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Ukraine FM reveals Russia wants prisoner swap between N. Korean POWs, Ukrainians

As Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha revealed Russia's proposal of exchanging thousands of Ukrainian civilians in Moscow's custody for the North Korean prisoners of war (POWs) held in Ukraine, Seoul is being pushed to offer increased support to ensure that the POWs will be transferred to South Korea. On Monday, Sybiha met with officials from a South Korean think tank, revealing that Kyiv has been asked to trade captured North Korean POWs for Ukrainian citizens held in Russia. He visited Seoul from Monday to Tuesday and engaged in bilateral talks with South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Hyun on Tuesday. “When Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha had a meeting with Yoon Young-kwan, chairman of the Asan Institute for Policy Studies on Monday, Sybiha said Ukraine was told by Russia to do a prisoners of war (POWs) swap by exchanging two North Korean soldiers captured in Ukraine for thousands of Ukrainian citizens currently held by Russia,” a source familiar with the matter told The Korea Times, Thursday. “But the Ukrainian foreign minister reaffirmed that the Ukrainian governm

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KOSPI sinks below 8,000 on fears over slowing AI chip demand

Seoul shares plunged Thursday, with the benchmark KOSPI falling below the 8,000 mark for the first time in about 15 trading sessions, as chip heavyweights tumbled on growing concerns over weakening demand for artificial intelligence (AI) semiconductors. According to the Korea Exchange, KOSPI closed at 7,648.09, down 7.89 percent from the previous session. The index opened at 7,933.10, marking the first time in about 15 trading sessions that it had fallen below 8,000 during intraday trading. At around 9:07 a.m., KOSPI futures also fell by more than 5 percent, briefly triggering a sell-side sidecar. Foreign investors drove the decline, net selling 5.46 trillion won ($3.5 billion) worth of shares on the main bourse, marking a 10th consecutive day of net selling. Institutional investors also sold a net 114.6 billion won, while retail investors purchased a net 5.39 trillion won. The sharp decline came after reports said Meta may enter the cloud computing business by using its surplus computing capacity. The news raised concerns that AI demand may be weaker than expected and that the AI inves

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Hate speech seeps into Korean classrooms

“Gravity.” When a science teacher at a high school in Gyeonggi Province was beginning to explain the concept, a few students giggled. Only after class ended did the teacher discover why. In some far-right online communities, the Korean word for gravity, "jungryeok," has been appropriated as coded slang mocking the 2009 death of liberal former President Roh Moo-hyun, who died as a result of a fall from a cliff. The expression has since spread beyond those communities, with some students using it without understanding where it came from. “How can you teach physics without saying ‘gravity?’” asked another teacher at the school, surnamed Lee, who recalled the story shared by their coworker. “About 10 years ago, I rarely came across hate expressions I didn’t recognize. Now, new ones appear all the time and even teachers struggle to keep up.” Teachers say such incidents are becoming increasingly common in classrooms. A recent incident at a high school baseball game highlights how severe the situation has become. Members of the Paichai High School baseball team used chants evokin

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Parliamentary committee conducts 1st on-site inspection at blockaded vote counting site

Members of a special parliamentary committee investigating ballot shortages that marred the June 3 local elections on Thursday entered a vote counting venue that has long been barricaded by angry protesters to prevent the removal of ballot boxes stored inside. The on-site inspection came 27 days after protesters demanding a rerun of the elections began blockading the Olympic Park Handball Gymnasium in southern Seoul on June 5, two days after ballot shortages temporarily suspended voting at polling stations across the nation. Police cleared protesters from the entrance to the stadium, which served as a ballot counting site on election day, to allow committee members access to the stadium. A man in his 60s was arrested on charges of obstructing official duties after allegedly pushing police officers while trying to prevent them from clearing the entrance. Led by the committee chief, Rep. Yoon Sang-hyun of the main opposition People Power Party, lawmakers inspected a basement storage area where around 380 ballot boxes, some 2.47 million ballots and voting logs were stored. The committee said

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Korea's leveraged chip ETFs struggle to bring investors home

