LS Electric to establish power distribution plant in Texas

SEOUL -- LS Electric, a power solution provider affiliated with South Korea's LS Group, will build a power distribution infrastructure in Texas targeting South Korean factories located in North America. The facility, which is set to be located near Samsung's semiconductor foundry, will provide its electricity distribution system for domestic companies specializing in semiconductors, secondary batteries, and home appliances. In November 2022, LS Electric partnered with Samsung

July 10, 2023

Mexico's ruling party candidate considers inviting BTS to Mexico

SEOUL -- Former Mexican foreign affairs minister Marcelo Ebrard is considering inviting BTS to Mexico. Ebrard, who is currently running for the presidential race for Mexico's ruling party, announced that the seven-member band would be able to visit the country after completing their mandatory military service in South Korea. Ebrard made the statement during an animation festival held in Actopan, a city in Mexico's central-eastern region. When a participant asked him if he wou

July 10, 2023

[INTERVIEW] Solutions to solve regional decline should be adopted as national policy

SEOUL -- The "Study-In-Rural-Village Program" by the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education is a project that Superintendent Cho Hee-yeon pays particular attention to. With the climate change crisis becoming a global concern, Seoul's education office contemplated ways to foster ecological consciousness among students. One of the projects that emerged is the Study-In-Rural-Village P

July 10, 2023

President Yoon to visit Lithuania for NATO summit meeting and Poland for state visit

SEOUL -- South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol will depart for a six-day visit to two European nations -- Lithuania and Poland. After attending a North Atlantic Treaty Organization summit meeting in Lithuania, the South Korean leader will move to Poland where he would discuss cooperation methods in defense and nuclear power sectors with Polish President Andrzej Duda. According to the presidential office, Yoon and First Lady Kim Geon-hee will depart for Lithuania on July 10 to attend t

July 10, 2023

LG Chem's virtual marine forest garners explosive popularity on metaverse platform Zepeto

SEOUL -- A virtual marine forest platform where users can grow seagrasses and clean up ocean waste has gained more than one million users on Zepeto, a metaverse platform created by South Korea's largest portal site Naver. The virtual marine forest platform, made by the chemical unit of South Korea's LG Group, is designed to raise awareness about blue carbon, an essential part of ocean ecosystems. Blue carbon is organic carbon captured and deposited by organisms such as seag

July 7, 2023

K-pop super rookie NewJeans drops 'Super Shy'

SEOUL -- K-pop super rookie band NewJeans has dropped a new summer-themed song titled "Super Shy." The five-member band's new song released at 1:00 p.m. (1400 GMT) on July 7 garnered some one million views on YouTube in less than two hours of release. NewJeans, which debuted in July 2022, is known for its unique dance performances and outstanding singing skills in various genres such as R&B, electropop, and hip hop. The rookie girl group was formed by ADOR under

July 7, 2023

Samsung Electronics records operating profit of $459 mln in 2Q 2023, down 95.74 percent on-year

SEOUL -- Due to global sluggish global smartphone and semiconductor market, Samsung Electronics saw its sales and operating profit decrease in the second quarter of 2023. According to the data released by the Semiconductor Industry Association, global semiconductor sales totaled $40.7 billion in May 2023, up 1.7 percent on-month but 21.1 percent less than the $51.7 billion recorded in May 2022. The company announced its preliminary sales report on July 7 and said that Samsung recorde

July 7, 2023

JYP to seek new boy band through global TV audition show

SEOUL -- South Korea's entertainment powerhouse JYP Entertainment has worked with Sony Music, a global music label based in Tokyo, to form a new global boy band. More than 10,000 applicants auditioned for the audition show titled "Nizi Project Season 2" from 11 cities including New York, Los Angeles, and Nagoya. The process of training and screening would be broadcast on Nippon TV, a Japanese TV channel, and streaming platforms. Through the first season of Nizi Project, t

July 7, 2023

Deceased fighter pilot reunites with sorrow-stricken mother in virtual world

SEOUL -- A South Korean documentary that portrayed the tearful reunion of a sorrow-stricken mother and her son, who died of an unexpected accident during air force training at the age of 27, in the virtual space, has pulled at many viewers' heartstrings. The son named Park In-cheol served as an air force officer and passed away in July 2007 about 50 days after becoming a combat pilot. "Mom, this is In-cheol. I missed you, mom," the virtual human created using

July 6, 2023

Hyundai Glovis partners with ocean plastic disposal company to remove global marine wastes

SEOUL -- Hyundai Glovis, the logistics wing of Hyundai auto group, partnered with The Ocean Cleanup, a Netherlands-based non-profit environmental engineering organization, to launch a project designed to collect marine waste-related data and collect waste plastics. According to the United Nations, about 460 million tons of plastic products are produced annually and only about 10 percent is recycled. Many uncollected plastics end up in rivers and oceans where they threaten the lives of

July 6, 2023