INCHEON– Following a scouting trip to Sydney for the upcoming World Baseball Classic (WBC), Lee Kang-chul, manager of the South Korean national baseball team, said Monday he anticipated a tightly-contested game against Australia at the March tournamen…
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BTS’ Jin drops special YouTube message for fans
SEOUL– K-pop supergroup BTS’ eldest member Jin, who is serving in the military, surprised his fans Monday by dropping a special message filmed before his enlistment.”I turned on the video camera because I wanted to leave a message for you,” he said in…
SK chief cancels attendance at CES after secretary likely has COVID-19
LAS VEGAS, Jan. 5 (Yonhap) — SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won will not be attending CES 2023 in person after one of the secretaries accompanying
SK chief cancels attendance at CES after secretary tests positive for COVID-19
LAS VEGAS, Jan. 5 (Yonhap) — SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won will not be attending CES 2023 in person after one of the secretaries accompanying
S. Korea reports first ASF case in about 2 months
SEOUL– South Korea reported its first African swine fever (ASF) case in about two months, officials said Friday, sparking concerns about the spread of the
Police Apprehend Chinese Escapee from COVID-19 Quarantine Facility
The police have apprehended a Chinese man who escaped before entering a government-designated quarantine facility after testing positive for COVID-19 earlier in the week. The
Nate Thayer, Journalist who Interviewed Pol Pot, Dead at 62
Nate Thayer, the larger-than-life American freelance journalist who scored a massive scoop with his 1997 interview with Pol Pot, the genocidal leader of Cambodia’s Khmer
New COVID-19 Cases at 78,575, Imported Cases Nearly Triple
New daily COVID-19 cases came in at around 78-thousand on Wednesday as the number of imported cases nearly tripled to 172, with most coming from
Crowd Crush Death Toll Revised to 159
The interior ministry has revised up the death toll of the Itaewon crowd crush to 159. The ministry said on Tuesday that it decided to
S. Korea confirms additional bird flu case at duck farm in southern region
SEOUL– South Korea has confirmed a new case of avian influenza at a duck farm in a southern region, local officials said Sunday. The highly