Author: Seoul Reporter

This yr’s 10-Minute Play Pageant is seeking to differentiate itself from its 11 predecessors.The theatrical occasion, a mainstay of the English language theater scene in Seoul, returns this month, though with some departures from earlier years. This yr, the competition acquired a report variety of scripts from around the globe when it started its open name. “We had a excessive of 395 performs submitted in 2019. This yr we had over 500 performs within the first two weeks,” Lorne Oliver, who’s each producing and appearing within the competition, informed The Korea Instances. “We needed to shut down submissions on condition…

Dongwon F&B is ramping up efforts for international enlargement with the launch of Boseong Hongcha hallabong iced tea — the agency’s new strategic mannequin impressed by Korean conventional tradition, the corporate mentioned Monday.The product is the primary new iced tea launched by Dongwon in practically two years. The Boseong Hongcha iced tea lineups reinterpret tea leaves from Boseong — as soon as introduced as royal tribute throughout the Joseon Dynasty — by mixing conventional tea flavors with the trendy zero-calorie development.In line with knowledge from NielsenIQ, a shopper market analysis agency, the lineup maintained its prime spot within the native…

Since Russia discovered itself forged out of the Western cultural and sporting sphere following its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, it has tried in earnest to create one thing of a “parallel world” of occasions and establishments that might act as substitutes.After launching the battle in opposition to its neighbor in 2022, Russia was banned from taking part within the Olympic Video games, a contest during which it had historically fared effectively, though its success was typically accompanied by numerous doping scandals. It was additionally barred from extra light-hearted cultural occasions, such because the Eurovision Tune Contest.Russia has sought to show…

Korea’s tax authorities mentioned Monday they’ve launched an investigation right into a home department of the Cambodia-based Prince Group, which is now suspected of working a worldwide rip-off community.The Nationwide Tax Service (NTS) started the investigation into the workplace, positioned in central Seoul, following a governmentwide evaluate of Korean nationals allegedly concerned in on-line scams run by prison organizations, together with Prince Group. The group has confronted worldwide sanctions over its involvement in kidnapping, torture and homicide.In keeping with the NTS, the group allegedly arrange abroad actual property consulting companies in main industrial areas of Seoul, hiring native workers whereas…

US President Donald Trump speaks on the APEC CEO summit held on the Gyeongju Arts Heart in North Gyeongsang Province on Oct. 29, 2025. (pool picture) US President Donald Trump has promised to permit South Korea to construct nuclear-powered submarines, which he says will probably be constructed at Pennsylvania’s Hanwha Philly Shipyard. He additionally stated that Korean companies’ funding within the US will exceed US$600 billion, or round 854 trillion received.“Our Navy Alliance is stronger than ever earlier than and, based mostly on that, I’ve given them approval to construct a Nuclear Powered Submarine, reasonably than the old school, and…

Some orcas have a style for liver — particularly, the livers of nice white sharks. Movies taken by scientists in Mexico reveal how the artful whales handle to snag bites of the apex predators’ fatty organs. Researchers filmed two orca hunts within the Gulf of California — one in 2020 and one other in 2022. They present the pods attacking younger nice white sharks by flipping them on their backsides to stun them, then slicing their sides open to extract their livers. The crew printed the findings of their video research within the journal Frontiers in Marine Science on Monday.…

A outstanding opposition lawmaker appeared in his first trial continuing Monday over allegations he accepted unlawful political funds from a former official from the Unification Church in change for favors.Rep. Kweon Seong-dong of the primary opposition Individuals Energy Social gathering (PPP) has been arrested and indicted on expenses of receiving 100 million ($69,870) in violation of the political fund regulation from a former Unification Church official in January 2022.Kweon was allegedly requested to assist the church achieve numerous favors from the federal government after the presidential election of then PPP candidate Yoon Suk Yeol, who later gained the presidency in…

President Lee Jae Myung of South Korea awards US President Donald Trump with the Grand Order of the Mugunghwa, Korea’s highest nationwide order, and a reproduction of a golden crown from the Silla Kingdom at a welcome ceremony held on the Gyeongju Nationwide Museum on Oct. 29, 2025, forward of their bilateral summit. (courtesy of the presidential workplace) South Korean President Lee Jae Myung and US President Donald Trump reached a dramatic settlement on commerce and safety throughout their 87-minute summit on Wednesday. The ultimate deal reached by the 2 leaders throughout their face-to-face assembly in Gyeongju marks the tip…

A robust 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck northern Afghanistan in a single day Monday close to the town of Mazar-e Sharif, in accordance to the U.S. Geological Survey.The complete extent of injury and casualties was not instantly identified. Mazar-e Sharif, with a inhabitants of greater than 500,000, is likely one of the nation’s largest cities.

Sightings of untamed canines round Seoul Nationwide College (SNU) in Gwanak District have raised security issues amongst college students, prompting them to share recommendation on-line on find out how to reply in the event that they encounter the animals.Based on the Gwanak District Workplace, a complete of 63 wild canines have been captured within the district between January and October this yr — already surpassing final yr’s 56 and 46 in 2023. On Oct. 27, six canines had been seen roaming close to SNU dormitories earlier than consultants from the district workplace arrived and tranquilized them.Wild canines have lengthy been…