Author: Seoul Reporter

A crane stabilizes a collapsed boiler tower at a thermal energy plant in Ulsan on Nov. 12, 2025, as rescue employees use saws to chop via the wreckage looking for employees who have been buried when the tower toppled one week in the past. (Yonhap) One week has handed since seven employees have been buried within the collapse of a decommissioned boiler tower at a thermal energy plant in Ulsan’s Yongyeon industrial complicated. The employees’ lives have been claimed by the chilly hand of dying within the wreckage of the metal construction that had as soon as boiled seawater to…

Korea’s exports of data and communication know-how (ICT) merchandise rose 12.2 % in October from a 12 months earlier, information confirmed Thursday, helped by sturdy shipments of semiconductors for synthetic intelligence (AI) servers.Outbound shipments of ICT merchandise reached $23.3 billion final month, in line with information compiled by the Ministry of Science and ICT. It marks the best export quantity for any October.Imports, in the meantime, fell 2.9 % over the interval to $12.9 billion, leading to a commerce surplus of $10.3 billion.Exports of semiconductor merchandise jumped 25.4 % on-year, buoyed by robust demand for high-end chips utilized in AI…

HONG KONG — Disney unveiled a sweeping lineup of upcoming originals from Korea and past for its streaming platform Disney+, reaffirming the importance of Korean productions in increasing the platform’s presence and world attain.“Korean storytelling — already beloved in Asia Pacific and the U.S. — is seeing important progress and viewers curiosity in Latin America, with the strongest engagement in Brazil and Mexico,” Luke Kang, president of the Walt Disney Firm Asia Pacific, stated throughout Disney+ Authentic Preview at Hong Kong Disneyland Resort, Thursday, reflecting Disney’s technique of specializing in authentic Korean content material as a key driver for increasing…

CI of the Ministry of Employment and Labor  Discussions started on Nov. 12 inside a labor-management-government activity power (TF) to reform employment insurance coverage protection standards from “working hours” to “revenue”-based requirements for the introduction of “Nationwide Employment Insurance coverage.” The Ministry of Employment and Labor launched the Employment Insurance coverage System Enchancment TF and held its first assembly on the Royal Lodge in Myeong-dong, Seoul. The TF was established to design an efficient future employment security web via enlargement of subscriber protection, enchancment of unemployment advantages, and securing fiscal soundness as employment insurance coverage marks its…

A pop-up retailer for Netflix’s smash hit animated movie “KPop Demon Hunters” will open in Seoul subsequent month, extending the film’s momentum offline with a full vary of official merchandise and character-themed sights.The “KPop Demon Hunters Official POP-UP — SEOUL” will run from Dec. 4 to twenty-eight within the Seongsu-dong space, a significant retail hub for pop-up occasions. The undertaking is a collaboration between Netflix and B.stage, the Korea-based fan-commerce firm which produces and globally distributes the movie’s merchandise.The pop-up will characteristic objects primarily based on standard characters from the movie, together with members of the fictional Ok-pop teams Huntrix…

WASHINGTON — The Home handed a invoice Wednesday to finish the nation’s longest authorities shutdown , sending the measure to President Donald Trump for his signature after a historic 43-day funding lapse that noticed federal employees go with out a number of paychecks, vacationers stranded at airports and folks lining up at meals banks to get a meal for his or her households.Home lawmakers made their long-awaited return to the nation’s capital this week after practically eight weeks away. Republicans used their slight majority to get the invoice over the end line with a principally party-line vote of 222-209. The…

Korea will maintain its personal memorial ceremony subsequent week to honor Korean victims pressured into labor at a Japanese mine advanced throughout Japan’s colonial rule over Korea, the overseas ministry stated Thursday.This yr’s memorial, set for subsequent Friday, is the second such occasion Korea is internet hosting individually from the one organized by Japan as Seoul and Tokyo couldn’t come to an settlement on methods to carry a joint ceremony.Korea boycotted the occasion hosted by Japan final yr, citing Japan’s lack of sincerity in honoring the victims, together with its obvious rejection to replicate their sufferings and the character of…

BUSAN — NCSOFT plans to launch a PC and cell model of Sony’s international hit Horizon sequence as early as late subsequent 12 months, the corporate introduced throughout the world premiere of the much-touted sport’s footage at G-STAR 2025, Thursday.NCSOFT unveiled video footage of the pre-alpha model of Horizon Metal Frontiers throughout the opening session of the sport conference. For years, there had been hypothesis that NCSOFT would use the Horizon sequence’s mental property, however that is the primary time the corporate has formally introduced that it’s creating a massively multiplayer on-line role-playing sport (MMORPG) as an official entry within…

A view of Busan BEXCO Corridor 1 the place G-Star 2025 is held (Photograph courtesy of the G-Star Organizing Committee) G-Star 2025, which options all of the anticipated home recreation titles, opened on Nov. 13 at Busan BEXCO. In line with the G-Star Organizing Committee, this 12 months’s G-Star noticed participation of 1,273 firms from 44 nations with a scale of three,269 cubicles. NCSOFT served as the primary sponsor, whereas Netmarble, Krafton, Webzen, and others exhibited their merchandise. World recreation firms together with Google Korea, Blizzard Leisure, Bandai Namco, Sega·Atlus, Unity, and Plaion, which is the dad or mum firm…

Min Hee-jin, former chief govt of lady group NewJeans’ company ADOR, stated Thursday she helps the members’ determination to return to the corporate after a yearlong contract dispute.”The choice the members made yesterday to return collectively will need to have come after deep thought and dialogue,” Min stated in a press release. “I respect and assist that alternative.”ADOR introduced Wednesday that members Haerin and Hyein of the favored Okay-pop quintet would rejoin the company. Quickly after, Minji, Hanni, and Danielle additionally declared their intention to return, signaling that every one members would rejoin the company.The members had clashed with the…