each took workplace earlier this yr.This yr’s assembly might embody discussions on key alliance and safety points, together with the “strategic flexibility” of U.S. forces…

Samsung Electronics mentioned Tuesday it’ll enchantment a U.S. federal jury verdict ordering the corporate to pay $191.4 million in damages over alleged infringement of natural light-emitting diode (OLED) show patents owned by an Irish show agency.The decision, delivered by a jury in Marshall, Texas, on Monday (U.S. time), discovered that Samsung Electronics’ smartphones, televisions, computer systems and wearable gadgets infringed two patents associated to OLED show expertise held by Pictiva Shows.Samsung Electronics denied the claims and mentioned it’ll enchantment the decision.”We intend to enchantment the jury’s verdict that has dominated that the 2 patents have been infringed upon,” it mentioned.The…

Actors Han So-hee, left, and Jeon Jong-seo attend an open discuss occasion for the movie “Undertaking Y” in the course of the thirtieth Busan Worldwide Movie Pageant on the Busan Cinema Heart in Haeundae District, Sept. 18. Yonhap The movie “Undertaking Y,” starring Han So-hee and Jeon Jong-seo, has gained the highest award within the competitors part on the tenth London East Asia Movie Pageant (LEAFF), incomes worldwide recognition for its artistry and route.Based on distributor Plus M Leisure on Monday, “Undertaking Y” obtained the Finest Movie in Competitors award on the competition, which ran from Oct. 23. LEAFF is…

An outline of Qatar’s carbon compression and transport facility (Photograph courtesy of Samsung C&T) Samsung C&T has scored one other “jackpot” in Qatar. Following its success in profitable Qatar’s largest solar energy undertaking, the corporate has now secured a 1.9 trillion gained (roughly $1.32 billion) contract to construct an enormous carbon compression and transport facility. The corporate plans to additional place itself as a world chief in sustainable power transition. On Nov. 3, Samsung C&T introduced that it had acquired a letter of award from “Qatar Power LNG” for the carbon compression and transport facility…

“When within the Course of Human Occasions” by Annabel Daou at Podo Museum (Galerie Tanja Wagner) SEOGWIPO, Jeju Island — Mistrust, jealousy and countless wishes drive us to combat and wound one another. Wars happen one after one other throughout the globe, claiming the lives of harmless civilians. We regularly overlook how fragile and small human beings are within the huge universe.“We, Such Fragile Beings” on the Podo Museum on Jeju Island started with that thought.Bringing collectively 13 artists from world wide, the exhibition gives consolation and compassion to guests who’re grieving, whether or not straight or not directly. From…

Pedestrians are mirrored in a window as digital boards show inventory info on the Australian Securities Change, operated by ASX Ltd. on Aug. 6, 2024 in Sydney, Australia.Lisa Maree Williams | Getty Photographs Information | Getty PhotographsAsia-Pacific markets traded combined Tuesday within the absence of any main triggers, after two key Wall Road indexes rose in a single day on tech optimism.Amazon shares rising 4% on a $38 billion deal with OpenAI, a transfer that can use a whole lot of 1000’s of Nvidia’s graphics processing items. Nvidia additionally gained about 2% after it secured export licenses to ship its chips to the United…