Hyundai Motor Group has unveiled the prototype of its new air taxi model at the global technology show ‘CES 2024’, company officials said on Wednesday, as it steps up efforts to make inroads into the global electric flying taxi market.Supernal, a US-based air...

A tsunami reaching as high as 85 cm was observed off South Korea's east coast in the aftermath of a powerful magnitude-7.6 earthquake that struck Japan's Noto Peninsula, the weather agency said on Tuesday.At least 24 people have died after a series of...

In a heartbreaking turn of events, South Korean actor Lee Sun-Kyun, acclaimed for his role in the 2020 Oscar-winning film 'Parasite,' has been discovered dead, as reported by the police. The 48-year-old actor was found unconscious in a car at a park in...

Samsung Electronics on Tuesday showcased its latest updates to software and services, including its new generative artificial intelligence (AI) model, Samsung Gauss, at an annual tech conference.At the Samsung Developer Conference (SDC) Korea 2023 in Seoul,...

Popular K-pop singer Nahee has mysteriously died at the age of 24. The cause of death remains unknown.The idol-pop singer’s death was announced on her Instagram in Korean, where her fans mourned her tragic passing and gave their condolences. Neither her agency,...

It has been reported that two female stars have been added to the cast of season 2 of Netflix's popular series 'Squid Game'. On Friday, June 23, reports claimed that Park Gyu-young and former IZ*ONE member Jo Yuri will star in the upcoming season, reports...

Prosecutors raided two of South Korea's local cryptocurrency exchanges on Monday as part of an investigation into the snowballing suspicions surrounding opposition lawmaker Kim Nam-kuk's digital assets, officials said.A team of investigators from the Seoul Southern...

South Korea confirmed 16 new cases of mpox for the first week of May, bringing the country's total to 60, health authorities said on Monday.Eleven of them are from Seoul, while two are from Gyeonggi province, and three are from Incheon, Busan and Gwangju,...

Samsung SDI said its first-quarter net profit rose 28 per cent from a year earlier as surging demand for electric vehicle (EV) batteries gave a boost to the bottom line.Net income reached 464.5 billion won (US$347 million) in the January-March period, compared...

Hyundai Motor said on Thursday it will develop a moon-exploration mobility "Rover" as it seeks to morph into a future mobility solutions provider.In July last year, Hyundai Motor signed a memorandum of understanding with the country's six aviation research institutes,...

South Korea's antitrust regulator on Tuesday slapped a fine of 42.1 billion won (more than $31.8 million) on Google and its regional arms for unfair business practices aimed at solidifying its dominance in the Korean mobile gaming app market.The punishment...

A wind-swept wildfire ripped through the South Korean coastal city of Gangneung on Tuesday, destroying about 100 homes and forcing hundreds of residents and tourists to evacuate.The wildfire broke out on a hill in Gangneung's Nangok-dong district at around...

Six people were found dead and about 20 others injured on Thursday in a fire that broke out in a tunnel along an expressway in Gwacheon, just south of Seoul, South Korean fire authorities said.The blaze was reported to have occurred at 1.49 p.m. (local time)...

At least 153 people have been killed and 82 others injured in a deadly stampede in Seoul's Itaewon district as huge crowds of partygoers, many in their late teens and 20s, converged in the entertainment district for late-night Halloween celebrations.The...

US President Joe Biden has sent a letter to South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol expressing his willingness to continue frank and open-minded talks on the US Inflation Reduction Act, a presidential official said Wednesday.Biden also said in the letter the...

Producing a stunning counter-attack display, Yoshihito Nishioka defeated Denis Shapovalov at the Korea Open Tennis Championships to claim his second ATP Tour title in style here on Sunday.The 26-year-old Japanese downed the fourth seed 6-4, 7-6(5) with a performance...

The Canadian tennis player Denis Shapovalov produced a relentless display to overcome American Jenson Brooksby 7-5, 6-4 and reach the finals of the Korea Open Tennis Championships, here on Saturday.In an aggressive performance, the fourth seed opened his...

Yoshihito Nishioka earned just the second Top-5 win of his career on Friday, when he upset World No. 2 Casper Ruud 6-2, 3-6, 6-2 to reach the semifinals at the Korea Open Tennis Championships, here.The Japanese star looked in control throughout the one-hour, 57-minute...

Canada's Denis Shapovalov advanced to the quarterfinals of the Korea Open Tennis Championships with a 7-5, 6-4 win over Jaume Munar in his opening match at the ATP 250 event, here on Wednesday.The World No 24 fired 31 winners to Munar's 11 in his one-hour, 49-minute...

A major fire broke out at an outlet mall in South Korea's Daejeon city on Monday, leaving seven people dead, while a search operation is underway for more possible victims, officials said.The blaze is believed to have started from the basement parking...