[NATIONAL] Doctors, medical workers launch collective action against Nursing Act

[NATIONAL] Doctors, medical workers launch collective action against Nursing Act

Park Myung-ha, right, a senior member of the Korea Medical Association (KMA), speaks during a news conference in front of the KMA building in Yongsan District, Tuesday, announcing plans made by a coalition of 13 medical workers’ organizations to protest against the controversial passage of the Nursing Act. YonhapOn Tuesday, Myeong-ha Park (right), chairman of … Read more

[CULTURE] Le Sserafim returns with ‘UNFORGIVEN’

[CULTURE] Le Sserafim returns with ‘UNFORGIVEN’

Members of K-pop girl group Le Sserafim pose during a press event at the YES24 Live Hall in Gwangjin District, eastern Seoul. Courtesy of Source MusicK-pop girl group Le Seraphim poses at a showcase held at Yes24 Live Hall in Gwangjin-gu, Seoul. Provided by Source Music By Dong Sun-hwa K-pop girl group LE SSERFIM denied, … Read more

LE SSERAFIM Unleashes Ambition in Debut Full Album ‘UNFORGIVEN’

LE SSERAFIM Unleashes Ambition in Debut Full Album ‘UNFORGIVEN’

Photo = Source Music LE SSERAFIM did not hide their ambition and walked their own path, but they will show their imposing appearance in their 1st full album. On the afternoon of the 1st, a media showcase was held to celebrate the release of LE SSERAFIM’s first full-length album ‘UNFORGIVEN’ at YES24 Live Hall in … Read more

Yoon becomes 1st S. Korean to receive briefings at Pentagon, DARPA

Yoon becomes 1st S. Korean to receive briefings at Pentagon, DARPA

WASHINGTON, D.C. – President Yoon Suk Yeol visited the U.S. Pentagon’s National Military Command Center (NMCC) and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), Thursday (local time), where he received briefings from U.S. military leadership. Yoon, who is on a state visit to the U.S., is the first South Korean president to visit the NMCC … Read more

Late Comedian Seo Se-won’s Funeral Held in Korea: Fellow Comedians and Celebrities Mourn the Loss

Late Comedian Seo Se-won’s Funeral Held in Korea: Fellow Comedians and Celebrities Mourn the Loss

Money Today Reporter Hyojin Hong | 2023.04.30 15:45 The funeral of the late comedian Seo Se-won is set up at the funeral home of Asan Hospital in Songpa-gu, Seoul on the 30th. The late Seo Se-won died of cardiac arrest after receiving an IV injection at MiRae Polyclinic in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on the afternoon … Read more

[ANALYSIS] Nuclear-armed submarines will not stop North Korea’s provocations

[ANALYSIS] Nuclear-armed submarines will not stop North Korea’s provocations

President Yoon Suk Yeol and his U.S. counterpart Joe Biden announced a new security deal in Washington, Wednesday (local time), aimed at deterring North Korea’s intensifying nuclear threats and highlighting the U.S. leader’s decision to send a nuclear-armed submarine to South Korean waters for the first time in 40 years. Much of the agreement remains … Read more

President Yoon Seok-yeol’s Visit to the United States: Strengthening the ROK-US Alliance

President Yoon Seok-yeol’s Visit to the United States: Strengthening the ROK-US Alliance

ⓒ JoongAng Ilbo / JoongAng Ilbo Japanese version2023.04.28 11:05 President Yoon Seok-yeol’s visit to the United States, marking the 70th anniversary of the ROK-US alliance, is an opportunity to emphasize the alliance that has ensured peace and prosperity despite decades of change. The fact that over the past 70 years South Korea has transformed itself … Read more

US, UK galleries buy masterpiece ‘Portrait of Mai’ for $62M

US, UK galleries buy masterpiece ‘Portrait of Mai’ for M

In this Oct. 9, 2005, file photo, visitors walk in the gardens at the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles. One of the earliest portraits of a person of color by a British artist will remain on public display after London’s National Portrait Gallery and the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles struck … Read more

South Korean President emphasizes the importance of cooperation between South Korea and Japan

South Korean President emphasizes the importance of cooperation between South Korea and Japan

ⓒ JoongAng Ilbo / JoongAng Ilbo Japanese version2023.04.25 07:32 South Korean President Yoon Seok-yeol said, “It is unacceptable to say, ‘Unconditionally no,’ or ‘Kneel unconditionally,’ about what happened 100 years ago.” In an interview with the Washington Post (WP) published on the 24th, President Yoon said, “Even though Europe has experienced a brutal war, the … Read more

55 fatalities reported at construction sites in Q1

55 fatalities reported at construction sites in Q1

A construction site overseen by Lotte E&C in Seoul / Korea Times file Lotte E&C CEO Park Hyun-chul / Korea Times file By Lee Kyung-min A total of 55 workers died in accidents at construction sites in Korea during the first three months of this year, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport said Monday. … Read more