Author: Seoul Reporter

Korea Customs Providers headquarters in Daejeon / YonhapCustoms authorities on Tuesday introduced a plan to launch a nationwide particular inspection concentrating on suspected unlawful commerce and overseas change (FX) practices amid the continued depreciation of the native foreign money.The inspection will cowl 1,138 corporations whose reported export and import knowledge present important discrepancies with commerce funds processed by banks, the Korea Customs Service (KCS) stated.The transfer comes as a part of broader efforts in responding to the continued depreciation of the Korean received. The received dropped additional Tuesday morning, hovering beneath 1,470 towards the U.S. greenback shortly after recovering from…

A view of Hanwha Constructing in Janggyo-dong, Jung-gu, Seoul (Photograph courtesy of Hanwha Corp.) The mixed market capitalization of Hanwha Group’s listed associates has exceeded 150 trillion gained. With core associates’ inventory costs surging concurrently, led by protection and shipbuilding sectors, the group’s complete market cap has greater than tripled in a few yr. Based on Korea Change, the mixed market capitalization of 12 listed Hanwha Group associates, excluding most well-liked shares, was calculated at 150.463 trillion gained as of 10:30 AM on Jan. 13. This represents roughly a 3.5-fold enhance in comparison with the mixed market…

IVE’s Jang Gained-young / XportsnewsA single mysterious account drop from IVE’s Jang Gained-young has been sufficient to ship Ok-pop fandom into full hypothesis mode.On Monday, Gained-young quietly shared a brand new social media account on her private channel. The web page comprises no clear clarification — solely a cherry-shaped emblem and a sequence of cute, minimalist photographs. However followers rapidly observed that the account’s ID intently resembles Gained-young’s personal username, instantly fueling theories that one thing private, and probably business, is within the works.Captured from Jang Gained-young’s social mediaThe put up included a graphic explaining how her initials are remodeled…

Portuguese Catholic priest and DJ Guilherme Peixoto, performs throughout a live performance in Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, Jan. 11, after a Lebanese courtroom rejected a request by a gaggle of Christian spiritual figures, who filed a petition looking for a ban to the live performance saying it violates the church’s teachings. AP-YonhapBEIRUT — Ravers danced and swayed to the loud bass at a well-liked evening membership within the coronary heart of town of Beirut. It was one other sold-out Saturday within the get together capital of the Center East.What was totally different this time was the DJ on the helm. Earlier…

Prime Minister Kim Min-seok speaks throughout a Cupboard assembly on the authorities complicated in Seoul, Tuesday. YonhapPrime Minister Kim Min-seok on Tuesday known as for measures to root out the “evils” of non secular cults, citing their rising connections to political and legal teams.Kim made the comment throughout a Cupboard assembly as a joint police-prosecution investigation is beneath manner into varied allegations of bribery among the many Unification Church, the Shincheonji Church of Jesus and politicians.”Pseudo-religions are social evils that have to be eradicated,” he mentioned, alluding to the alleged corrupt ties between the Unification Church and former President Yoon…

Gender theorist and political thinker Judith Butler speaks to the Hankyoreh21 in Seoul on Dec. 4, 2024. (Kim Myoung-jin/Hankyoreh) Judith Butler, a professor of comparative literature on the College of California, Berkeley, handed alongside a kindhearted New Yr’s greeting to readers of the Hankyoreh.“I’d counsel [readers] to search out energy with each other, to withstand the heroism and despair of individualism, and to construct collectives regionally, to savor mental life, the world of the humanities, and multilingualism. Think about collectively, dream collectively, and develop collective braveness as a lifestyle,” they wrote in a current interview.Butler is a political scientist who…

Roen Surgical staff pose for a commemorative picture after exporting the ZAMENIX kidney stone surgical procedure robotic to Indonesia. (Photograph courtesy of Roen Surgical) Surgical robotic platform firm Roen Surgical has succeeded in its first export of the unreal intelligence (AI)-based kidney stone surgical procedure robotic ZAMENIX. Roen Surgical introduced on Jan. 13 that it has signed a gross sales contract with Mandaya Royal Hospital in Jakarta, Indonesia. Each events will set up a mid-to-long-term cooperation framework by signing a strategic memorandum of understanding (MOU) for medical, analysis, academic, and advertising and marketing cooperation. Roen Surgical plans…

President Lee Jae Myung walks with first woman Kim Hea Kyung after touchdown on the Osaka Kansai Airport in Japan, Tuesday. Yonhap NARA — President Lee Jae Myung arrived in Japan on Tuesday for summit talks with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, with the 2 leaders anticipated to debate bilateral ties, in addition to regional and world points, amid tensions between Tokyo and Beijing.Lee will keep in Nara Prefecture, Takaichi’s house prefecture, for 2 days as a part of reciprocal leader-level visits dubbed “shuttle diplomacy,” aimed toward sustaining the latest momentum in improved relations.It can mark Lee’s second go to…

Officers pose for a bunch picture to mark the completion of flight checks for Korea’s first homegrown KF-21 fighter jet underneath improvement, Tuesday. Courtesy of Protection Acquisition Program AdministrationKorea has efficiently accomplished all deliberate flight checks for the KF-21 fighter jet underneath improvement, the state arms procurement company mentioned Tuesday, with the nation’s first homegrown plane anticipated to sharply increase the army’s air protection capabilities when deployed.Following the rollout of the primary KF-21 prototype in April 2021, officers have performed round 1,600 flight checks with none accidents, and its ultimate flight check passed off Monday, in line with the Protection…

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 big accelerates growth of its manufacturing capability for high-bandwidth reminiscence (HBM) for synthetic intelligence (AI) accelerators.On its web site, SK hynix stated it’s going to make investments 19 trillion received ($12.92 billion) to construct the P&T7 fab on a 230,000-square-meter web site within the metropolis’s industrial advanced. Development is about to start in April with completion focused for the…