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May.26.2021: Leftover vaccines can be found online
K-News Bulletin - May 26, 2021 02:00 - 2 minutesCovid-19 vaccines left over after people didn't show up to get them will be available for anyone interested starting Thursday — and you can sign up to receive alerts about leftover vaccine at neighborhood clinics and hospitals. Foreigners covered by Korean health insurance and over the age of ...
May.25.2021: BTS takes home 4 awards at Billboard Music Awards
K-News Bulletin - May 25, 2021 01:00 - 3 minutesBTS nabbed the Top Duo/Group, Top Song Sales Artist, Top Social Artist, and Top Selling Song awards at the 2021 Billboard Music Awards (BBMA) held on Monday, Korean time, setting a record for not only itself but for all of K-pop. The 2021 BBMA was broadcast live from 9 a.m. on cable channel Mn...
May.24.2021: Moon hails Korean investments in the U.S.
K-News Bulletin - May 24, 2021 01:00 - 4 minutesPresident Moon Jae-in ticked off promised investment in the United States by Korean corporations and suggested that more incentives will equal more investment. “If the U.S. government provides a wide variety of incentives for battery production facilities, there will be more investment to come...
May.20.2021: Recovery shows in power consumption, factory rates
K-News Bulletin - May 20, 2021 01:00 - 3 minutesA gradual but steady increase in power consumption is the latest indication of economic recovery, along with healthy indicators in manufacturing, making President Moon Jae-in's goal of 4-percent growth for 2021 more possible. According to a report by the Korea Electric Power Corp. (Kepco), p...
May.18.2021: Moon vows vaccine development for Korea
K-News Bulletin - May 18, 2021 00:00 - 3 minutesPresident Moon Jae-in said Monday that his upcoming trip to the United States will be used to make Korea a global hub of vaccine production. “I will use the upcoming trip to the United States as an opportunity to strengthen cooperation in the field of [Covid-19] vaccines and make Korea a glo...
May.14.2021: Kim Boo-kyum voted prime minister
K-News Bulletin - May 14, 2021 00:00 - 3 minutesThe National Assembly on Thursday approved President Moon Jae-in's nomination of Kim Boo-kyum as prime minister. At a voting session arranged by National Assembly Speaker Park Byeong-seug, a motion to approve Kim's appointment was passed by the ruling Democratic Party (DP). Lawmakers from the ...
May.13.2021: India's raging pandemic hits Samsung, LG
K-News Bulletin - May 12, 2021 22:00 - 3 minutesSamsung Electronics and LG Electronics are being hurt by the coronavirus crisis in India as partial lockdowns affect their production lines there. The Korean electronics makers could also see shrinking demand for electronic gadgets and home appliances in one of their biggest consumer electroni...
May.12.2021: Kakao Entertainment snaps up two U.S. startups
K-News Bulletin - May 12, 2021 00:00 - 4 minutesKakao Entertainment will acquire two U.S.-based start-ups that run platforms for webtoons and web novels to expand in English-speaking markets. The companies being bought are Tapas Media, a webtoon service based in San Francisco, and Radish Media, which runs a web novel service headquartered i...
May.12.2021: Chip shortage now hitting auto parts makers
K-News Bulletin - May 11, 2021 01:00 - 3 minutesEven auto parts makers in Korea are feeling the pinch from the global chip shortage. The Korea Automobile Industry Association (KAIA) on Monday said that 66 out of 78 auto parts makers in Korea, or 84.6 percent of the respondents to a survey, said that they were having trouble due to an auto s...
May.11.2021: Chip shortage now hitting auto parts makers
K-News Bulletin - May 11, 2021 01:00 - 3 minutesEven auto parts makers in Korea are feeling the pinch from the global chip shortage. The Korea Automobile Industry Association (KAIA) on Monday said that 66 out of 78 auto parts makers in Korea, or 84.6 percent of the respondents to a survey, said that they were having trouble due to an auto s...
