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K-pop Idols Face Backlash in Boycott Tied to Israel-Palestine Dispute

K-pop Idols Face Backlash in Boycott Tied to Israel-Palestine Dispute

SEOUL, Mar. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – As the conflict between Israel and Palestine persists, K-pop artists find themselves inadvertently embroiled in the fallout from a boycott movement targeting companies perceived as pro-Israel. Recently, online communities buzzed with criticism towards Le Sserafim’s Huh Yun-jin for her consumption of Starbucks coffee, considered a trigger for the backlash due [...]

More than 190 South Koreans Set to Return Home from Israel After Fatal Clashes

More than 190 South Koreans Set to Return Home from Israel After Fatal Clashes

SEOUL, Oct. 10 (Korea Bizwire) – A South Korean passenger jet carrying dozens of citizens is set to return home from Israel, the foreign ministry said Tuesday, after violence erupted between Israel and Palestinian Islamist group Hamas. The Korean Air Co. flight carrying 214 passengers, including 192 Korean nationals, departed from Tel Aviv at 1:50 [...]

Korea Sends Separate Diplomat to Palestine Separate from Israel

Korea Sends Separate Diplomat to Palestine Separate from Israel

SEOUL, Aug. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — A diplomat representing the Korean government has been officially dispatched to Palestine. According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on August 28, Park Woong-cheol, the newly appointed representative to the State of Palestine, began working around the clock at the office in Ramallah, the de facto administrative capital, from the 25th [...]