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VISUALS: Romance film 'Hear Me: Our Summer' to be released next week
SEOUL, October 28 (AJP) - The cast and director of "Hear Me: Our Summer" held a press conference at Megabox COEX in Seoul on Monday. The Korean remake of a popular Taiwanese romance film features Hong Kyung and Roh Yoon-seo as Yongjoon and Yeoreum, whose lives intertwine when they meet during a lunch box delivery. Kim Min-ju plays Yeoreum's hearing-impaired sister. Directed by Cho Sun-ho, the film premiered at the 29th Busan International Film Festival this month and will hit
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PHOTOS: Latin American Cultural Center marks 30th anniversary with art exhibition
SEOUL, October 28 (AJP) - The Latin American Cultural Center in Goyang, Gyeonggi Province, is hosting an exhibition of Mexican artist Lino Chávez’s works to commemorate its 30th anniversary. The exhibition opened Thursday and will run until the end of the year.
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PHOTOS: Vietnam War veterans condemn North Korea's alleged troop dispatch to Russia
SEOUL, October 28 (AJP) - The Korean Vietnam War Veterans Association held a rally in central Seoul on Monday, condemning North Korea's alleged dispatch of troops to Russia to support its war against Ukraine. Police estimated that about 1,000 people attended the rally, while organizers put the number at about 2,000.
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Network equipment failure causes nationwide online transit payment disruption
SEOUL, October 28 (AJP) - LG CNS, South Korea's major IT service provider, confirmed Monday a network equipment failure at its data center in Bupyeong, west of Seoul, triggered a nationwide outage of the T-money transit payment system over the weekend. The disruption, which lasted about 90 minutes on Sunday afternoon, left passengers unable to purchase bus tickets at terminals and pay on the T-money mobile app across the country. "We identified the system error at 1:06 p
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VISUALS: Volleyball drama 'One Win' starring Song Kang-ho set for December release
SEOUL, October 28 (AJP) - The cast and crew of the volleyball-themed Korean film One Win held a press conference Monday at CGV Yongsan I'Park Mall in Seoul. Song Kang-ho and Park Jeong-min star as the coach of a struggling volleyball team and its eccentric owner, both determined to achieve a single victory with their underdog women’s professional team. Directed by Shin Yeon-shick and featuring model-turned-actor Jang Yoon-ju, the film opens in theaters this December.
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Spanish PM begins three-day state visit to India
SEOUL, October 28 (AJP) - Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez arrived in Vadodara, western India, on Monday for a state visit. During the three-day visit, Sanchez and Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold talks and jointly inaugurate the TATA Aircraft Complex in Vadodara, where C-295 military aircraft will be manufactured. The complex has been established by Tata Advanced Systems in collaboration with Airbus Spain. The C-295 program includes a total of 56 aircraft, with 16 deli
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Young Poong calls for extraordinary shareholders' meeting amid Korea Zinc control battle
SEOUL, October 28 (AJP) - Young Poong, the largest shareholder of Korea Zinc, and MBK Partners requested on Monday to hold an extraordinary shareholders' meeting amid a battle for management control over the world's largest zinc smelter. The two companies said they sent a document to the Korea Zinc board calling for the meeting to discuss the appointment of 12 outside directors and two non-executive directors, as well as the introduction of a new management system. Earlie
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Trade between Saudi Arabia and UAE surges to $30 billion as economic ties deepen
SEOUL, October 28 (AJP) - Saudi Arabia and the UAE have strengthened economic ties, with trade between the two nations increasing by 25 percent since 2019, reaching SR113 billion ($30 billion) by the end of 2023. At the third Saudi-Emirati Economic Forum in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia's Minister of Economy and Planning, Faisal Al-Ibrahim, reported a 15 percent growth in direct UAE investments in Saudi Arabia, totaling SR111 billion in 2023. UAE Minister of Economy Abdullah Al-Marri
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North Korea renews drone accusations against Seoul
SEOUL, October 28 (AJP) - North Korea reiterated its accusations against South Korea on Monday, claiming that the South had infiltrated its airspace with a drone incursion. According to Pyongyang's state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), North Korean military found that the drone carrying propaganda leaflets, which crashed in Pyongyang earlier this month, took off from South Korea's westernmost island of Baeknyeong Island. It said its assessment came after analyzing the
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Korea, US, Japan to cooperate for India digital infrastructure
SEOUL, October 28 (AJP) - The U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) has embarked on an initiative to enhance cooperation in India's digital infrastructure sector with the Export-Import Bank of Korea (Korea Eximbank) and the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC). The three entities signed the Digital Infrastructure Growth Initiative for India Framework (DiGi Framework), the Korea Eximbank announced on Sunday. Through this joint initiative, the thr
October 28, 2024
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PHOTOS: Red Cross holds charity bazaar in Seoul
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South Korean man held in China on alleged espionage charges
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VISUALS: Korea marks 2nd anniversary of Halloween crowd crush
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Rosé of BLACKPINK makes top 10 entry on Billboard singles chart
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Israel's allies call on Israel to rethink proposed ban on UNRWA's vital aid
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North Korea's troops in Russia moving to frontlines, spy agency speculates
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POSCO, JSW Group to build steel mill in eastern India
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Egypt to lead ceasefire mediation amid Israel-Hamas conflict
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North Korean foreign minister travels to Russia amid deepening military ties
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Zelensky warns of 12,000 North Korean troops in Russia 'soon'