East Asia

The two Koreans on board a plane that crashed in Nepal on Sunday were a father and a son surnamed Yu, according to flight records and local reports. On Sunday, the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal released details about passengers on board the......

Son Heung-min emerged from behind his mask for the first time in over two months on Sunday, regaining his full peripheral vision just in time to watch Tottenham Hotspur get humiliated by rivals Arsenal in a derby Spurs would definitely rather forget...

In her latest terrorist-negotiation action thriller "The Point Men," director Yim Soon-rye wanted to relay the message that while Korea may be viewed as a powerful country, it cannot make any diplomatic moves without the United States' consent...

Korea reported its largest trade deficit ever and the first in more than a decade in 2022....

Prosecutors summoned Democratic Party (DP) Chairman Lee Jae-myung on Jan. 27 to answer questions about development projects that were approved when he was mayor of Seongnam, including Daejang-dong and Wirye....

When thinking of luxury SUVs, Jeep probably isn't the first brand that springs to mind. But recently, Jeep has been trying to invade the luxury market, with the new Grand Cherokee at the forefront of that invasion....

BTS's Jimin is set to release his first solo music next month according to local media outlet Sports Donga on Monday. However, Jimin's agency BigHit Music refused to confirm the report ......

Veteran actor Sol Kyung-gu's aim for the new spy movie...

Hyundai Motor Group is operating 58 vehicles for Korean representatives participating in the World Economic Forum, in an effort to promote Busan's bid for World Expo 2030....

The Incheon Heungkuk Life Pink Spiders beat the Gwangju Pepper Savings Bank AI Peppers in the V League on the road at Yeomju Gymnasium in Gwangju on Sunday....

Blackpink will perform at Le Gala des Pices Jaunes, which translates to the Yellow Coin Gala, a charity event hosted by Operation Yellow Coins and France.tv, France's national public television broadcaster. The First Lady of France, Brigitte ......

Kim Si-woo followed in Korean golf legend K.J. Choi's footsteps with a sensational come-from-behind win at the Sony Open in Hawaii on Sunday....

Boy band Onewe will release its first full-length English album "Gravity" on Jan. 28, according to its agency RBW. The agency describes "Gravity" as a gift to the fans. Members Yong-hoon and Kang-hyun prepared......

The mandatory closing day for large supermarkets will be changed from Sundays to Mondays in the southeastern city of Daegu, beginning next month, the municipal government said Monday, as part of a deregulatory move for the retail industry....

Eighteen-year-old pitching prospect Shim Jun-seok has signed with the Pittsburgh Pirates, the club announced Sunday....

Numerous car accidents occurred over the weekend in Gangwon after up to 60 centimeters (24 inches) of snow fell in the mountainous region....

Asiana Airlines restored all seven of its refurbished cargo aircraft back to passenger aircraft. The airline announced on Monday that it completed reinstalling 260 economy seats in the last A330 aircraft that was refurbished into a cargo plane......

YG Entertainment unveiled the second member of its upcoming girl group BabyMonster. Fifteen-year-old Ahyeon was revealed through a performance video uploaded on the agency's official YouTube channel, where the trainee ......

The proportion of self-employed people in Korea touched a record low in 2022 in the wake of the prolonged coronavirus pandemic, data showed Monday....

President Yoon Suk Yeol's approval rating fell below 40 percent for the first time in five weeks in the wake of hard-line remarks he made on North Korea and a row with a potential candidate to become leader of the ruling People Power Party (PPP)....

Korea reported 14,144 new Covid-19 cases Monday, the lowest figure for a Monday in 12 weeks, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency....

The level of ultrafine dust was bad or worse only on 17 days last year, the lowest on record, thanks to lower dust levels in China, the environment ministry said Monday....

Korean stocks opened higher Monday, following the gains on Wall Street last week amid eased inflation in the United States that raised hopes for the Federal Reserve to slow its interest rate hikes....

Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myung maintained his innocence as he appeared for questioning at a prosecutors' office on Tuesday over bribery allegations surrounding corporate donations to Seongnam's football club during his term as the city'...

