SEOUL, May 9 (Korea Bizwire) — For the first time in the 21st century, the Hanwha Eagles have won 10 straight games in South Korean baseball. The Eagles defeated the Kiwoom Heroes 7-5 at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul for their 10th consecutive win in the Korea Baseball Organization after rallying from a 4-1 deficit. [...]
SEOUL, May 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Official presidential election campaigning will begin next week, the National Election Commission (NEC) said Friday, with just over three weeks remaining until South Korea chooses a new leader to replace former President Yoon Suk Yeol, who was ousted over his failed martial law bid. The campaigning will begin Monday [...]
SEOUL, May 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Prosecutors on Friday demanded a two-year prison term for a man accused of beating a reporter during a violent mob attack at the Seoul Western District Court earlier this year. The 37-year-old man, surnamed Park, was indicted on charges of kicking and tugging at the camera of a video [...]
SEOUL, May 9 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean families of those abducted by North Korea have sent large balloons filled with leaflets to the North, urging the regime to repatriate their loved ones, a group representing such families said Friday. Three giant latex balloons were flown northward from a South Korean border area in Gangwon [...]
SEOUL, May 9 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korean leader Kim Jong-un visited the Russian Embassy in Pyongyang on Friday to mark the 80th anniversary of Russia’s World War II victory over Nazi Germany, pledging steady development of relations with Moscow. Accompanied by his daughter and top party and state officials, Kim visited the Russian Embassy [...]
SEOUL, May 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Judges nationwide will hold an extraordinary meeting later this month to discuss the controversy surrounding presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung’s election law violation case, a judges’ association said Friday. The meeting will be held May 26 at the Judicial Research and Training Institute in Goyang, northwest of Seoul, after the [...]
SEOUL, May 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday met with a North Korean military delegation during a military parade marking the 80th anniversary of the Soviet Union’s victory in World War II held in Moscow. Following his speech and the conclusion of the military parade in Moscow’s Red Square, Putin greeted [...]
SEOUL, May 9 (Korea Bizwire) — The government-led investigation into a major data breach at SK Telecom Co. is expected to release its findings by the end of June, Minister of Science and ICT Yoo Sang-im said Friday. The breach, which occurred on April 18, involved a large-scale leak of universal subscriber identity module (USIM) [...]
SEOUL, May 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Rose of K-pop girl group BLACKPINK released “Messy,” an original soundtrack for the new Hollywood sports action drama film “F1,” on Friday, aiming for another success following her global hit single “APT.” Scheduled for release next month, “F1″ tells the story of veteran driver Sonny Hayes (played by Brad [...]
SEOUL, May 9 (Korea Bizwire) — A Seoul court on Friday dismissed an injunction request filed by Kim Moon-soo, presidential candidate of the conservative People Power Party (PPP), seeking recognition of his candidacy status. The Seoul Southern District Court dismissed Kim’s petition, which was aimed at compelling the party to recognize him as its official [...]