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Online KCON to star 32 acts, including Mamamoo, ITZYK-popJun 1, 2020Girl groups Mamamoo and ITZY and solo male artist Kang Daniel were included in the lineup for the online edition of KCON, an annual K-pop and Korean culture festival scheduled to be held later this m... -
NCSOFT's Lineage 2M highest grossing app on Google Play Store in Q1IndustryJun 1, 2020Lineage 2M, a mobile massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) by South Korean online game maker NCSOFT Corp., was the highest grossing app on the Google Play Store during the first qua... -
Sampling blunder by BTS member serves as cautionary tale for K-pop act going forwardK-popJun 1, 2020A recent audio sampling controversy surrounding BTS member Suga's new album shows that even global K-pop superstars are not bulletproof from potential public relations debacles. It highlights the in... -
SKC to spend W120b on new copper foil plantIndustryJun 1, 2020South Korean chemicals maker SKC Co. said Monday that it will invest 120 billion won ($98 million) to build a new plant for its copper foil subsidiary in an effort to help cement the latter's market ... -
KBO's Doosan Bears happy for traded catcher's early successBaseballJun 1, 2020Rare is a South Korean baseball team that feels genuinely happy for a player it has just traded away. But the Doosan Bears may prove to be an exception, after dealing their third-string catcher Lee ... -
Govt. opens websites for potential military victims of humidifier disinfectantsSocial affairsJun 1, 2020The defense ministry said Monday it has opened websites to receive complaints from potential victims among military personnel about controversial humidifier disinfectants blamed for a number of death... -
Hyundai Engineering invests in Poland's polypropylene plantIndustryJun 1, 2020Hyundai Engineering Co., a plant engineering affiliate of Hyundai Motor Group, said Monday it has signed a deal with three business partners to invest a combined $733.3 million in a polypropylene pla... -
Institutions' investment in foreign securities down in Q1MarketsJun 1, 2020South Korean institutions' investment in foreign securities dropped in the first quarter, central bank data showed Monday, partly due to a market slump caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The combined ... -
S. Korea to send rotational troops to South Sudan along with medical equipmentForeign affairsJun 1, 2020South Korea was to send additional rotational peacekeeping troops to South Sudan on Monday, along with medical supplies to help the African country handle the new coronavirus, the defense ministry sa... -
Surprise transport onto THAAD base sparks suspicions over upgrade or additional deploymentDefenseJun 1, 2020The defense ministry stuck to its flat-out denial Monday of any upgrades to a US THAAD missile defense base in South Korea after a series of reports suggested that last week's transport of military h... -
KT Skylife mulling entering budget phone service marketIndustryJun 1, 2020KT Skylife Co., a satellite broadcasting provider in South Korea, is considering entering the budget phone service market, industry sources said Monday, as it tries to explore a new growth engine bey... -
S. Korea to test QR codes at nightclubs, eateries, cinemas to contain virusSocial affairsJun 1, 2020South Korea plans to test quick response (QR) code-based entry logs at nightclubs, eateries, cinemas and even churches starting this week in its latest efforts to track and contain the new coronaviru... -
KBO rookie pitcher eyes championship, long careerBaseballJun 1, 2020The Samsung Lions' rookie left-hander Heo Yun-dong readily admits he got lucky in his first professional start last week. Still just 18, the first-year hurler out of high school faced the Lotte Gian... -
One month in, NC Dinos lead KBO behind young pitcher's breakout campaignBaseballJun 1, 2020There are many different ways to measure the excellence of a baseball team. And sitting atop the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) standings after the first month of the season, the NC Dinos check of... -
Pompeo mentions S. Korea as 'good partner' in defending Western values against Chinese threatsForeign affairsJun 1, 2020WASHINGTON -- US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Sunday that South Korea and other allies can be "good partners" in efforts to safeguard Western values from Chinese threats. His remarks on Sunda...
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