Author: Seoul Reporter

Actor Lee You-mi has opened up about her deep emotional journey and bodily transformation whereas filming Netflix’s authentic sequence “As You Stood By,” a darkish, gripping drama about two girls pushed to the sting by violence and survival.In an interview on Tuesday at a restaurant in Seoul, Lee mentioned her portrayal of Hui-su, a once-promising kids’s e book creator enduring an abusive marriage. The sequence follows Hui-su and one other girl who, trapped in an inescapable actuality of abuse and despair, make a fateful determination that modifications their lives eternally.“I rewatched it yesterday as a result of I used to…

The international ministers of North Korea and Laos have held talks and agreed to strengthen relations between the nations and broaden cooperation in supporting one another on the worldwide stage, the North’s state media mentioned Thursday.International Minister Choe Son-hui met together with her Lao counterpart, Thongsavanh Phomvihane, in Pyongyang following the Lao delegation’s arrival in North Korea on Tuesday, in line with the Korean Central Information Company (KCNA).The ministers agreed to additional strengthen their nations’ conventional friendship by totally implementing the settlement reached by their state leaders in October, the KCNA mentioned.In addition they exchanged views on methods to spice…

The Hanwha Eagles introduced Thursday they’ve signed a Taiwanese pitcher Wang Yan-Cheng to fill their Asian quota for the 2026 season, changing into the primary Korea Baseball Group (KBO) membership to utilize the brand new rule.The Eagles mentioned Wang, 24, agreed to a one-year deal price $100,000. Beginning in 2026, KBO golf equipment, along with carrying three foreign-born gamers, will every be allowed to signal an additional participant from an Asian nation or Australia. That participant will need to have competed in Asia or in Australia within the season instantly earlier than the given yr, and KBO groups might not…

WASHINGTON — Home lawmakers made a long-awaited return to the nation’s capital on Wednesday after almost eight weeks away to probably put an finish to the longest federal authorities shutdown in U.S. historical past.The Home is scheduled to take up a invoice to reopen the federal government that the Senate handed on Monday night time. President Donald Trump known as the measure a “very large victory.” The prospect of journey delays because of the shutdown may complicate the vote. Nonetheless, Speaker Mike Johnson stated the GOP was “very optimistic” in regards to the end result.“We predict that is going to…

Authorities on Jeju Island are on alert after a number of packages of ketamine disguised as Chinese language tea baggage have been found washed up alongside the island’s shoreline, prompting fears of drug trafficking and injury to the island’s picture as a serious vacationer vacation spot.In accordance with the Korea Coast Guard on Wednesday, the primary discovery occurred on Sept. 29 when a coastal cleanup volunteer at Gwangchigi Seaside in Seogwipo, one among Jeju’s in style vacationer spots, discovered 20 kilograms of ketamine inside a plastic bag blended with marine particles. Over the next 40 days, comparable packages have been…

The monetary district in Yeouido, Seoul (BusinessKorea DB) The index that reveals the vulnerability degree of South Korea’s monetary system has risen for 3 consecutive quarters, for the primary time for the reason that COVID-19 pandemic. On Nov. 11, the Financial institution of Korea (BOK) introduced that the Monetary Vulnerability Index (FVI) for the third quarter of this 12 months was 32.9, up 1 level from the second quarter’s 31.9. The index rose from 28.6 within the fourth quarter of final 12 months to 30.7 within the first quarter of this 12 months and…

MPMG, a music and leisure firm, has accused CJ ENM and Mnet of unfair enterprise practices in the course of the manufacturing of the 2022 band competitors program “Nice Seoul Invasion,” claiming it lined all manufacturing prices regardless of the present being broadcast beneath Mnet’s identify.At a press convention held at MPMG’s headquarters in Seoul on Wednesday, producer Lee Jong-hyun and legal professional Kim Jong-hee stated the corporate determined to reveal the case 3 years after this system ended “to forestall additional injury.” Additionally they confirmed {that a} formal criticism had been filed with the Truthful Commerce Fee in opposition…

Samsung Electronics’ V9 NAND (Picture courtesy of Samsung Electronics) The significance of NAND merchandise within the synthetic intelligence (AI) reminiscence market is quickly rising. Though the advantages from AI had been restricted in comparison with DRAM, with the enlargement of AI information facilities, NAND costs and gross sales have entered an upward trajectory, centered on enterprise solid-state drives (eSSDs) that may rapidly course of and retailer large quantities of knowledge. In response to trade sources on Nov. 11, David Goeckeler, CEO of SanDisk, the world’s fifth-largest NAND producer based mostly in the USA, mentioned in his…

It’s an inconceivable path, from al-Qaeda to the West Wing. The U.S. had as soon as designated Ahmed al-Sharaa a terrorist. He fought U.S. forces in Iraq and was even imprisoned. Sharaa spent years in northwest Syria main an Islamic militant group that was affiliated with al-Qaeda till he minimize these ties. Final yr, al-Sharaa led insurgent forces that took down Syria’s dictator Bashar al-Assad, ending many years of repression. As Sharaa seems to be to achieve worldwide favor and belief whereas rebuilding the nation and its safety, the 43-year-old met with President Trump on Monday, within the first go to…

WASHINGTON — An professional on Wednesday described South Korea’s push to accumulate nuclear-powered submarines as a “doable” but “difficult” endeavor, as he pointed to an array of hurdles, together with U.S. licensing procedures, nuclear proliferation considerations and relations with China, to call just a few.James Kim, director of the Korea Program on the Stimson Middle, touched on potential challenges that Seoul may face on its path to buying conventionally armed, nuclear-powered submarines, throughout a discussion board hosted by the Washington-based Korea Financial Institute of America.After his second summit with Korean President Lee Jae Myung final month, U.S. President Donald Trump…