Turkish Embassy in Seoul celebrates 100th anniversary of creation of Republic of Türkiye

SEOUL --The Turkish Embassy in South Korea celebrated the 100th anniversary of the creation of the republic at Shilla Hotel located in central Seoul on October 30. "Today we waited so long to celebrate," Salih Murat Tamer, the Turkish Ambassador to South Korea said during his opening speech. "Korea is a very special country for us," the ambassador emphasized the relationship between Türkiye and South Korea, often recognized as the "blood bond" that

October 30, 2023

Hanwha Ocean to work with US classification society ABS for digital shipbuilding project

SEOUL -- Hanwha Ocean, a major shipbuilder in South Korea, will work with a United States-based classification society for the digital transformation of shipbuilding technologies. The two groups will demonstrate technologies for digital production, autonomous navigation, smart ship solutions, and cybersecurity. Digital shipbuilding incorporates advanced technologies, such as artificial intelligence and virtual reality, for ship production. Hanwha Ocean aims to obtain validation from t

October 30, 2023

HD Hyundai Electric joins offshore wind power project in southwestern coastal county

SEOUL -- HD Hyundai Electric, an electrical equipment manufacturer and energy solution provider, will take part in a project to establish offshore wind power infrastructure that can power some three million households in South Korea’s southwestern coastal county of Jindo. The energy solution developer will supply wind turbines and power equipment for offshore substations. The project involves the South Korean office of Pacifico Energy, a United States-based renewable energy power

October 30, 2023

Police rule out possibility of additional celebrities being involved in drug scandal

SEOUL -- Police have ruled out the possibility of additional celebrities being involved in a drug scandal other than actor Lee Sun-kyun and singer G-Dragon who were booked on suspicion of the illegal use of drugs. South Korea's entertainment scene was engulfed in terror and shock in late October after law enforcers booked the 48-year-old actor who starred in the globally-popular 2019 film "Parasite", and the 35-year-old singer after police obtained evidence that the two s

October 30, 2023

Supertone to showcase AI-based audio technology for game characters

SEOUL -- Supertone, the artificial intelligence audio technology wing of the BTS agency, will showcase AI-based technology that creates the voice of game characters from written descriptions at G-Star, an annual video game exhibition in South Korea's southern port city of Busan. During the four-day event, visitors can customize character voices by adjusting parameters such as pitch, gender, age, tone, and speaking speed. Previously, Supertone provided its audio technique for Disney

October 30, 2023

​About 56% of S. Koreans have no plans to hold traditional memorial rite 'Jesa': survey

SEOUL -- About 56 percent of South Koreans plan not to hold "Jesa," a traditional Confucian ceremonial ritual held to commemorate dead ancestors on the day they died, a survey showed. According to the survey, people feel burdened by the amount of food they have to prepare for the rite, and they think it should be simplified or replaced with a short and simple family gathering. Jesa is a Confucian rite that involves every family member who are direct descendant of the dead a

October 30, 2023

LG Chem develops flame-retardant material to prevent battery explosion

SEOUL -- South Korea's major chemical company LG Chem has developed a material that can delay thermal runaway in electric vehicle batteries. The material called "Special Flame-Retardant CFT" withstands heat and pressure at 1,500 degrees Celsius (2,732 degrees Fahrenheit) for more than 20 minutes without any damage. Thermal runaway is a chain reaction that can be extremely challenging to halt once initiated inside a battery cell. During thermal runaway, the temperature of

October 27, 2023

[OPINION] Another economic crisis in the making?

KARACHI -- The incessant procession of interest rate hikes by the U.S. Federal Reserve has aggravated the myriad challenges facing the global economy, particularly emerging nations are expected to face the brunt of the burden.

October 27, 2023

​S. Korea to cull some 3,300 cattle infected with lumpy skin disease

SEOUL -- South Korea will cull a total of 3,321 cows infected with lumpy skin disease after 47 cattle farms were infected by the unexpected animal pandemic that was reported for the first time in the country in mid-October. Lumpy skin disease (LSD) is a viral disease transmitted by blood-feeding insects such as flies, mosquitoes, and ticks. When a cow is infected with the virus, the animal would show symptoms of high fever, enlarged superficial lymph nodes, and multiple nodules, lumps

October 27, 2023

Big Hit vows to take legal action against malicious drug rumors about BTS members

SEOUL -- Big Hit Music, K-pop wonder BTS' label, has vowed to take legal action against a media report that claimed BTS members were frequent visitors of a private adult bar in Seoul's southern district of Gangnam. Currently, actor Lee Sun-kyun and boy band BIGBANG member G-Dragon were booked by law enforcers on suspicion of drug abuse and the bar was pointed as the main venue for drug parties. South Korea's entertainment scene was suddenly engulfed in shock in late Octob

October 27, 2023