• ‘Only in Rio’: South Korea’s ambassador to Brazil is an unlikely samba star

    Lim Ki-mo first heard Brazilian music 50 years ago in his home town of Busan; now his consular crooning marks a triumph of soft powerBrazil’s latest music sensation grinned from ear to ear as he moseyed down Copacabana beach contemplating his unusual rise to fame.“Samba brings me joy and makes me happy,” the 59-year-old crooner said in Portuguese, as he paused to pose for photos in the shade of palm trees. Continue reading

  • South Korea Strongly Condemns Iran's Attack On Israel - South Ko…

    South Korea Strongly Condemns Iran's Attack On Israel - South Ko SOUTH KOREA STRONGLY CONDEMNS IRAN'S ATTACK ON ISRAEL - SOUTH KOREAN FOREIGN MINISTRY

  • Vehicle vs. pedestrian crash south of Topeka

    TOPEKA (KSNT) - The Shawnee County Sheriff's Office responded to reports of a vehicle vs. pedestrian crash Friday morning. At 5:08 a.m., deputies responded to reports of a crash at Southwest Topeka Boulevard and Southwest Gary Ormsby Drive. Deputies found a black 2015 Buick Encore had hit a 36-year-old woman. The woman was taken to []

  • South Korea, Japan express concern over FX

    South Korea's Finance Minister Choi Sang-mok (pictured) and Japan's Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki expressed their concerns over the depreciation of their currencies against the United State

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    Is this K-drama? No, it's South Korea's election night

    Anyone switching on their television set in South Korea tonight will be

  • South Korea to invest $7bn in AI by 2027

    South Korea will invest almost $7bn in artificial intelligence by 2027 in an effort to become a global leader in cutting-edge semiconductors, President Yoon Yeol said Tuesday. The country is home to Samsung and SK Hynix, the world’s top two makers of memory chips, including the premium high-bandwidth memory used in the hardware that powers Read More

  • Is this K-drama? No, it's South Korea's election night

    TV networks roll out animation sequences inspired by pop culture to vie for viewership on election night.

  • What’s up with Telefónica, TSMC, AI in South Korea

    CriteriaCaixa increases its stake in Telefónica;TSMC cashes in on US chipmaking ambitions;South Korea to invest heavily in AI R&D and semiconductors

  • How climate change affects potato cultivation in South Korea

    A study published in the journal Potato Research presents results on the response of spring and summer potatoes to climate change in South Korea. The study, conducted by scientists from the Leibniz Center for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF) and the Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus, investigates the effects of global warming on the potato crop and presents adaptation strategies.

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    South Korea marks 10th anniversary of ferry disaster

    South Korea on Tuesday marked the 10th anniversary of the country's worst maritime disaster, when hundreds of schoolchildren died after the overloaded Sewol ferry capsized and sank."South Korea had to change after the Sewol ferry disaster.

  • South Korea marks 10th anniversary of ferry disaster

    South Korea on Tuesday marked the 10th anniversary of the country's worst-ever maritime disaster, when hundreds of schoolchildren died after the overloaded Sewol ferry capsized and sank. The disaster and botched rescue efforts dealt a crushing blow to then-President Park Geun-hye, who was eventually impeached in 2017, and the tragedy

  • South Korea protests Japanese leaders' offerings to Yasukuni shrine

    South Korea on Sunday protested Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's offering to Tokyo's Yasukuni Shrine with "deep disappointment" and urged Japanese leaders to show repentance for the country's wartime past. The shrine is seen by Beijing and Seoul as a symbol of Japan's past military aggression because it includes 14