Korean film ‘Decision to Leave’ invited to Palm Springs International Film Festival
Kore-eda Hirokazu’s 'Broker', July Jung’s 'Next Sohee' are among the 134 films from 64 countries that will be screened during the 10-day festival.
The Korea Herald
KOCCA expands budget to take nation’s content industry to global stage
President Jo Hyun-rae announced that it will be used to promote startups and small and medium-sized enterprises, besides strengthening global competitiveness.
14 years a miser…to be a home owner in Seoul
The price-to-income ratio for Seoul in 2021 had jumped to 14.1 from 12.5 in the year before, according to the 2021 Korea Housing Survey.
Covid-19 reinfections, spread of BN.1 variant growing
South Korea added 59 more deaths from Covid-19 as of December 21 midnight, bringing the total to 31,549.
Once ‘drug-free’, South Korea is reaching tipping point
Experts point to inadequate prevention and rehabilitation efforts as the reason behind a marked increase in drug offences, especially among the young.
South Korea sets sight on real estate, financial reform to spur economy
The Korean Finance Ministry also expects the economic growth rate to fall to 1.6 percent next year, amid woes of a global recession and high interest rates.
‘Success stories of escapees threaten North Korean regime’: Defector-turned-lawmaker
Once a North Korean refugee, 40-year-old assemblyman Ji Seong-ho believes that one day, the Koreas will be reunited.
South Korea, US hold air drills as North Korea steps up rhetoric
The drills came as Washington seeks to contain not only an increasingly belligerent North Korea but an emboldened China, a country the US wants to put in check by rallying its…
South Korea’s Yoon mulls New Year Cabinet reshuffle
A senior presidential official confirmed that President Yoon Seok-yeol is considering replacing the industry and culture ministers.
Japan’s rearmament a dramatic policy change
The paper says Japan’s new stance of endorsing counterstrikes against imminent enemy attacks appears to have gone beyond self-defence defined under its pacifist constitution.