Author: Seoul Reporter

Korea on Friday raised its journey alert for the capital metropolis and a southwestern metropolis of Burkina Faso in West Africa to a stage advising its nationals to go away the nation, citing a worsening safety scenario amid rising terrorist assaults.A Stage 3 journey warning, the second highest of the four-scale alert system, might be utilized to the capital Ouagadougou and Bobo-Dioulasso within the southwest, beginning at 5 p.m. Friday, the overseas ministry stated in a launch.The newest journey alert revision for the 2 cities means a Stage 3 warning, which advises South Korean residents to go away the world…

British soccer icon David Beckham formally obtained his knighthood from King Charles III at a solemn investiture ceremony at Windsor Fortress on Tuesday (British native time). Nonetheless, the event drew sudden consideration for its alternative of background music — a string quartet rendition of “Golden,” the hit monitor from Netflix’s international animated sensation “KPop Demon Hunters.”The chart-topping hit was performed as the previous England captain stepped ahead to obtain the very best royal honor.The unconventional music choice instantly captured the eye of the media, breaking by the same old formality of the royal event.British tabloids, together with the Every day…

America’s busiest airports, together with these in New York, Los Angeles, Dallas and Chicago, had been set to face lots of of flight cuts beginning Friday because of the authorities shutdown, in keeping with an inventory distributed to the airways and obtained by The Related Press.The Federal Aviation Administration’s order to cut back air site visitors at 40 of the busiest airports throughout the U.S. contains areas throughout greater than two dozen states and is more likely to ripple far past these focused locations.With simply hours to go, airways had been scrambling Thursday to determine the place to chop, and…

Greater than 40 % of South Korea’s science and engineering professionals are contemplating or getting ready to maneuver abroad due primarily to monetary and analysis surroundings causes, a survey by the central financial institution confirmed Friday.In line with a Financial institution of Korea (BOK) survey of 1,916 grasp’s and doctoral diploma holders in science and engineering fields residing within the nation, 42.9 % mentioned they have been contemplating working abroad inside the subsequent three years.Amongst them, 5.9 % mentioned that they had already made detailed plans or have been present process interviews for abroad positions.By sector, bio, prescription drugs and…

The typical variety of spam textual content messages acquired by cellular customers in South Korea fell considerably within the first half of 2025 from a 12 months earlier, information confirmed Friday, as a part of the federal government’s broader efforts to curb unlawful messaging actions.In keeping with the info compiled by the Korea Media and Communications Fee, South Koreans acquired a median of three spam messages per thirty days in the course of the January-June interval, sharply down from 11 in the identical interval of 2024.The research, carried out collectively with the Korea Web & Safety Company, was primarily based…

The benchmark KOSPI fell greater than 3 p.c to drop under the 4,000-point mark throughout intraday buying and selling on Friday, pushed by sell-offs from international and institutional traders involved about U.S. synthetic intelligence (AI) bubble.As of 1:45 p.m., the KOSPI was buying and selling at 3,897.80 factors, down 3.19 p.c from the day prior to this’s shut. The index fell under the 4,000-point mark, a key psychological threshold it had final closed above on Oct. 27. The decline got here as international traders web offered greater than 270 billion gained ($185.3 million), whereas institutional traders offloaded over 250 billion…

Printed: 07 Nov. 2025, 14:51 Singer G-Dragon throughout a live performance in Macau [GALAXY CORPORATION]   The twentieth Busan Fireworks Pageant is about to be held at Gwangalli Seashore in Busan on Nov. 15, organizers mentioned Friday. This version is themed after the singer G-Dragon and can function AI know-how like holograms.   Songs from G-Dragon’s solo album “Übermensch” can be performed through the fireworks present.   One spotlight of the competition can be a brand new type of fireworks present utilizing holograms, developed with polarizing filter know-how. It was collectively created by Galaxy Company, an AI leisure tech firm…

Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) has achieved 83% of its annual order goal for industrial vessels after securing an order for 2 oil tankers. The corporate introduced on Nov. 7 that it has received an order for 2 oil tankers value 290.1 billion received from a North American shipowner. The vessels ordered will probably be delivered to the shipowner sequentially by January 2029. With this contract, Samsung Heavy Industries has secured a complete of $5.6 billion in orders this 12 months. Amongst these, industrial vessels account for $4.8 billion, attaining 83% of the goal of $5.8…

Hwang Sok-yong (MCST) Famend novelist Hwang Sok-yong, 81, has been awarded the Geumgwan Order of Cultural Advantage, the very best cultural honor bestowed by the Korean authorities, in recognition of his outstanding contributions to Korean literature and its international attain.This 12 months, a complete of 17 cultural figures have been honored with Orders of Cultural Advantage throughout 5 grades: one Geumgwan, 4 Eungwan, 5 Bogwan, 4 Okgwan and three Hwagan.The Order of Cultural Advantage is the nation’s most prestigious state award for the humanities, offered to people who’ve made excellent contributions to the event of Korean tradition and the enrichment…

NEW YORK — The world’s richest man was simply handed an opportunity to develop into historical past’s first trillionaire.Elon Musk gained a shareholder vote on Thursday that might give the Tesla CEO inventory value $1 trillion if he hits sure efficiency targets over the following decade. The vote adopted weeks of debate over his administration document on the electrical automobile maker and whether or not anybody deserved such unprecedented pay, drawing heated commentary from small buyers to large pension funds and even the pope.In the long run, greater than 75 % of voters permitted the plan as shareholders gathered in…