Korean retail investors continue to pour money into leveraged products listed overseas, suggesting that the launch of domestic single-stock leveraged exchange-traded funds (ETFs) tied to Samsung Electronics and SK hynix has done little to curb broader demand for high-risk overseas products, industry officials said Thursday. Leveraged products accounted for 21 of the 50 U.S.-listed securities most heavily bought on a net basis by Korean investors between June 2 and July 1, up from seven the previous month, according to SEIBro, a portal run by the Korea Securities Depository. Net purchases surged to $1.65 billion from $490 million in the May 2-June 1 period. Korean investors were net sellers of Hong Kong-listed single- stock leveraged products from May 27 to July 1, but buying activity remained sizable. During the period, they purchased $151.5 million worth of the SK hynix product and $79.3 million worth of the Samsung Electronics product, the two largest purchase amounts among Hong Kong-listed securities bought by Korean investors. Unlike in the domestic market, investors trading leverag

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Korea's referee drought exposed again at 2026 FIFA World Cup

Korea's showing at the 2026 FIFA World Cup disappointed for more reasons than just the national team's exit in the round of 32. Equally troubling was the country's failure to produce a World Cup referee for a 24th consecutive year. Not since referee Kim Young-joo officiated at the 2002 FIFA World Cup co-hosted by Korea and Japan has a Korean center referee been appointed to the tournament. Even among assistant referees, there hasn't been any representation since Jeong Hae-sang's appearance at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. While the national team qualified for 11 straight World Cups, Korean referees repeatedly fell short of reaching football's biggest stage. Beginning in the 2010s, the Korea Football Association (KFA) appeared to invest in developing elite officials by designating promising referees as "special referees," a program intended to nurture future World Cup candidates. More than a decade later, however, the results have been disappointing. At this year's tournament, only one former participant in the program reached the preliminary candidate list, ultimately failing to ma

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Lee vows to turn Chungcheong region into center of AI-led innovation

President Lee Jae Myung vowed Thursday to turn the central Chungcheong provinces into the global center of artificial intelligence (AI)-led innovation as he promoted the government's plan to support large-scale facility investment in the region. Lee made the pledge during a public briefing held in Asan, about 80 kilometers south of Seoul, as a follow-up to the government's announcement of a tripolar mega project centered on attracting massive investment in semiconductors, physical AI and AI data centers. "Chungcheong possesses infinite growth potential," he said. "If it is combined with businesses' strategic investment and the government's firm will, Chungcheong will stand upright as the center of global innovation beyond the center of the Republic of Korea's advanced industry, that leads the AI era." Ahead of Lee's remarks, companies including Samsung Group and SK hynix unveiled plans to invest 392 trillion won ($252.5 billion) to construct a high bandwidth memory fab, a packaging facility and other sites in Chungcheong. "The four major advanced industries of semiconductors, displays, s

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Lee proposes golf meeting with opposition lawmakers: PPP officials

President Lee Jae Myung has proposed a golf meeting with senior lawmakers from the People Power Party (PPP) as part of an effort to improve communication with the opposition, PPP officials said Thursday. They said a senior presidential official called three-term PPP lawmaker Shin Sung-bum in mid-June and invited him to join the president for a round of golf. The official said the meeting was intended to give Lee an opportunity to hear candid views and criticism from opposition lawmakers. The presidential office did not confirm the report. Shin, nevertheless, said, "I received a call from a senior Cheong Wa Dae official inviting me to play golf with the president." "The official said the purpose was for the president to meet opposition lawmakers and listen to their criticism," the lawmaker added. Shin said he declined the invitation because he does not play golf, but welcomed the idea. He added that he told the presidential official it would be worthwhile for the president to meet opposition lawmakers and hear their views on pending issues, including concerns over the government's handling

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$445 taxi ride from Seoul to Incheon? Taiwanese tourist challenges excessive fare

Allegations that a taxi driver overcharged a Taiwanese tourist nearly tenfold for a ride to Incheon International Airport sparked online debate. The tourist posted a photo of the receipt on Threads, warning others about their experience when leaving the country on Tuesday. "Do not take a taxi unless you are prepared to pay 690,800 won ($445) for taxi fare," the tourist wrote. Earlier that morning, the tourist traveled from eastern Seoul to the airport using the ride-hailing app Uber. The estimated fare was 70,800 won, which the tourist planned to pay through the app. However, upon arriving at the airport terminal area, the driver allegedly chased the tourist and demanded an immediate separate card payment. The tourist said the driver insisted on processing the card immediately and refused to let the tourist leave until the payment was processed. Facing an approaching flight, the tourist complied with the demand and later discovered the 690,800 won charge. "With this amount of money, isn't it at the level of going from South Korea to North Korea?" the tourist said, adding they had just arri

