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Chris Appelhans and Maggie Kang, the co-directors of “KPop Demon Hunters,” stand alongside producer Michelle Wong after profitable the Golden Globe for greatest animated characteristic on the 83rd Golden Globes, held on the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, CA, on Dec. 12, 2025. (AP/Yonhap)  “KPop Demon Hunters,” Netflix’s greatest animated movie of 2025, directed by Korean American Maggie Kang, clinched two wins on the 83rd Golden Globes, taking house the trophies for greatest animated movie and greatest unique music. The movie bested fierce competitors within the animated movie class — “Demon Slayer: Infinity Citadel,” “Zootopia 2,” “Elio,” “Arco” and “Little Amélie…

The Sylvan Group co-founders & managing companions Chung Kyungsun (left), a grandson of Hyundai Motor founder Chung Ju-yung, and Scott Jeun (Captured from the Sylvan Group web site) The Sylvan Group, a Singapore-based non-public fairness agency backed by members of South Korea’s Hyundai household, is partnering with SK Innovation, the power arm of SK Group, to speculate about $300 million (400 billion gained) to scale a hydrogen mobility enterprise in South Korea, together with rolling out refueling hubs for buses. Additional growth elsewhere within the area can also be being deliberate. The funding can be executed…

President Lee Jae Myung shakes arms with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi in entrance of their summit venue in Nara prefecture, Japan, Tuesday. Joint Press CorpsNARA, Japan — President Lee Jae Myung and Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi met for a summit in Nara prefecture Tuesday, reaffirming bilateral cooperation as the 2 international locations mark 60 years since normalizing diplomatic relations in 1965.In his opening remarks, Lee acknowledged a shared historical past formed by Japan’s 1910-45 colonial rule of Korea, which continues to have an effect on relations between the 2 international locations, whereas emphasizing the importance of newer historical…

BERLIN — For the 13 years since its founding, the nationalist Different for Germany (AfD) social gathering — labeled “right-wing extremist” by the nation’s home intelligence company and accused by others of xenophobia, antisemitism and Islamophobia — has stood in opposition. Opposition to the European Union. Opposition to immigration. And, as the biggest social gathering outdoors the governing coalition after final yr’s federal elections, opposition to Chancellor Friedrich Merz.

Vice Protection Minister Lee Doo-hee, left, and Dutch Minister for Arms Procurement and Personnel Gijs Tuinman shake arms throughout their assembly in Seoul, Tuesday. Courtesy of protection ministry Senior protection officers of South Korea and the Netherlands met in Seoul on Tuesday to debate methods to develop their cooperation within the arms trade and security-related areas, the protection ministry mentioned.Of their talks, Vice Protection Minister Lee Doo-hee and Dutch Minister for Arms Procurement and Personnel Gijs Tuinman underscored the necessity to strengthen cooperation in an array of areas, together with high-level alternate, the arms trade, in addition to synthetic intelligence,…

An artist’s rendering of SK hynix’s P&T7 packaging fab in Cheongju, North Chungcheong Province / Courtesy of SK hynixSK hynix on Tuesday confirmed the development of its new semiconductor packaging fab, dubbed P&T7, in Cheongju, North Chungcheong Province, because the reminiscence large accelerates enlargement of its manufacturing capability for high-bandwidth reminiscence (HBM) for synthetic intelligence (AI) accelerators.On its web site, SK hynix mentioned it’ll make investments 19 trillion received ($12.92 billion) to construct the P&T7 fab on a 230,000-square-meter website within the metropolis’s industrial advanced. Building is ready to start in April with completion focused for the top of 2027.The…

The dealing room of Hana Financial institution in Seoul is seen, Tuesday. Yonhap The Korea Trade (KRX) has submitted plans to increase inventory buying and selling hours to just about 12 hours from as early as June and is getting ready to collect opinions from its members, business sources stated Tuesday.Underneath the plan submitted to the Monetary Service Fee (FSC) on Monday, the KRX seeks to supply pre-market buying and selling from 7 a.m. to eight a.m. and an after-hours market from 4 p.m. to eight p.m.The bourse operator is about to collect opinions from member companies as early as…

  The won-dollar change charge is displayed on the digital board on the dealing room of the Hana Financial institution headquarters in central Seoul on Jan. 13. (Captured from YTN) The won-dollar change charge as soon as once more threatened the mid-1,470 gained vary as dollar-buying dominance in supply-demand imbalances overlapped with the affect of yen weak point.   On Jan. 13, the won-dollar change charge within the Seoul international change market closed common buying and selling at 1,473.7 gained, up 5.3 gained from the earlier buying and selling day. The change…

Jeon Kwang-hoon, a conservative activist pastor, solutions reporters’ questions earlier than attending his arrest warrant listening to on the Seoul Western District Court docket in western Seoul, Tuesday. Yonhap Jeon Kwang-hoon, a conservative activist pastor, appeared at a Seoul courtroom Tuesday to attend a listening to on his potential arrest over his alleged involvement in final yr’s courthouse riot dedicated by supporters of former President Yoon Suk Yeol.Jeon is accused of being behind pro-Yoon protesters’ violence on the Seoul Western District Court docket on Jan. 19 final yr, following the courtroom’s resolution to increase Yoon’s detention over his martial legislation…

The South Korean president reportedly requested for China’s cooperation and mediation on 4 main inter-Korean and worldwide cooperation initiatives Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and South Korean President Lee Jae Myung shake arms forward of their summit held on Oct. 30, 2025, on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Financial Cooperation discussion board in Gyeongju, South Korea. (pool picture) Through the South Korea-China summit final week, President Lee Jae Myung reportedly requested for Beijing’s cooperation and mediation whereas outlining 4 main inter-Korean and worldwide cooperation initiatives geared toward enhancing inter-Korean relations and enhancing Northeast Asia cooperation. In keeping with a number of…