May.06.2021: Department store staff, not customers, get Covid-19
K-News Bulletin - May 06, 2021 00:00 - 4 minutesDepartment stores are emerging as a new Covid-19 vector after workers in major department stores in Seoul tested positive in recent days. Two cashiers from the food hall of Shinsegae Department Store's branch in Seocho District, southern Seoul, tested positive, the company said Wednesday. Ful...
May.04.2021: Kim Oh-soo nominated as prosecutor general
K-News Bulletin - May 04, 2021 01:00 - 3 minutesPresident Moon Jae-in nominated former Vice Justice Minister Kim Oh-soo as the new head of South Korea's prosecution service, the Blue House announced Monday. Justice Minister Park Beom-kye recommended Kim, a long-time prosecutor, for the position of Prosecutor General after Yoon Seok-youl qui...
Apr.30.2021: Pair of nearly extinct crested ibises born in the wild
K-News Bulletin - April 30, 2021 01:00 - 3 minutesForty-two years after the crested ibis vanished from Korea, two birds from the endangered species were born in the wild on Tuesday. Two crested ibis chicks hatched from eggs laid by a breeding pair that was released two years ago in the Upo Wetland in Changnyeong, South Gyeongsang, county offi...
Apr.29.2021: Covid quarantine to be exempted, but only for a few
K-News Bulletin - April 28, 2021 15:00 - 5 minutesFully vaccinated people will be exempted from the mandatory 14-day quarantine after entering from abroad or coming in contact with a Covid-19 patient starting May 5 — but only if they got the shots in Korea, and not if they're coming from countries where highly contagious virus variants are prev...
Apr.28.2021: Moon meets Novavax CEO but details scarce
K-News Bulletin - April 28, 2021 00:00 - 3 minutesPresident Moon Jae-in met Novavax CEO Stanley Erck on Tuesday but revealed little about when its vaccines may be ready for Korea. It was the first time that the president held a face-to-face meeting with a vaccine pharmaceutical company CEO amid public concerns over a slow rollout of vaccines...
Apr.27.2021: Youn Yuh-jung takes home an Oscar for Korea
K-News Bulletin - April 27, 2021 02:00 - 3 minutesYoun Yuh-jung won the Oscar for Best Actress in a Supporting Role at the 93rd Academy Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday. Youn followed the milestone set by Bong Joon-ho’s “Parasite” by becoming the first Korean to ever win an Oscar for acting. Full Article: https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com...
Apr.26.2021: BAI reports Seoul's education superintendent for corrupt practices
K-News Bulletin - April 25, 2021 15:00 - 5 minutesThe Board of Audit and Inspection of Korea (BAI) announced Friday that it had reported Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education Superintendent Cho Hee-yeon to police over allegations of power abuse and corrupt practices in hiring teachers in Seoul. Cho was elected as the education superintende...
Apr.23.2021: Upgrades to high speed rail system promised
K-News Bulletin - April 23, 2021 01:00 - 3 minutesIn 2030, a person will be able to travel between any two parts of Korea within two hours, the government promised, after ambitious upgrades to the high-speed rail network. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport on Thursday released rail plans focused on connecting major cities wi...
Apr.22.2021: Young investors are beguiled by 'altcoins'
K-News Bulletin - April 21, 2021 15:00 - 3 minutesInvestors hoping to make a quick buck are turning to alternative coins, cryptocurrencies other than bitcoin, which have prices that sometimes skyrocket by a thousand times in a matter of minutes. The downside of alternative coins, or altcoins, is that their prices can plunge just as quickly. ...
Apr.21.2021: Don't call it a Chinatown, Gangwon insists of project
K-News Bulletin - April 21, 2021 01:00 - 3 minutesA petition to the Blue House demanding the cancellation of a planned Chinese cultural town in Gangwon has amassed a record number of signatures, forcing the provincial government to deny that it is building an immigrant community –– or a modern Chinatown. Titled “Scrap the Chinatown Constructi...
