Author: Seoul Reporter

Even with Taylor Swift ruling the charts, Golden from Netflix’s animated blockbuster KPop Demon Hunters refuses to fade from the highlight. The hit soundtrack is holding regular at No. 2 on the Billboard Sizzling 100, proving its endurance in one of many world’s best music arenas.In line with Billboard’s preview article launched Monday, Golden maintained its No. 2 place for one more week, after beforehand spending a complete of eight nonconsecutive weeks at No. 1 — together with a exceptional seven-week streak on the high.Swift’s The Destiny of Ophelia continued its reign at No. 1 for the fourth consecutive week,…

In a metropolis with rising international variety, one small workplace in Seoul’s Gangnam District is quietly shaping the way forward for social integration. On the helm of the Gangnam World Village Heart (GGVC) is Yun Victoria Chuka SeungJu, a visionary whose private {and professional} journey displays the multicultural transformation of Korean society.Initially from Mongolia, Yun arrived in Korea over 20 years in the past, later changing into the primary overseas public servant of Seoul Metropolitan Authorities in 2011. After eight years at Metropolis Corridor and incomes a Ph.D. in early 2024, she was appointed as director of GGVC in April…

The federal government will present further assist to the metal trade for its much-needed transition to high-value and eco-friendly merchandise, the trade ministry stated Tuesday, the most recent effort to avoid wasting the ailing sector going through world oversupply and escalating commerce protectionism.The street map geared toward boosting the competitiveness of the metal trade was unveiled at an economy-related ministers’ assembly.Beneath the plan, the federal government will assist the steelmakers’ preemptive measures to regulate the manufacturing capability of things going through oversupply, corresponding to structural metal and metal pipes, below the situation the businesses make efforts for “accountable” administration, based…

Printed: 04 Nov. 2025, 10:52 HUNTR/X from Netflix’s animated movie ″KPop Demon Hunters″ [NETFLIX]   “Golden,” successful track from the Netflix animated movie “KPop Demon Hunters,” held regular at No. 2 on the U.S. Billboard Scorching 100 chart, Billboard mentioned Monday.   The observe remained in second place for the second straight week, following eight non-consecutive weeks on the high 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 most well-liked songs in america throughout all genres, combining knowledge…

Hong Kong’s emergence as a number one worldwide arbitration heart owes a lot to a collection of institutional reforms, from visa relaxations to versatile financing guidelines, which have made it one of the vital user-friendly authorized environments in Asia, in response to Paul Lam, the autonomous city-state’s Secretary for Justice.“The Hong Kong authorities and the authorized group in Hong Kong have been working very onerous to attempt to enhance our authorized companies … to make our companies extra handy and extra environment friendly,” Lam advised The Korea Financial Every day in a current interview. Lam, who has served as justice…

Cowl of Hyun Ki-young’s quick story assortment, which incorporates “Iron and Flesh”/ Courtesy of Changbi PublishersBorn to Christian missionary mother and father and raised throughout a number of nations, Peace Lee, winner of this 12 months’s Kevin O’Rourke Prize, grew up with a eager sense of language and translation.“By the point I entered faculty, I’d already moved greater than 20 instances. My mother and father have been missionaries, so we left Korea after I was 5 and settled within the Philippines, the place I first grew to become conscious of the multiplicity of languages. English, Tagalog, regional dialects and even…

Hanmi Semiconductor’s next-generation HBM manufacturing tools “Broad TC Bonder” (Photograph courtesy of Hanmi Semiconductor) Hanmi Semiconductor will launch its devoted tools “Broad TC Bonder” focusing on the next-generation excessive bandwidth reminiscence (HBM) market by the tip of 2026. The business expects this tools to be totally utilized ranging from HBM5 (eighth technology). This represents a preemptive response to the technological shift towards extensive HBM, which expands chip space horizontally, as the prevailing technique of vertically stacking DRAM reaches its limitations. Hanmi Semiconductor introduced on Nov. 4 that it plans to provide the Broad TC Bonder to…

Seoul’s northeastern nook had stood out till just lately as one of many few areas of town to not develop into fully overrun with burger joints. For no matter cause, Western fare right here has but to catch on the best way it has in hip locales like Mangwon, Gangnam and Mullae. Older neighborhoods in Seongbuk and Jungnang districts are nonetheless predominantly lined with eateries serving native dishes. Nonetheless, one upstart diner goes towards the grain in hopes of reshaping the world’s culinary panorama.Only a hop, skip and bounce from Anam Station on Seoul Metro Line 6 lies Puck’n Onion.…

US President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi meet for a summit within the Akasaka Palace, a state guesthouse, in Tokyo on Oct. 28, 2025. (Reuters/Yonhap) After securing a promise from Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi to speculate US$550 billion within the US and to faithfully execute their commerce settlement, US President Donald Trump declared a “new golden age” of the US-Japan alliance. The take care of Japan will doubtless be used to exert stress on the Lee Jae Myung administration in South Korea, which has but to return to an settlement on key sticking factors of its…

Actor Lee Yi-kyung’s company, Sangyoung ENT, has filed a legal grievance towards a person for spreading false rumors on-line concerning the actor.In an announcement launched Monday, the company mentioned it had submitted proof and a proper grievance to Seoul Gangnam Police Station, accusing the person of defamation and spreading false info. “We categorical deep remorse over the state of affairs,” the company mentioned. “By way of our authorized representatives, we’ve filed complaints towards these liable for posting and circulating false claims. There have been no settlement discussions or compensation makes an attempt, nor will there be any going ahead.”Sangyoung ENT…