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Warmer seas bring endangered whale shark to Jeju coast

A fishing boat reported sighting a whale shark in the waters near Jeju Island, Wednesday. A video uploaded to fishing vessel Seungryong's social media account shows the distinct white spots and the broad head shape of a whale shark, estimated to be around 3 meters in length. While whale sharks are typically found in tropical waters, they have been sighted in waters near Korea in recent years, a trend attributed to warmer ocean temperatures as a result of climate change. Korean waters have traditionally been a crossroads for cold and warm ocean currents, but a 2020 study found that the sea surface temperature of Korean waters has been increasing nearly 2.5 times higher than the global average. As a result of climate change, the Kuroshio Current — the main source of heat from equatorial waters to Korea — has shifted northwards by roughly 1.7 degrees of latitude and continues to advance. Meanwhile, the North Korea Cold Current continues to weaken due to warming temperatures in subarctic regions. Consequently, sightings of subtropical oceanic species such as chub mackerel and bluefin tuna

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Travelers take a shine to Korean beauty, wellness tourism

A viral video of a Japanese calligraphy teacher's reunion with her famous student offered an interesting glimpse at one of Korea's fastest-growing tourism trends. In a YouTube video uploaded on June 28 by rising K-pop girl group RESCENE, Japanese member Minami visited her hometown in Chiba and reunited with her former calligraphy teacher. During their conversation, the teacher revealed that she had flown back to Japan that day, after undergoing a cosmetic procedure near Sinnonhyeon Station in southern Seoul, drawing laughter from the group. Although the conversation was lighthearted, it showed one of the reasons why many foreign tourists choose to visit Korea. For years, K-beauty was largely synonymous with cosmetics. Tourists would fill their suitcases with sheet masks, skin care products and makeup before heading home. Today, however, an increasing number of visitors are booking appointments at dermatology clinics, receiving scalp treatments, consulting personal color experts, visiting pharmacies and participating in wellness programs that promise healthier lifestyles as well as improv

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House committee issues report accusing Korea of 'discriminatory attacks' on Coupang, other US firms

WASHINGTON — A U.S. House committee on Wednesday released a report accusing Korea of "discriminatory attacks" on e-commerce giant Coupang Inc. and other American companies, claiming the Asian country's treatment of them violates last year's bilateral trade deal. The House Judiciary Committee issued the 35-page interim staff report, titled "Closed for Competition: Korea's Discriminatory Attacks on American-owned Businesses," as Coupang has faced public criticism and investigations for a massive data leak in Korea. The report particularly zeroes in on Korean authorities' probes into the data breach case of Coupang, which it says has been a "consistent target" of the Seoul government, at a time when Seoul wants to ensure that the case does not get in the way of the two countries' cooperation on security, trade and other fronts. "Korea has a long history of engaging in economic discrimination against foreign companies," it says. "These practices include coercive investigation tactics, overly burdensome regulatory requirements, and massive fines and penalties intended to punish American com

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Hyosung wins $200 mil. power equipment deal in Australia

Hyosung Heavy Industries has secured a power equipment supply contract worth 310 billion won ($200 million) with Australia's AusNet, strengthening its position as a key supplier in one of the world's fastest growing energy transition markets. The company said Thursday that it signed a five-year agreement with AusNet, the sole transmission network operator in the state of Victoria, to exclusively supply Hyosung’s ultra-high-voltage transformers, reactors and other critical power equipment for the region's transmission grid. The deal marks another major win for Hyosung in Australia, following the 142.5 billion won energy storage system project it secured in Queensland in March. With projects spanning Victoria, Queensland, New South Wales and South Australia, the company has further solidified its standing as a top-tier supplier across the country. Under the agreement, Hyosung will provide ultra-high-voltage power equipment to support Australia's expanding transmission infrastructure, as the country accelerates its transition toward renewable energy. The company currently holds the largest

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PM says gov't should put top priority on reining in inflation