Apr.20.2021: Ruling party realizes real estate is its danger zone
K-News Bulletin - April 20, 2021 01:00 - 3 minutesThe ruling Democratic Party (DP) on Monday decided to form a special committee to address public concerns about real estate policies, following the party's crushing defeat in by-elections earlier this month. The decision reflects the party’s belief that one of the main reasons for its landslid...
Apr.19.2021: LG Energy Solution's venture to build 2nd U.S. battery plant
K-News Bulletin - April 19, 2021 01:00 - 2 minutesUltium Cells is investing 2.7 trillion won ($2.4 billion) in a battery factory in Spring Hill, Tennessee, the company’s shareholders announced Saturday. Owned 50-50 by LG Energy Solution and General Motors, the joint venture is already building a 2.7-trillion-won battery plant in Lordstown, Oh...
Apr.16.2021: Moon tells Korea Inc. to evolve
K-News Bulletin - April 16, 2021 00:00 - 4 minutesPresident Moon Jae-in stressed the need for evolution of Korea’s industries as the global economy changes after the Covid-19 pandemic. “The global economy currently is undergoing a massive change,” Moon said during a meeting with CEOs of leading Korean companies including Samsung Electronics...
Apr.15.2021: Total employment rises for the first time in 13 months
K-News Bulletin - April 14, 2021 15:00 - 3 minutesGross employment increased for the first time in more than a year in March, another sign that economic recovery is on the way. In March, the total number of people working in the country was 26.9 million, up 314,000 on year, according to Statistics Korea. It is the first on-year rise in 13 mon...
Apr.14.2021: Biden leans on chipmakers to produce in U.S.
K-News Bulletin - April 14, 2021 00:00 - 3 minutesU.S. President Joe Biden is urging chip producers including Samsung Electronics to ramp up production in the U.S., complicating Samsung’s investment plans. In a virtual summit held on Monday, Biden talked to leaders of semiconductor, automobile and other tech companies. Samsung Electronics P...
Apr.13.2021: The Bafta goes to Youn Yuh-jung for 'Minari'
K-News Bulletin - April 13, 2021 00:00 - 2 minutesActor Youn Yuh-jung won best supporting actress at the 74th British Academy of Film and Television Arts (Baftas) Sunday, just a week after she became the first Korean to bag best supporting actress at the Screen Actors Guild Awards for her performance in “Minari.” After her name was announced ...
Apr.12.2021: SK, LG agree on last-minute deal
K-News Bulletin - April 12, 2021 01:00 - 3 minutesLG Energy Solution and SK Innovation agreed to settle the high-profile battery trade secret dispute at 2 trillion won ($1.8 billion), putting an end to a 713-day legal fight that was hampering both firm's battery business amid a global electric vehicle (EV) boom. The two companies came to a la...
Apr.09.2021: White House says diplomacy with North is acceptable
K-News Bulletin - April 09, 2021 00:00 - 5 minutesThe United States is prepared to engage in “some form of diplomacy” with North Korea if it will lead to denuclearization, the White House said Wednesday. “We have a clear objective as it relates to North Korea,” Jen Psaki, the White House spokesperson, said in a press briefing in Washington, w...
Aprr.08.2021: Samsung Electronics beats estimates in the first quarter
K-News Bulletin - April 07, 2021 15:00 - 3 minutesSamsung Electronics expects a first-quarter operating profit of 9.3 trillion won ($8.3 billion) as strong smartphone and consumer electronics sales balanced weaker chip performance. The figure, which is up 44.19 percent on year and 2.76 percent on quarter and was released in an earnings guidan...
Apr.08.2021: Samsung Electronics beats estimates in the first quarter
K-News Bulletin - April 07, 2021 15:00 - 3 minutesSamsung Electronics expects a first-quarter operating profit of 9.3 trillion won ($8.3 billion) as strong smartphone and consumer electronics sales balanced weaker chip performance. The figure, which is up 44.19 percent on year and 2.76 percent on quarter and was released in an earnings guidan...
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