South Korea

Mingyu, a member of SEVENTEEN, has been found to be infected with COVID-19, and the K-pop group has decided to temporarily suspend her participation in their activities. On Friday, August 19, the management company for South Korean rapper SEVENTEEN, PLEDIS Entertainment, made the announcement regarding the rapper’s diagnosis. The South Korean rapper had a little sore throat that morning and …

Korea Inc.’s labor shortage brings back older workers When Hwang Kwang-business jo’s in Seoul faced a staffing constraint early this year as a result of the departure of Nepalese workers and younger locals, he hired a 61-year-old to take up some of the work that had been left unfinished. The epidemic has reduced South Korea’s pool of foreign labor, which …

The all-electric Formula E championship will be determined in Sunday’s race in Seoul, with Mercedes’ Stoffel Vandoorne leading his single remaining competitor, Mitch Evans, by 21 points going into the race. At Seoul’s Olympic Stadium on Saturday, the first race of the double-header for Jaguar was won by New Zealander Evans, who started third on the grid. Evans took the …

A dispute between China and South Korea over a US missile defense shield occurred on Thursday (August 11), threatening to derail efforts by the new government in Seoul to overcome longstanding security divides. After what seemed to be a successful first visit to China by South Korea’s foreign minister last week, a disagreement on the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense …

Live video captured the launch of South Korea’s first-ever lunar orbiter, which took place from the United States on Thursday (August 4). The mission will last for one year and will consist of observing the Moon. The cargo will include a novel disruption-tolerant network for sending data from space. Elon Musk’s aerospace business SpaceX transported the Danuri spacecraft, whose name …

K-pop singer J-Hope of BTS made history on the last night of Chicago’s annual Lollapalooza weekend on July 31. J-Hope became the first South Korean act to headline a major US music festival. The following day, he went on VLIVE to discuss his experience and talk about the show. “Everyone, the fight is finally over. Thank you. My throat is …

The Minister of Foreign Affairs of South Korea issued a warning on Wednesday that if North Korea goes forward with its planned nuclear test on July 27th, it will almost certainly face stronger limitations, including measures to impair its capabilities to engage in cyberattacks. Since May, President Yoon Suk-yeol nominated top diplomat Park Jin has stated that North Korea has …

Since its maiden flight on Tuesday, South Korea has become one of only a handful of countries that have produced and flown a sophisticated supersonic fighter. According to South Korea’s Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA), the prototype jet flew a 33-minute roundtrip flight from an air force base in the southern city of Sacheon. “Everything went smoothly, so I flew …

SOUTH KOREA: Ioniq 6, Hyundai’s first electric sedan, was unveiled on Thursday, July 14th, and the South Korean automaker hopes it will help them gain market share in the electric vehicle market, which is now dominated by Tesla Inc. More than 31 electric vehicles, including Hyundai Motor, its sister business Kia Corp, and the premium brand Genesis, will be introduced …

SOUTH KOREA: Each day’s COVID For the first time in the past two months, the number of infections in South Korea has surpassed 40,000, and the government has issued a warning about a possible five-fold increase in the months ahead. Han Duck-soo, the prime minister of South Korea, informed a government COVID-19 reaction meeting that between mid-August and late September, …