Prime Minister Han Seong-sook said Thursday the government should focus on reining in inflation, after data showed that the country's consumer prices rose at the fastest pace in 30 months last month due to the lingering impact of the Middle East conflict. Despite easing tensions in the Middle East, the government should not let its guard down as the economy is still facing challenges, such as high oil prices and a weakened Korean won, Han said while presiding over an emergency economic response meeting on her second day in office. "More than anything else, we should make it our highest priority to concentrate on managing prices," Han said. "We should put in maximum efforts to stabilize prices, such as monitoring the prices of items closely related to people's livelihoods in real time and swiftly carrying out supply measures in a bold manner." Han said the government should also prepare measures in advance for economic cooperation with the Middle East, including restoring machinery and auto exports to the region and contributing to post-war recovery efforts. Earlier in the day, data from

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Disability rights activists halt commuter buses, drawing mixed public reactions

Disability rights advocates resumed a regular “bus-boarding” protest in Seoul on Wednesday for the first time in 22 years, calling on the Seoul Metropolitan Government to improve access to public buses for people with disabilities. Members of Solidarity Against Disability Discrimination, along with other human rights activists, gathered at a bus stop in Hyehwa-dong, Jongno District, central Seoul, at 8 a.m. The protesters, many of whom use wheelchairs, boarded arriving buses in groups of two or three. They used wheelchair ramps or lifts to board low-floor buses. On buses with steps, some left their wheelchairs and pulled themselves up the stairs using their arms and legs. At one point, the protesters moved onto the road and blocked traffic after police attempted to divert approaching buses away from the stop where the demonstration was taking place. The protesters criticized the Seoul city government for failing to fulfill its pledge to replace all city buses with low-floor models by 2025. They said people with disabilities remained unable to move freely around the city despite the e

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InterviewAirbility bets on high-speed drones as Iran war reshapes counter-drone market

The recent U.S.-Israeli war against Iran underscored an increasingly costly reality of modern warfare: Shooting down a low-cost drone can require an interceptor missile worth more than 100 times as much. As inexpensive drones become more common on the battlefield, militaries are searching for more cost-effective ways to defend against them. That shift is creating new opportunities for companies developing next-generation counter-drone technologies. One of them is Airbility, a Korean startup developing an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered counter-drone system built around a reusable high-speed unmanned aircraft system. Its CEO believes the company's platform could offer a more economical alternative to conventional air defense systems by deploying interceptor drones from the air, rather than relying solely on costly ground-based missile systems. "In modern conflicts, such as the war in Ukraine and the recent U.S.-Iran conflict, we've repeatedly seen militaries fire interceptor missiles costing more than 100 times as much as the low-cost drones they are trying to shoot down," Airbility

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Vietnamese actor Kaity Nguyen looks to Korean cinema as model for global success

“The appeal of Vietnamese cinema lies in its diversity,” Kaity Nguyen, a 27-year-old Vietnamese actor and producer said of the local film industry as the fourth Da Nang Asian Film Festival opened in the coastal city of Da Nang, Vietnam. “From the north to central Vietnam and the south, each region has a different culture, and there is history accumulated over many years. There are so many stories to tell audiences around the world,” she told the Hankook Ilbo in an interview on Sunday. “Not only historical events but also stories about the lives of Vietnamese people today are being made more and more.” Nguyen is the festival’s youngest juror and has also moved into production. She has built a career marked by critical recognition and box-office success in Vietnam. She rose to stardom with her 2017 debut film, “Em Chua 18,” winning best actress at the Viet Film Festival. She later appeared in Blood Moon Party” in 2020, “The Last Wife” in 2023 and “Hijacked” in 2025, films that won over critics and audiences. Looking back to the year she made her debut, Nguyen s

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Hanwha Ocean picked as preferred bidder for $5.1 bil. Navy destroyer project

Hanwha Ocean Co. said Thursday it has been selected as the preferred bidder for Korea's next-generation Navy destroyer project worth 7.8 trillion won ($5.1 billion). In a regulatory filing, Hanwha Ocean said the state-run Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) notified the company of the selection on Wednesday. Hanwha Ocean beat rival HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. to lead the Korea Destroyer Next Generation (KDDX) program, which aims to build six next-generation destroyers using domestically developed technologies. The envisioned 6,000-ton-class Aegis destroyers are expected to become one of the Navy's core strategic assets, offering capabilities comparable to those of the 7,100-ton King Sejong the Great-class Aegis destroyers, currently the service's most powerful warships. Thursday's announcement caps a grueling two-year delay for the KDDX project that had been locked in a fierce legal dispute between the two rivals. The dispute erupted after several HD Hyundai employees were convicted between 2022 and 2023 for stealing Hanwha's initial KDDX conceptual designs. The breach pr

