SEOUL, Mar. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The interpreter for the Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani has been fired while in Seoul for Major League Baseball (MLB) games, after allegedly stealing money from the Japanese baseball player to make bets with a bookmaker under a federal investigation, reports said Thursday. The Los Angeles Times reported [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean director Bong Joon-ho of “Parasite” might be the busiest man in the ongoing U.S. winter awards season, hoisting numerous trophies and delivering acceptance speeches onstage. As the director has been increasingly doing media interviews and making it onto talk shows, moreover, the person next to the eclectic [...]
SEOUL, May 31 (Korea Bizwire) – The Seoul Metropolitan Government said Tuesday that it is creating 200 jobs exclusively for Chinese-speaking travel interpreters, with China’s travel ban to South Korea still in effect. According to city officials, the application process will run from May 31 until June 15, and the new recruits will serve as [...]