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Apr.06.2021: Youn Yuh-jung wins SAG award for 'Minari'
K-News Bulletin - April 06, 2021 01:00 - 2 minutesYoun Yuh-jung became the first Korean to win best female actor in a supporting role for her performance in “Minari” at the 27th Screen Actors Guild Awards on Monday, bringing her a step closer to a possible Oscar win. When her win was announced by presenter Henry Golding, a look of amazement...
Apr.05.2021: Manufacturers are starting to feel optimistic
K-News Bulletin - April 05, 2021 01:00 - 3 minutesConfidence among manufacturers hit a 27-month high as vaccinations promise to bring the world out of the Covid catastrophe. The Business Survey Index (BSI) for the second quarter hit 99, according to the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) on Sunday, up around 30 percent from the pre...
Apr.02.2021: SK Innovation scores win in patent battle with LG Energy Solution
K-News Bulletin - April 02, 2021 00:00 - 3 minutesThe U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) ruled in favor of SK Innovation in a patent dispute with LG Energy Solution, throwing a spanner in a tussle between the two Korean battery makers that had been going LG Energy's way. The trade commission ruled in an initial determination Thursday ...
Apr.01.2021: Apple fined for obstruction, case referred to prosecution
K-News Bulletin - March 31, 2021 15:00 - 4 minutesApple pulled the plug on its intranet, blocked the door and physically restrained an investigator when the Fair Trade Commission raided the offices of the smartphone maker in 2016 and 2017, the regulator said. The FTC is fining the company for interfering with its investigation and has referre...
Mar.31.2021: Vaccine delays put Korea off schedule
K-News Bulletin - March 30, 2021 15:00 - 4 minutesWith AstraZeneca vaccines supplies delayed, health authorities said they will use some second dose reserves and expand the inter-dose interval for patients if necessary. Kim Ki-nam, an official of the Ministry of Health and Welfare, said in a press briefing Tuesday, "For AstraZeneca vaccinatio...
Feb.30.2021: Air-mageddon hits as yellow dust blankets Korea
K-News Bulletin - March 30, 2021 01:00 - 4 minutesAn extraordinarily severe yellow dust storm from northern China and Mongolia blanketed South Korea on Monday, prompting authorities to issue a yellow dust warning for the entire country for the first time in 11 years. According to the Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA), the yellow dust ...
Mar.29.2021: SK ie technology plans $1 billion EU investment as EV sales boom
K-News Bulletin - March 28, 2021 23:00 - 3 minutesSK ie technology, an SK Innovation subsidiary that makes battery separators, said Sunday it will invest 1.13 trillion won ($1 billion) to expand its European facilities in response to growth in the electric vehicle (EV) market. It is the biggest single investment by SK ie technology to date. ...
Mar.26.2021: Court awards damages from North Korea, Kim Jong-un
K-News Bulletin - March 26, 2021 00:00 - 4 minutesThe son of a South Korean man abducted by North Korean soldiers during the Korean War won a civil suit against the North Korean state and leader Kim Jong-un in a South Korean court Thursday. Judge Kim Yeong-soo, who presided over the trial at the Seoul Central District Court, ruled that the pl...
Feb.25.2021: Moon accused of faking his Covid jab
K-News Bulletin - March 25, 2021 01:00 - 4 minutesDaegu police on Wednesday opened an investigation into claims circulating online that President Moon Jae-in's vaccine was secretly switched –– and he did not get the AstraZeneca jab. On Tuesday, Moon and First Lady Kim Jung-sook became the first Koreans over 65 to be vaccinated for Covid-19. T...
Mar.24.2021: Oh defeats Ahn to run for his old job as Seoul mayor
K-News Bulletin - March 24, 2021 00:00 - 3 minutesFormer Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon on Tuesday defeated Ahn Cheol-soo in public opinion polls to become the sole conservative candidate in the upcoming Seoul mayoral by-election. Oh, who is running for the main opposition People Power Party (PPP), was declared the winner of two mobile phone surveys ...
