South Korean President Moon Jae-in emphasized Monday the importance of global cooperation, based on multilateralism, in the fight against the novel coronavirus. “Solidarity and cooperation is a power unique to humans that a virus can never match,” he said in a video speech during an annual United Nations meeting. “At the same time, it is...Read More

South Korea’s daily new coronavirus cases stayed below 100 for the third consecutive day Tuesday as the country’s virus fight is at a critical juncture ahead of the Chuseok holiday, the Korean version of Thanksgiving. Millions are set to travel across the nation next week to celebrate the five-day holiday. The country added 61 more...Read More

K-pop boy band BTS on Monday appeared on the “Tiny Desk Concert” show on National Public Radio (NPR), presenting a live performance of its lastest single “Dynamite” and other past hits. The seven-member boy band presented a prerecorded live performance of its new disco-pop single, along with two other songs ― “Save Me” and “Spring...Read More

South Koreans on average consumed alcoholic beverages 8.5 days per month in 2019, a poll showed Sunday, with a growing number of people drinking at home this year due to the virus pandemic. It marked a slight drop from 8.8 days posted in 2017 and 2018, according to the report released by the Ministry of...Read More

SBS’s sci-fi series “Alice,” starring A-list actors Joo Won and Kim Hee-sun, was the most watched program in the 10-11 p.m. prime timeslot on Saturday. Its latest episode scored 10 percent viewership in the metropolitan area, according to Nielsen Korea, a research and data analytics company. The 16-part series got off to a good start...Read More

Taiwanese travelers are to board a flight that will take off to Jeju Island — before landing right where it started. The Korea Tourism Organization‘s Taipei office, Taiwanese travel agency Ezfly and airline Tiger Air introduced a flight deal from Taipei to Jeju Island on Friday, selling out in just four minutes. The flight will...Read More

South Korea’s daily new coronavirus cases stayed below 100 for the second consecutive day Monday in what could be a sign of a slowdown in new infections, but the continued high number of untraceable cases and sporadic clusters pose challenges to the country’s virus fight. The country added 70 more COVID-19 cases, including 55 local...Read More

Health authorities say the upcoming national holiday will pose the biggest challenge yet for their disease containment efforts, with millions of South Koreans expected to hit the road for Chuseok between Sept. 30 and Oct. 4. Popular vacation towns around the country are once again on alert over an influx of travelers potentially bringing the...Read More

South Korea will hold a ceremony this week to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Philippines’ participation in the Korean War, the veterans affairs ministry said Thursday. The Southeast Asian country sent around 7,420 ground troops to help defend South Korea during the 1950-53 conflict, with the first batch arriving at a port in the...Read More

Local broadcaster MBC announced Thursday the name of 11 K-pop stars who will participate in a dog agility competition. The lineup of the “2020 Idol Woof Woof Championship” includes MAMAMOO’s Moonbyul, GOT7’s Youngjae, Golden Child’s Jaehyun and Bomin, (G)I-DLE’s Shuhua, Lovelyz’s Jisoo, Cosmic Girls’ (WJSN) Soobin, Loona’s HeeJin and Choerry, Kim Woo-seok and former Wonder...Read More