Popera tenor Lim Hyung-joo and actor/ Captured from social media Popera tenor Lim Hyung-joo will pay his final respects to veteran actor Choi Bool-am by performing “Ave Maria” at the late actor’s funeral Mass. According to a representative for Choi’s family on Saturday, Lim will sing during the funeral Mass scheduled for 10 a.m. on…
An investigation has revealed that Russian satellites are assisting the Iran-aligned Houthis to strike Saudi Arabia’s military and energy infrastructure, further upending global energy markets amid the US war on Iran. Hostilities between the internationally recognised Yemeni government, which is backed by Saudi Arabia, and the Houthis have been ongoing since July and escalated in…
Samsung executives hold a seminar joined by Open AI’s co-founder and CEO Sam Altman at Samsung Human Resources Development Center in Yongin, just south of Seoul, Saturday. Courtesy of Samsung Electronics Co. Top executives from key Samsung affiliates met with Open AI’s co-founder and CEO Sam Altman on Saturday and discussed future strategies for artificial…
British adventurer Karl Bushby walks near Market Rasen, Lincolnshire, England, Oct. 28, on the final stretch of his 28-year walk around the world to get back to his mother’s home in Hull. AP-Yonhap MARKET RASEN, England — Karl Bushby has spent 28 years walking home, but as he approaches the finish Monday, it’s not clear…
Gimhae International Airport / Courtesy of the Korea Airports Corporation The number of foreign nationals entering Korea through regional airports rose by more than 37 percent in the first nine months of this year, with arrivals from Taiwan surging by 60.4 percent, according to data released by the Korea Airports Corporation (KAC). An analysis of…
The joint statement comes as US President Donald Trump seeks a new meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Published On 31 Oct 202631 Oct 2026 The United States, South Korea and Japan have reiterated their longstanding call for North Korea to give up its nuclear weapons, a move Pyongyang has repeatedly ruled out….
It is generally considered less risky for companies to first establish a robust consumer base in the country where they are based, giving them a comfort zone for operations like marketing, administration and customer service. Expanding into overseas markets would be a logical next step. Major Korean firms almost always follow this approach, building operational…
Emergency services work at the scene of a collision between two trains in Urda, Spain, Oct. 28. AP-Yonhap URDA, Spain — Was Spain’s second major train collision in nine months caused by human error, or did it stem from deeper problems in its once- vaunted high-speed rail network? Transport Minister Óscar Puente has blamed a…
President Lee Jae Myung speaks during a Cabinet meeting at Cheong Wa Dae, Oct. 27. Yonhap President Lee Jae Myung visited a southeastern province Saturday to inspect a government pilot program providing a monthly basic income to residents in depopulated rural towns. Lee shared details of his unannounced trip to North Gyeongsang Province in a…
For 30 years, Al Jazeera went where others couldn’t. Or wouldn’t. AJLabs traces the price of staying on air.