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Olive Young to launch inaugural K-beauty festival in LA

CJ Olive Young, Korea's largest health and beauty retailer, said Thursday it will debut its signature Olive Young Festa in Los Angeles this August, marking the company’s first large-scale experiential beauty festival in the United States. The festival will run from Aug. 14–16 at the Los Angeles Convention Center, anchoring itself to KCON LA 2026 to capitalize on the massive influx of international K-pop and pop culture enthusiasts. The move marks an aggressive acceleration of Olive Young's global retail strategy. It follows the debut of the company's first physical U.S. location in May, as well as a highly successful market test through a sister festival in Japan that same month. Held under the theme "The K-Beauty Playground Festival," the roughly 4,700-square-meter, or about 50,000-square-foot, space will feature 55 Korean beauty and lifestyle brands. At its center will be a mock Olive Young store showcasing best-selling products, surrounded by four zones styled after Seoul shopping districts popular with tourists —Hongdae, Myeongdong, Seongsu and Gangnam — with Korean-language

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Genesis BBQ debuts in India's chicken dining scene

Global fried chicken restaurant franchise company Genesis BBQ has debuted in India, opening two locations in the southern city of Bengaluru. The company said Thursday its HSR Layout and Koramangala branches opened on June 26 through its partnership with a local company under a master franchise deal. Genesis BBQ said it will expand its Indian market to other cities, including Hyderabad, Chennai and Vellore. Bengaluru, according to Genesis BBQ, is one of India’s hubs for IT and startups, along with young consumers. HSR Layout is in a premium commercial district and in the vicinity of IT business districts, including Electronic City, Sarjapur Road and Outer Ring Road. The company said the area also has a large population of those in their 20s to 40s with high incomes. Koramangala is nestled in the largest dining and commercial hub in Bengaluru, according to the Korean firm. A variety of global dining brands and trendy restaurants are concentrated in the area, which made it an ideal location for Genesis BBQ to promote itself to local consumers. Both stores will operate as quick-service rest

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Korea's drug exports top $10 bil. for 1st time as production hits record high

Korea’s pharmaceutical industry achieved a major commercial milestone in 2025, driven by an unprecedented surge in overseas demand for biopharmaceuticals and a record-shattering performance by domestic manufacturers. According to data released Thursday by the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety, the nation's drug exports climbed 12.4 percent year-over-year to reach 15.5 trillion won ($10.44 billion), breaching the psychologically important $10 billion threshold for the first time. Combined with a 5.9 percent increase in imports to $8.93 billion, the surge propelled Korea to a record-high pharmaceutical trade surplus of $1.51 billion. The export boom coincided with unprecedented activity at home. Total domestic pharmaceutical production rallied to 33.85 trillion won, marking the highest volume recorded since the government began compiling the industry's data in 1998. Overall, the domestic pharmaceutical market expanded slightly by 0.03 percent to a total value of 31.71 trillion won. At the heart of this growth is Korea’s highly competitive biopharmaceutical sector, which has transformed

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Editor's Pick

[ON FAKE NEWS] The fine line between policing facts and silencing critics

ON FAKE NEWS The fine line between policing facts and silencing critics

New revisions to the Information and Communications Network Act, which will take effect in July, will hand Korea one of the most decisive legal tools yet devised against online falsehoods. For a country that has watched deepfakes and manipulated clips spread faster than fact-checkers can debunk them, this is surely a step worth welcoming. But it also deserves to be implemented with care, so that a sound principle does not curdle into overreach. The revision targets influential online information producers, such as YouTubers with more than 100,000 subscribers or creators averaging over 100,000 monthly views. If such creators knowingly spread false or fabricated information and cause harm, they now face punitive financial damages of up to five times the loss incurred. Large platforms, defined as those with over a million daily users on average, must also establish formal reporting and response systems for disinformation. The case for action is persuasive. The Hyundai Research Institute has estimated that fake news costs the Korean economy roughly 30 trillion won annually, about 1.9 perce

