Author: Seoul Reporter

MBK Companions refuted the next by way of explanatory supplies on January. 12, concerning factual relationships and logical contradictions in latest reviews containing the prosecution’s claims about Homeplus accounting practices, as follows as follows. First, some reviews suggesting that MBK Companions founder and companion Kim Byung-joo is related to Homeplus accounting practices are opposite to details. “Companion Kim Byung-joo has no connection to Homeplus accounting follow issues. The appropriateness of accounting practices must be decided in accordance with corporate-level accounting requirements and procedures, and connecting this to shareholders’ duty doesn’t conform to each factual relationships and…

Steve Yoo, left, works with rapper JUSTHIS. Captured from Steve Yoo’s YouTube channelSteve Yoo, often known as Yoo Seung-jun, a Korean American singer, rapper and actor who has been banned from getting into South Korea for greater than 20 years because of draft evasion allegations, has teased a brand new music launch in collaboration with rapper JUSTHIS.The transfer has drawn consideration as Yoo beforehand asserted that he had “completely no intention of getting cash in Korea.” Consideration is now targeted on whether or not this launch indicators an try to resume actions in Korea.On Monday, Yoo posted a video on…

A customer to Samsung Electronics’ unique exhibition corridor on the Wynn Lodge, ready for CES 2026, the world’s largest shopper electronics and knowledge expertise (IT) exhibition held in Las Vegas, USA, examines the corporate’s Galaxy Z Trifold. (Picture courtesy of Samsung Electronics) Samsung Electronics introduced on Jan. 12 that U.S. info expertise (IT) specialised journal CNET has chosen the Galaxy Z Trifold because the Finest Product Award and Finest Cellular Know-how Award product. CNET, as an official CES companion, cooperates with the Shopper Know-how Affiliation (CTA), the host group, to pick out CES 2026 exhibition merchandise. Greater than 40 IT…

President Donald Trump says Iran has contacted the US to suggest talks as his administration weighs responses — together with army choices — amid reviews from rights teams that lots of of individuals have been killed throughout the nation amid mass protests in opposition to the regime.

Seoul metropolis councilor Kim Kyung enters Incheon Worldwide Airport Terminal 1 to reply reporters’ questions. Jan. 11. YonhapPolice mentioned Monday they’ve imposed journey bans on former ruling occasion lawmaker Kang Solar-woo and two others over their alleged bribery forward of the 2022 native elections.Rep. Kang, who just lately stop the ruling Democratic Social gathering of Korea (DPK) and have become an impartial, is accused of accepting 100 million gained ($68,500) from Seoul metropolis councilor Kim Kyung in alternate for a nomination for the councilorship. The cash was reportedly delivered to Kang’s then aide, surnamed Nam.All three have been banned from…

US President Donald Trump. (AFP/Yonhap) “Don’t shoot us!”At 1 pm on Saturday, 100 or so People gathered at Lafayette Sq., simply north of the White Home, regardless of the falling rain.One protestor carrying a poncho held a poster that stated, “Get up America.” One other poster posed a rhetorical query to brokers of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE): “How does it really feel to shoot younger moms?”The protests have been held in condemnation of the deadly taking pictures of Renee Nicole Good, aged 37, by an ICE agent in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on Wednesday.“Once I first noticed the video from…

Instantaneous noodles, or “ramyeon,” are displayed on cabinets at a CU comfort retailer, Jan. 11. YonhapKorea’s exports of meals and agriculture-related merchandise reached a report excessive of $13.62 billion in 2025, pushed by the worldwide reputation of Korean meals merchandise, akin to “ramyeon” noodles, sauces and fruits, the agriculture ministry mentioned Monday.Exports within the “Okay-Meals Plus” sector expanded 5.1 p.c from a yr earlier to the brand new annual excessive, in line with the Ministry of Agriculture, Meals and Rural Affairs. Okay-Meals Plus is a time period coined by the native authorities to advertise exports of Korean meals and agricultural…

Actor Zo In-sung speaks throughout a press convention for his film “Humint” at a theater in Seoul, Monday. YonhapThe upcoming espionage motion movie “Humint” is a gripping story set in Vladivostok, Russia, a metropolis the place deadly secrets and techniques and hidden truths sink into the chilly sea, based on its director Ryoo Seung-wan.”The core key phrases for this movie are enjoyable and rigidity,” Ryoo mentioned throughout a press convention in Seoul, Monday. “Even whereas reviewing the footage after filming, I discovered myself flinching, unwillingly. The suspense is so intense that I’d advocate audiences take a heat tub to loosen…

Individuals watch information reviews on North Korea’s declare {that a} South Korean drone violated its airspace on a display screen at Seoul Station, Sunday. Yonhap The protection ministry on Monday reaffirmed its dedication to swiftly cooperate with the police to hold out President Lee Jae Myung’s instruction for a probe into drone incursion allegations made by North Korea.On Saturday, Lee ordered a immediate investigation into alleged drone incursions into the North, warning that such acts would represent “a grave crime” that threatens peace on the Korean Peninsula and nationwide safety if true.”We’re swiftly finishing up the directions by the president,”…

The federal government and the ruling Democratic Occasion of Korea (DPK) are forcing monetary corporations to compensate voice phishing victims, no matter who’s at fault, fanning considerations over how far shopper safety ought to go with out distorting incentives within the monetary system, market watchers mentioned Monday.The transfer seeks to curb quickly rising incidents of economic scams, however many say if banks are to bear the burdens completely, it may in the end result in extra refined rip-off techniques. Behind the drive is a priority that voice phishing techniques are evolving too quick for particular person clients alone to keep…