Mar.23.2021: Korea-made satellite reaches orbit, 4 more coming up
K-News Bulletin - March 22, 2021 15:00 - 3 minutesKorea launched a 500-kilogram Compact Advanced Satellite into the atmosphere Monday, the first of five in a government plan to transfer satellite technology to private firms. The CAS500-1 model was one of 38 satellites carried into space by Russia’s Soyuz 2.1a launcher, which took off from the...
Mar.22.2021: LH could suffer consequences of scandal, gov't warns
K-News Bulletin - March 22, 2021 00:00 - 2 minutesThe Moon Jae-in administration wants to crack down hard on the inside information land-buying scandal, a government official said, and if a single employee at Land and Housing Corp. (LH) is found to be guilty, no bonuses will be paid to LH workers. The LH controversy has become a major threat...
Mar.19.2021: SK Bioscience's trading debut is a sizzler
K-News Bulletin - March 18, 2021 15:00 - 3 minutesSK Bioscience made a hot debut on the local stock market Thursday, soaring to its maximum trading ceiling of 169,000 won ($150) just two minutes after the market’s opening. The company started trading on the country’s main bourse at a starting price of 130,000 won, double the subscription pric...
Mar.18.2021: Job losses last for 12 months in a row
K-News Bulletin - March 18, 2021 00:00 - 4 minutesThe number of people employed shrunk for the 12th month in a row, with 473,000 fewer jobs in February than a year before — marking the longest stretch of consecutive monthly job losses since the Asian economic crisis. Listen to the full story in this week’s episode. Subscribe to the K-News Bull...
Mar.17.2021: LG plans factory with GM in Tennessee: Source
K-News Bulletin - March 16, 2021 15:00 - 3 minutesLG Energy Solution is building a second plant with General Motors (GM) and it will be in Tennessee, a source directly related to the deal told the Korea JoongAng Daily. The exact location in Tennessee is still under negotiation, the source said, adding that Clarksville and Spring Hill are in...
Mar.16.2021: Seniors to get their Covid jabs in first half
K-News Bulletin - March 15, 2021 22:00 - 4 minutesPeople 75 and older will be vaccinated starting next month, according to health authorities as they announced the second stage of Korea's vaccination program Monday, while teachers of younger students can expect to be inoculated earlier than expected. The Korea Disease Control and Prevention A...
Mar.15.2021: LG lobbies U.S. lawmaker to undermine SK
K-News Bulletin - March 15, 2021 01:00 - 3 minutesAny hope of LG Energy Solution and SK Innovation reaching a settlement that allows both companies to continue operating in the U.S. electric vehicle (EV) battery market seems to be fading fast, as LG looks to firmly shut the door on its long-term rival. The wholly owned subsidiary of LG Chem s...
Mar.11.2021: Official land scandal probe finds handful of suspects
K-News Bulletin - March 12, 2021 01:00 - 5 minutesPrime Minister Chung Sye-kyun announced Thursday that a government inquiry identified 20 employees from the Korea Land and Housing Corp. (LH) and Land Ministry as possibly using inside information to purchase land on the site of LH's Gwangmyeong-Siheung New Town development. The inquiry’s prel...
Mar.11.2021: Army offers to try out more defense products for export
K-News Bulletin - March 11, 2021 01:00 - 2 minutesThe Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) announced Wednesday that the military's validation of locally-made defense products will be expanded to beef up Korea's arms exports. The revised policy expands the program to other kinds of equipment and materials starting at the end of Mar...
Mar.10.2021: Seven days later, raids made in LH inside info real estate case
K-News Bulletin - March 10, 2021 00:00 - 5 minutesAmid snowballing fallout over the government's handling of a real estate scandal involving Korea Land and Housing Corp (LH) employees, police Tuesday raided the company's headquarters and regional branches. The operation took place seven days after civic groups first accused LH employees of u...
