Suspended sentence for B.I over drug abuse sealed in absence of appeal
SEOUL– A suspended prison sentence for B.I, the former leader of K-pop boy band iKON convicted of illegal drug use, has been finalized in absence of an appeal, judicial sources…
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FM Chung calls for ‘snap-back’ incentives to bring N. Korea back to dialogue
SEOUL– The United States and South Korea should actively consider offering conditional incentives to North Korea to bring the regime back to denuclearization talks, Seoul’s top diplomat has said. Foreign…
KEPCO to up electricity rate for 1st time in 8 yrs amid rising costs
SEOUL– The Korea Electric Power Corp. (KEPCO), South Korea’s state-run utility firm, announced Thursday it plans to raise the electricity rate in the fourth quarter of 2021 to reflect the…
BTS reunites with Coldplay in New York
SEOUL– In between promoting vaccines and lauding youths at the U.N. General Assembly in New York, it appears K-pop superstars BTS reunited with British rock band Coldplay ahead of the…
S. Korean virologist selected in list of researchers of ‘Nobel class’
SEOUL– Lee Ho-wang, a leading South Korean virologist who discovered the deadly Hantaan virus, has been included in this year’s list of researchers deemed to be of Nobel Prize class,…
Population movement up 5 pct during this year’s Chuseok holiday period: ministry
SEOUL– The population movement during this year’s Chuseok holiday period increased 5 percent from a year earlier, Seoul’s transport ministry said Thursday, apparently due to eased virus curbs for family…