A sign for Daesagwan-ro is seen in Hannam-dong, Yongsan District, Seoul, Wednesday. The street’s name — “daesagwan,” which means embassy in Korean — reflects the neighborhood’s concentration of foreign diplomatic missions and ambassadorial residences. Yonhap Foreign embassies in Seoul are quietly monitoring the Korean government’s plan to relocate the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to Sejong,…
Albanian students clash with police as they protest education costs, poor university conditions and bleak job prospects.
Min Hee-jin, former CEO of HYBE sublabel Ador, speaks during a press conference in Seoul, April 25, 2024. Korea Times photo by Simon Park Min Hee-jin, former CEO of HYBE subsidiary Ador, has been referred to prosecutors on suspicion of defamation and obstruction of business over her claims that HYBE girl group Illit copied NewJeans,…
The Volta and Oti Regional Manager of the Methodist Education Unit, the Reverend Mrs Josephine Esinam Gudu-Agbadzivor, has said the church has taken deliberate steps to provide holistic education for children to secure them a better future. Rev. Mrs Gudu-Agbadzivor stressed that while the church adhered to the broader national education system, its mission went…
The directive follows the postponement by some universities of their reopening because of the strike. The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), for example, earlier said it had indefinitely postponed its reopening, which had been scheduled for 13 October, because of the GAUA strike.
The pontiff’s schedule has been cleared until October 20 to allow him time to recover. However, he is keen to proceed with a planned trip to Latin America in early November, according to Cardinal Kikuchi Tarcisio Isao of Tokyo, who said the Pope had decided to undergo surgery promptly because of the upcoming visit.
K-pop boy group BTS / Courtesy of BigHit Music K-pop supergroup BTS’ fifth studio album, “ARIRANG,” has surpassed 5 billion streams on Spotify, the group’s label, BigHit Music, said Wednesday. This marks the most streams among albums released this year, registering 2 billion more than the runner-up, Olivia Rodrigo’s third studio album, “You Seem Pretty…
A special counsel team enters the National Election Commission (NEC) building in Gwacheon, Gyeonggi Province, Wednesday, in a raid over suspicions of bid rigging for election supplies. Yonhap A special counsel team on Wednesday raided the National Election Commission (NEC) over suspicions of bid rigging involving around 5 billion won ($3.7 million) worth of election…
Exports grew by 36.3 percent in September, the biggest leap since the COVID-19 pandemic. Published On 14 Oct 202614 Oct 2026 China’s exports surged by more than one-third in September, a boost to the world’s second-largest economy as it faces slowing growth. Exports grew by 36.3 percent last month year-on-year to reach $447.18bn, accelerating from…
People watch Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on a large screen as he speaks at the Warsaw Security Forum in Warsaw, Poland, Monday. AP-Yonhap Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy must answer for a damaging diplomatic disclosure, while U.S. President Donald Trump’s demand for new leadership raises difficult questions about Kyiv’s future. Zelenskyy’s increasingly strained relations with international…
