Author: Seoul Reporter

YEONGJONG ISLAND, Incheon — Mercedes-Benz Korea, Friday, showcased its upcoming all-electric automobile (EV) lineup throughout its Future Technique Convention. The EVs are set to debut within the nation beginning in 2026. The lineup features a sedan, SUV, high-performance automotive and a van.The all-new electrical CLA sedan and the all-new electrical GLC SUV — two strategic automobiles that can spur EV gross sales progress for Mercedes-Benz Korea — shall be out there on the market as early as 2026.The carmaker additionally launched its CONCEPT AMG GT XX high-performance four-door automobile that includes hyper-fast charging. It’s powered by three axial-flux motors and…

Lunar exploration robotic Rover geared up with LG’s digicam module, battery cell, and antenna for communication module (Picture courtesy of Unmanned Exploration Analysis Institute) LG Group will independently develop a CubeSat (auxiliary satellite tv for pc), an ultra-small synthetic satellite tv for pc, with the purpose of launching it in 2028. It plans to consolidate the part know-how capabilities in communication modules, cameras, and batteries that the group has amassed to find new enterprise alternatives within the personal area business. LG Group and the Korea Aerospace Administration held the Korea Aerospace Administration-LG Assembly on the important workplace of…

South Korea’s renewed drive to amass nuclear-powered submarines might probably have an effect on the current thaw in relations with China, analysts stated at a discussion board on Korea-China relations in Seoul earlier this week.The USA gave South Korea an unprecedented inexperienced gentle to develop nuclear-powered submarines following a summit final month between President Lee Jae Myung and U.S. President Donald Trump on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Financial Cooperation (APEC) conferences. In a discussion board organized by the Seoul-based Institute for International Technique and Cooperation and the Beijing-based International Governance Establishment, specialists hailed the constructive momentum for bilateral ties…

Police mentioned Friday they requested a warrant to arrest a truck driver accused of inflicting a lethal crash in a conventional market close to Seoul the day gone by that killed two folks and injured 19 others.The accident occurred at Jeil Market in Bucheon, Gyeonggi Province, late Thursday morning, when the 67-year-old driver’s 1-ton truck plowed by way of the market’s slim passage for greater than 130 meters. Of the 21 casualties, solely two are market distributors, and the remaining 19 are prospects.The truck was discovered to have reversed 1 to 2 meters earlier than dashing 132 meters down the…

President Xi Jinping of China laughs whereas a bit of paper held up by President Donald Trump of the USA throughout their summit held in Busan, South Korea, on Oct. 30, 2025. (courtesy of the White Home) By Park Min-hee, senior inter-Korean affairs and diplomacy authorThroughout his journey to Korea for the Asia-Pacific Financial Cooperation discussion board final month, US President Donald Trump portrayed himself as somebody thirsty for the throne. Grinning smugly upon receiving a duplicate Silla-era golden crown from South Korean President Lee Jae Myung, Trump jetted off again to the US, crown in tow, as soon as…

Hyundai Motor Group, the world’s third-largest automaker with 7.23 million autos offered final yr, will make investments 4 trillion received ($2.7 billion) to construct an electric-vehicle mom plant in South Korea, a flagship facility that Seoul sees as important to safeguarding the nation’s EV manufacturing base whereas increasing industrial partnerships with native battery makers and suppliers.

An Asian famous person impulsively disappears throughout an abroad industrial shoot. He then crosses paths with a neighborhood lady, who, regardless of the star’s overwhelming reputation throughout the area, has no thought who he’s. From there, it is hardly shocking the place their relationship is headed.This “seen-it-all-before” story varieties the narrative of the upcoming romantic comedy “Love Barista,” starring Lee Kwang-soo and Vietnamese actress Hoang Ha.Lee portrays the famous person Kim Jun-woo, who’s more and more anxious that his seemingly stellar profession could also be nearing its finish, as rising skills threaten his once-formidable place and his fan base begins…

The alternate charges between the Korean Gained and the U.S. greenback and different main currencies are displayed on the Korea Alternate monitor on Nov. 14. (Captured from Yonhapnews TV) The won-dollar alternate fee, which had surged to the touch the 1,475 gained vary throughout buying and selling for 2 consecutive days, plummeted to the 1,450 gained vary on Nov. 14, following verbal intervention by overseas alternate authorities. The announcement of a “joint reality sheet” following the conclusion of Korea-U.S. negotiations, which resolved uncertainties, additionally served as an element within the alternate fee decline. The won-dollar…

Inside a softly lit social gathering room in Seoul’s Mapo District on Thursday night, steaming Korean dishes, bursts of laughter and a spirited refrain of “Howdy Korea!” set the tone for a heat celebration.Creators and contributors to The Korea Occasions’ YouTube channel, Howdy Korea, gathered for what felt much less like a proper occasion and extra like a reunion, sharing do-it-yourself dishes, chatting in Korean and English and participating in lighthearted actions to mark the channel’s latest milestone: receiving YouTube’s Silver Button award.Launched in July 2024, Howdy Korea has shortly constructed up a devoted following by spotlighting Korean tradition by…

The weaponisation of essential supplies was not a bridge that Beijing crossed within the early years of its commerce conflict with Washington, which started in 2018.However China has grown extra assured, and management has shifted from hesitation to measured assertiveness on critical-material controls, as demonstrated in its actions this yr amid commerce tensions with Washington, in keeping with Morgan Stanley researchers.With such leverage in thoughts, this explainer makes use of their report – “Navigating China’s Export Management Playbook and Market Impression”, printed on Sunday – to look at the effectiveness of that device in Beijing’s arsenal, its limitations, and China’s…