Author: Seoul Reporter

The Pinkfong and Child Shark 3D drone present, that includes roughly 3,000 drones, on the opening day of the Dubai Children’ Fest. The Pinkfong Firm (CEO Kim Min-seok), a worldwide household leisure firm, introduced on January 15 that it’ll broaden its world IP (Mental Property) enterprise by combining content material and commerce, with Dubai, the financial and tourism hub of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), as its stage. The Pinkfong Firm will stage large-scale performances at ‘International Village,’ a significant Dubai vacationer vacation spot visited by over 10 million folks yearly. Concurrently, it’s going to…

Doosan Bears supervisor Kim Gained-hyong speaks to reporters at Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul on Jan. 15. YonhapAs he takes over a crew coming off a disappointing season, new Doosan Bears supervisor Kim Gained-hyong on Thursday promised to ship “many victories” in 2026.”Skilled sports activities groups must carry pleasure to followers,” Kim informed reporters after attending a ceremony marking the Bears’ founding anniversary at Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul. “And we will achieve this with many victories.”The Bears completed the 2025 Korea Baseball Group season in ninth place amongst 10 groups with a win-loss-tie file of 61-77-6. Supervisor Lee Seung-yuop…

Deputy Head of the U.Ok.’s Mission to Russia Danae Dholakia, proper, is summoned to Russia’s Ministry of Overseas Affairs., Thursday. TASS-YonhapMOSCOW — Russia on Thursday ordered a British diplomat to go away the nation over allegations of spying, expenses that had been dismissed as “baseless” by the U.Ok.Russia’s Federal Safety Service, recognized by its Russian acronym FSB, alleged the member of embassy workers had labored for British intelligence. It didn’t present proof.Russia Overseas Ministry mentioned in an announcement the diplomat’s accreditation has been revoked and that the person should now depart the nation inside two weeks. The U.Ok.’s cost d’affaires…

Hoda Niku, an Iranian mannequin based mostly in Korea, appeals for assist for Iranian protests in a video posted to her Instagram. Captured from Hoda Niku’s InstagramA video message from Hoda Niku, an Iranian influencer in Korea, asking Koreans to assist intensifying anti-government protests in her house nation, has gone viral.Niku posted a video titled “For Iran’s Freedom” on her Instagram account on Saturday. Talking in Korean, she started, “As somebody who loves each my nations, Iran and Korea, I’m sharing this video within the hope that the voices of the Iranian individuals may be heard extra broadly.””I kindly ask…

Left: President Lee Jae Myung of South Korea shakes fingers with Chinese language President Xi Jinping at an MOU signing ceremony held on the Nice Corridor of the Folks in Beijing on Jan. 5, 2026. (Yonhap); Proper: President Lee Jae Myung of South Korea and Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi of Japan shake fingers earlier than their expanded summit assembly held in Nara, Japan, on Jan. 13, 2026. (Yonhap) By Lee Hee-ok, director emeritus of the Sungkyun Institute of China Research at Sungkyunkwan CollegeKorean President Lee Jae Myung has resumed shuttle diplomacy with visits first to China after which to Japan,…

A banker checks greenback payments at Hana Financial institution’s Counterfeit Notes Response Middle in Seoul, Nov. 5, 2025. YonhapThe federal government launched an interagency process pressure Thursday to crack down on unlawful overseas trade transactions amid the continued depreciation of the native foreign money, the finance ministry stated.The duty pressure includes officers from the Ministry of Financial system and Finance and 5 different authorities businesses, together with the Nationwide Intelligence Service, the Financial institution of Korea and the Monetary Supervisory Service.The ministry stated unlawful overseas trade transactions have turn into more and more advanced and complicated, making it tough for…

Rappers Zico, left, and Crush pose throughout a press convention for “Present Me the Cash 12” at Lodge Eliena in Seoul’s Gangnam District, Thursday. YonhapMnet’s “Present Me the Cash” franchise is returning with its twelfth version after years of hiatus, with a renewed deal with music, high-profile lineup and expanded pool of contestants.Launched in 2012, “Present Me the Cash” is extensively credited with cementing hip-hop as a mainstream music style in Korea after producing quite a few hit rappers and songs through the years. Its newest season marks the present’s first new installment in over three years and is predicted…

President Lee Jae Myung shakes palms with Khaldoon Khalifa Al Mubarak, chairman of Abu Dhabi’s Govt Affairs Authority, on the Cheong Wa Dae in Seoul, Thursday. YonhapKorea and the United Arab Emirates signaled their intention to construct a long-term strategic partnership centered on protection and high-tech cooperation, as President Lee Jae Myung met with Khaldoon Khalifa Al Mubarak, chairman of Abu Dhabi’s Govt Affairs Authority, at Cheong Wa Dae in Seoul Thursday. Al Mubarak visited Seoul in his capability because the United Arab Emirates’ particular envoy for Korea, holding the assembly as a part of follow-up consultations after Lee’s state…

SEOUL — South Korean President Lee Jae Myung is discovering himself the focus within the area: Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi this week invited him to affix an impromptu drum jam session to Ok-pop songs. Final week, it was Chinese language chief Xi Jinping who was — uncharacteristically — all smiles as Lee took selfies of them on the Chinese language cellphone Xi gave him final yr.

Protection officers of Korea and Britain pose for a gaggle photograph throughout their two-day talks aimed toward deepening arms trade cooperation, Thursday. Courtesy of the Protection Acquisition Program Administration Senior protection officers of Korea and Britain have held annual bilateral talks earlier this week aimed toward strengthening coverage cooperation within the arms trade, the state arms procurement company mentioned Thursday.The 2-day gathering happened in London and was led by Jeong Gyu-heon, deputy minister for superior capabilities program on the Protection Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA), and Oliver Harry, director for protection and safety exports for Britain’s Division for Enterprise and Commerce,…