Mar.09.2021: Cost-sharing deal finally clinched, amount not known
K-News Bulletin - March 09, 2021 00:00 - 5 minutesKorea and the United States reached agreement on defense cost-sharing Sunday after 18 months of wrangling and threats by the Donald Trump administration to charge Seoul up to $5 billion per year. Seoul's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement Monday that the two sides reached an “agre...
Mar.08.2021: Drunk monk torches temple hall, calls it in himself
K-News Bulletin - March 08, 2021 00:00 - 3 minutesAn inebriated Buddhist monk torched the main hall of Naejang Temple in North Jeolla on Friday and turned himself in by calling the police just five minutes later. Police say the 53-year-old trainee monk committed arson after getting entangled in an internal feud with some of the other monks an...
Mar.04.2021: LH insider trading scandal builds
K-News Bulletin - March 04, 2021 00:00 - 3 minutesLand and Housing Corp. (LH) employees have been suspended from their duties after being accused by two civic groups of buying land near a New Town redevelopment site using confidential information. Investigations are ongoing to determine whether others used advanced notice of redevelopment proje...
Mar.03.2021: Holiday snows kill 1, strand hundreds of cars
K-News Bulletin - March 03, 2021 00:00 - 4 minutesUnexpectedly heavy snow in the coastal region of Gangwon on Monday and Tuesday trapped hundreds of vehicles and caused heavy traffic and accidents, resulting in one death and 94 injuries. Listen to the full story in this week’s episode. Subscribe to the K-News Bulletin to listen to Korea’s big...
Feb.26.2021: Two industrial partnerships announced for Gunsan, Busan
K-News Bulletin - February 26, 2021 00:00 - 2 minutesAs part of partnership projects expected to create more than 1,400 jobs, Gunsan in North Jeolla and Busan will partner with labor unions and private companies to develop “e-mobility” products, like electric vehicles (EV) and EV parts. Listen to the full story in this week’s episode. Subscribe...
Feb.25.2021: LG battery cell defect forces Hyundai Motor to recall Kona
K-News Bulletin - February 25, 2021 00:00 - 3 minutesHyundai Motor said it will replace LG batteries in more than 80,000 electric vehicles (EVs) including the Kona Electric, due to fire risks.The recall is expected to cost Hyundai Motor and LG Energy Solution approximately 1 trillion won ($917.1 million) and will be reflected in 2020 fourth-quarte...
Feb.24.2021: Hyundai Motor's Ioniq 5 ev ready for world
K-News Bulletin - February 24, 2021 01:00 - 4 minutesHyundai Motor's Ioniq 5 is the first electric vehicle (EV) to be manufactured on Hyundai's E-GMP modular platform and offers a glimpse into what cars of the future will offer beyond getting you from point-to-point. Here's what you need to know about the new EV. Listen to the full story in this...
Feb.23.2021: Eight wildfires torch forests, burn overnight
K-News Bulletin - February 23, 2021 00:00 - 4 minutesWildfires broke out in eight different locations Sunday, tearing through mountainside forests in southern and central regions of Korea overnight. Fueled by dry conditions, the fires engulfed an area of land the size of about 414 football fields. Listen to the full story in this week’s episode....
Feb.22.2021: Chung Mong-koo to leave Mobis board
K-News Bulletin - February 22, 2021 00:00 - 3 minutesChung Mong-koo, the former chairman of Hyundai Motor Group, will step down from his last remaining official position at the auto group next month, giving up his board seat at auto parts maker Hyundai Mobis. Chung, who will retain the honorific title honorary chairman of Hyundai Motor Group, is ...
Feb.19.2021: Two arrested in asylum-seeking scam
K-News Bulletin - February 19, 2021 05:00 - 2 minutesTwo men have been arrested for helping some 80 Pakistanis pretend to be asylum seekers and find jobs in Korea, circumventing Korea's refugee laws which permit asylum seekers to stay in the country if their asylum application is processed. Listen to the full story in this week’s episode. Subscr...
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