Author: Seoul Reporter

Audi Korea CEO Steve Cloete speaks throughout a press convention in Seoul, Thursday. Courtesy of Audi KoreaAudi Korea seeks to increase its sturdy gross sales momentum all through 2026 by introducing two utterly redesigned strategic fashions — the A6 flagship sedan and the Q3 compact SUV, its CEO mentioned on Thursday. “The A6 will definitely be the main target in Korea, and so would the Q3,” Steve Cloete instructed reporters throughout a press convention. “The 2 fashions will kind a part of our technique into the longer term and people vehicles can be launched very shut to at least one…

The photograph reveals a brand new OLED TV panel unveiled by LG Show at CES 2026 early this month. (Photograph courtesy of LG Show) Within the massive natural light-emitting diode (OLED) panel market, the place Korean show corporations have maintained an awesome share, Chinese language corporations elevated their affect final 12 months. The 2 leaders, Samsung Show and LG Show, noticed their shares decline year-on-year, and Chinese language corporations stuffed the hole. China seems poised to mount a quantity offensive in OLED not just for small sizes but in addition for medium and huge sizes…

A poster for the Korean Chamber Orchestra’s upcoming live performance / Courtesy of Korean Chamber OrchestraThe Korean Chamber Orchestra (KCO) will open its new season with a live performance that includes music by a French composer largely unknown to Korean audiences.In response to the orchestra, the KCO will premiere Germaine Tailleferre’s Concertino for Harp and Orchestra with solo harpist Kwon Min-young at its season-opening live performance on the Seoul Arts Middle, Feb. 10.Tailleferre (1892–1983) was the one feminine member of Les Six, a bunch that helped form French neoclassical music with wit and magnificence within the early twentieth century. She…

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Financial system and Finance Koo Yun-cheol (proper) meets with U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 12 (native time) to debate the essential minerals ministerial assembly and ongoing market developments. (Captured from SBS) The Korean authorities is reviewing macroprudential measures to stabilize the overseas alternate market, a high-ranking official of the Ministry of Financial system and Finance mentioned on Jan. 15, indicating that the present alternate charge stage doesn’t align with Korea’s financial scenario. Referring to U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s uncommon verbal intervention on gained weak…

Korea head coach Lee Min-sung, proper, watches his group in motion towards Uzbekistan throughout their Group C match on the Asian Soccer Confederation U-23 Asian Cup at Prince Faisal bin Fahd Sports activities Metropolis Stadium in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Tuesday. Courtesy of the Korea Soccer AffiliationWith a collection of uninspired performances within the group stage behind them, Korea will tackle Australia of their first knockout match on the high Asian males’s under-23 soccer event in Saudi Arabia.The quarterfinals of the Asian Soccer Confederation U-23 Asian Cup are scheduled for the weekend. Korea, having completed because the runner-up in Group C,…

College students stroll on campus at Harvard College in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S., Nov. 19, 2025, because it opens a probe into people talked about within the Jeffrey Epstein information lately launched by Congress, after the paperwork confirmed an in depth relationship between its former president, Larry Summers, and the late convicted intercourse offender. Reuters-YonhapEnrollment at Harvard for Chinese language college students rose within the autumn from a 12 months earlier, even because the Donald Trump administration moved to rein in visas for them and restrict international enrollment and funding on the prestigious college.The variety of college students from mainland China…

Former President Yoon Suk Yeol makes his closing assertion throughout his trial on expenses of main an rebellion via his 2024 martial regulation declaration on the Seoul Central District Court docket in southern Seoul, Wednesday. Courtesy of Seoul Central District Court docketFormer President Yoon Suk Yeol will obtain his first court docket verdict this week over obstruction of justice and different expenses associated to his short-lived imposition of martial regulation in December 2024, officers mentioned Thursday, days after a particular counsel group demanded the dying penalty for him on rebellion expenses.The Seoul Central District Court docket will maintain the sentencing…

BTS. (courtesy of BigHit Music) BTS’ long-awaited world tour will kick off in April at Goyang Stadium in South Korea.  BigHit Music, the group’s company, revealed the official poster for the BTS official world tour schedule on Wednesday.  The 2026 tour is the group’s first world tour of this scale since its “Permission to Dance on Stage” tour, which wrapped up in Las Vegas in 2022. Tour dates launched to this point present that the group will carry out in 79 reveals in 34 completely different cities in South Korea, North America, Europe, Latin America, Asia and different areas. BigHit Music billed…

Dried seaweed merchandise are displayed on cabinets at a grocery store in Seoul, Dec. 14, 2025. YonhapKorea’s exports of seafood merchandise hit an all-time excessive of $3.33 billion final 12 months, pushed by rising abroad demand for dried seaweed items, authorities information confirmed Thursday.The determine marked a 9.7 p.c improve from $3.03 billion in exports in 2024, in line with the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries.Exports of dried seaweed, referred to as “gim” in Korean, jumped 13.7 p.c on-year to a document $1.13 billion due to robust demand from abroad markets.Outbound shipments of mackerel spiked 128.8 p.c to $200 million,…

BoA, left, and Lee Soo-man / XportsnewsOk-pop pioneer BoA has formally ended her 25-year relationship with SM Leisure, setting off intense hypothesis about whether or not she is getting ready for retirement — or a dramatic reunion with SM founder Lee Soo-man.SM confirmed Monday that BoA’s unique contract had expired and wouldn’t be renewed. Trade watchers had anticipated a renewal, making the sudden “clear break” all of the extra stunning.In its farewell assertion, SM praised BoA as “the icon of abroad growth” and “the star of Asia,” saying, “Though our unique contract has ended, we sincerely help BoA as she…