A group of lawmakers from South Korea’s rival parties departed for Washington, D.C., Saturday for a weeklong visit at the invitation of the U.S. State Department.National Assembly Vice Speaker Chung Jin-suk, Reps. Kim Seok-ki and Kim Jung-jae from the …
Day: August 20, 2022
Ex-presidential candidate Lee wins North Jeolla province in vote for new DP leadership
Rep. Lee Jae-myung, former presidential candidate of the main opposition Democratic Party (DP), won polls in North Jeolla Province on Saturday as part of an ongoing race for the new party leadership.Lee secured nearly 77 percent of the vote in polls, f…
IMF Fees on War-Torn Countries Closer to Elimination
The International Monetary Fund is facing pressure to reevaluate how it imposes fees on loans it disperses to needy countries like war-torn Ukraine — which is one of the fund’s biggest borrowers.The move comes as more countries will need to turn to the…
U.N. special rapporteur for N. Korea human rights to visit S. Korea this month
Elizabeth Salmon, newly appointed U.N. special rapporteur for North Korea’s human rights, will make her first official visit to South Korea this month, a U.N. office said Saturday.Salmon will be in South Korea from Aug. 29 to Sept. 3, an official of th…
BTS, BLACKPINK nominated for 2022 MTV VMAs’ group of year
K-pop supergroups BTS and BLACKPINK have been nominated for group of the year in the 2022 MTV Video Music Awards, the U.S. music channel has announced.The two K-pop bands will compete for Best Group Of The Year with City Girls, Foo Fighters, Imagine Dr…
BLACKPINK’s ‘Pink Venom’ tops iTunes top songs charts in 69 countries
K-pop girl group BLACKPINK’s new single “Pink Venom” debuted atop iTunes charts in 69 countries around the world, the group’s agency said Saturday.YG Entertainment said the song, released the previous day, ranked No. 1 on iTunes Top Songs charts in Nor…
Son Heung-min held scoreless for 3rd straight match with all-Korean showdown foiled
Defending Golden Boot winner Son Heung-min was held without a goal for his third straight Premier League match on Saturday in London, while a potential clash against his countryman did not materialize.Son and Tottenham Hotspur defeated Wolverhampton Wa…
Military reports 1,760 more COVID-19 cases
South Korea’s military reported 1,760 additional COVID-19 cases Saturday, raising the total caseload among its service members to 250,014, the defense ministry said.The new cases, tallied as of 2 p.m., included 1,131 from the Army, 155 from the Navy an…
S. Korea’s new COVID-19 cases fall below 130,000; death toll hits 3-month high
South Korea’s new COVID-19 cases fell below 130,000 Saturday, but the daily number of deaths reached a three-month high amid the continued virus wave driven by a highly contagious omicron subvariant.The country added 129,411 new COVID-19 infections, in…