Seven business agreements between Korea and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) were announced Sunday during President Yoon Suk Yeol's four-day state visit....

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) pledged to invest $30 billion in Korea following a bilateral summit between President Yoon Suk Yeol and UAE President Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan Sunday....

President Yoon Suk Yeol has sacked former People Power Party (PPP) lawmaker Na Kyung-won from her position as vice chair of a presidential committee on population policy, as well as her post as climate ambassador....

People shop for hanbok, or Korean traditional dress, at Gwangjang Market in central Seoul on Sunday as the Lunar New Year holiday nears....

What sets today's girl groups apart from girl groups of times gone by? (G)I-DLE is a prime example for the answer to that question. Unlike most girl groups, Jeon So-yeon, the leader of (G)I-DLE, composes, writes, arranges and ......

Gasoline is sold at 1,595 won ($1.30) per liter on Sunday afternoon in Seoul....

Two Koreans appear to have been aboard a plane that crashed in Nepal on Sunday. As of Sunday afternoon, the......

On June 27, 1645, in the 23rd year of King Injo (1595-1649), the Annals of Injo state that Crown Prince Sohyeon, the king's eldest son, "fell ill shortly after returning to his home country and died within a few days. His entire body was black ......

Freezing temperatures were to descend on Seoul and Gyeonggi Monday and Tuesday, as Gangwon braced for heavy snowfall. The temperature in Seoul, Gyeonggi and Gangwon will drop below negative 10 degrees Celsius......

LG Electronics is adding a new dryer manufacturing line to its factory in the U.S. state of Tennessee....

President Yoon Suk Yeol will make his debut at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in the Swiss resort town of Davos this week, joining over 50 other foreign leaders and some 600 CEOs to discuss challenges facing the world....

A customer checks out eggs imported from Spain at a discount mart in downtown Seoul on Sunday....

President Yoon Suk Yeol was set to hold a summit with United Arab Emirates (UAE) President Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan Sunday, which was expected to focus on nuclear energy, arms and infrastructure cooperation....

Prime Minister of Japan Fumio Kishida said he will resolve any issues with Korea during his visit to Washington D.C. on Friday. "You may be worried about the relationship between Japan and the Republic of Korea, but I intend to resolve the......

Poshmark, a major secondhand fashion commerce platform in the North American market, held a live-streamed press conference Friday in San Francisco to discuss business plans after becoming part of Naver....

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The collaboration between director Lee Sang-il and cinematographer Hong Kyung-po, "Wandering," was so perfect that it provoked envy in "Parasite" director Bong Joon-ho. Based on a best-selling Japanese novel "Rurou no Tsuki" (2022)...

"We run about 650 crash tests a year on average here," said Baek Chang-in, head of the integrated safety performance development division of Hyundai Motor....

About a one-hour ride from Louisville, the biggest city in Kentucky, sits Glendale, a small town with about 2,000 residents. The quiet town is calm and peaceful until reaching a site in which two massive EV battery plants are being built....

Kwon Soon-woo celebrates after beating Spain's Roberto Bautista Agut in the men's singles final at the ATP Adelaide International 2 in Adelaide, Australia on Saturday....

Wolverhampton Wanderers' Daniel Podence, left, celebrates with Hwang Hee-chan after scoring the sole goal in Wolves' 1-0 win over West Ham at Molineux Stadium in Wolverhampton, England on Saturday....

Choe Yu-ri, a veteran of the Korean national football team, is visibly excited as she sits down for an interview on Jan. 3. The excitement is understandable — this is the year of the 2023 Australia-New Zealand FIFA Women's World Cup....

Check out this interview with Antonio Conte where he talks about some of his principles as a coach....

A year ago, Kang Seong-jin was an 18-year-old footballer with little domestic or international profile. Fast-forward 12 months and the FC Seoul winger has scored for Korea and been named one of the most exciting young footballers in the world....

It was billed as a test of Napoli's potential after the long World Cup break, the Serie A leaders with just one loss so far taking on second-place Juventus riding an eight-game winning streak without conceding a goal. Instead, it was a massacre....