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Life in Korea

Yongsan revamps website to better serve int'l visitors, foreign residents

Yongsan revamps website to better serve int'l visitors, foreign residents

Yongsan District has overhauled its multilingual website, rolling out redesigned online services in seven languages as the district seeks to make administrative information easier to access for the growing number of foreign residents and international visitors. The revamped website, unveiled Wednesday, supports English, Japanese, Chinese, French, Spanish, German and Vietnamese. The redesign focuses on improving readability, navigation and user convenience while preserving the district's existing multilingual services. The website consolidates essential information on administrative services, civil affairs, daily life, tourism and accommodations in one place. Frequently searched information is displayed on the front page to help users find key services more quickly. Visitors can also access information on major attractions in Yongsan, including Itaewon, Hannam-dong, the National Museum of Korea and the War Memorial of Korea, along with shopping and lodging options. For foreign residents, the website provides guidance on administrative procedures, public services and basic information needed

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Lifestyle

InterviewBerklee music professor breaks silence on suicide loss

In the spring of 2006, Ray Seol was a 31-year-old jazz student in New York, at a time when Asian musicians were still a rarity in the jazz scene. Four years earlier, he had stunned his family in Korea by announcing that he was traveling halfway across the world to pursue a career in music, all because of a chance encounter with guitarist Wes Montgomery’s spellbinding rendition of “Polka Dots and Moonbeams.” “I experience music through images,” Seol recalled. “When I heard this piece, I couldn’t tell where it began or where it ended. It felt completely unbound, like this dazzling image with no sense of logic.” Then, during finals week, an unexpected international phone call came. His mother had taken her own life. “I’m 51 now,” he said quietly, “the same age my mother was when she died.” Seol, now a jazz bassist and professor at Berklee College of Music, spent the next decade carrying a grief that never seemed to loosen its grip. In many ways, it felt like part of him remained imprisoned by the day she died. But like many bereaved ones, his family retreated into sil

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K-Culture

Aespa to drop first Japanese EP on July 24

K-pop girl group aespa will release its first Japanese EP, "Kiss N Tell," on July 24, the group's agency SM Entertainment said Thursday. The six-track album will include the title track of the same name, along with five other original Japanese songs. Ahead of the release, the quartet is set to hold a three-day meet-and-greet session for its Japanese fans from July 18 to 20 at Tokyo's Keio Arena. Aespa's second full-length album, "Lemonade," released on May 29, has sold more than 1 million copies.

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Celebrities

What is actor Yoo Ah-in's next move after drug use scandal?

Rumors surrounding actor Yoo Ah-in's return to the entertainment industry have reignited public debate, with earlier speculation about his casting in the upcoming film "Vampire" drawing renewed attention. On Tuesday, a representative from United Artists Agency (UAA) told Xports News that the agency's contract with Yoo had ended. Yoo had been with the agency since 2014, and news of his departure gained further attention amid speculation that he could sign with Galaxy Corporation. Galaxy Corporation is widely known as the agency representing G-Dragon. In recent years, it has expanded its roster to include stars from various fields, such as Kim Jong-kook, Taemin, Song Kang-ho and Lee Jung-hoo. Yoo was sentenced on July 3 last year to one year in prison, suspended for two years, after being convicted on drug-related charges. As reports of a possible agency transfer surfaced during his hiatus, speculation has also grown over a potential acting comeback. This has led to renewed interest in earlier reports linking him to director Jang Jae-hyun's upcoming film "Vampire." Late last year, local med

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  1. Korean high school where 1 in 4 graduates heads straight to Samsung Electronics

  2. Samsung, SK hynix to build HBM packaging fabs in Chungcheong region as part of $252.5 bil. in total investment

  3. House committee issues report accusing Korea of 'discriminatory attacks' on Coupang, other US firms

  4. Parliamentary committee conducts 1st on-site inspection at blockaded vote counting site

  5. Travelers take a shine to Korean beauty, wellness tourism

  6. KOSPI drops 5% below 8,000 on US tech losses

  7. Korea's referee drought exposed again at 2026 FIFA World Cup

  8. Hyosung wins $200 mil. power equipment deal in Australia

  9. InterviewAirbility bets on high-speed drones as Iran war reshapes counter-drone market

  10. Korean won slides further against U.S. dollar on foreign selloff of local stocks

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