‘Spider-Man’ smashes S. Korea box office in its 1st week
SEOUL– “Spider-Man: No Way Home,” Marvel’s latest Spider-Man series film, is smashing the South Korean box office to become the most-watched movie in the first week since the pandemic, data…
December 20, 2021
Police earmark 760 mln won for presidential candidates’ security details
SEOUL– Police have earmarked over 700 million won (US$590,000) for the security details of major presidential candidates, officials said Monday. According to police, 762 million won has been set aside…
S. Korean women’s curling team bound for Beijing Winter Olympics
SEOUL– The South Korean women’s curling team will take a crack at its second straight Olympic medal in Beijing in February. Led by skip Kim Eun-jung, South Korea secured the…
Lee, Yoon are neck-and-neck in latest polls
SEOUL– Ruling party presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung and his main opposition rival Yoon Suk-yeol are in an increasingly tight race, with one opinion poll putting Lee ahead of Yoon and…
S. Korea enshrines remains of 370 Korean War troops excavated this year
SEOUL– South Korea on Monday held an annual ceremony enshrining the remains of 370 fallen troops that its excavation team recovered from key battle sites of the 1950-53 Korean War…
Military reports 30 more COVID-19 cases
SEOUL– South Korea’s military on Monday reported 30 additional COVID-19 cases, including 26 breakthrough infections, raising the total caseload among its personnel to 2,963. Of the new cases, 22 are…