The 49th-day memorial service (49재) for former Prime Minister Lee Hae-chan was held on March 14 at the Da-gapjeon Hall of Won Buddhism’s So-taesan Memorial Hall in Seoul’s Dongjak District. The ceremony marks the traditional 49th day since his death and was attended by members of the political

The Wall Street Journal and Axios reported on Sunday that the United States is moving an amphibious assault ship, USS Tripoli, and its embarked Marine Expeditionary Unit from Japan to the Middle East, signaling a stepped-up U.S. military posture amid tensions with Iran. The reports cited multiple U.S.

Ho Tzu Nyen, the artistic director of the 16th Gwangju Biennale, and a team of curators announced the theme and exhibition plan at a press briefing in Seoul’s Centropolis in Gongpyeong-dong on the morning of the 13th. The event marks the artists’ collective effort to shape the forthcoming edition,

A Japanese political figure, Sanae Takai, was quoted as saying it is important to inform the international community that Takeshima is Japan’s territory. The remarks, tied to the longstanding sovereignty dispute with Korea, drew swift response from South Korea’s ruling party. South Korea’s ruling Democratic Party (DP)

The U.S. State Department announced on the Rewards for Justice program that information leading to the identification or location of leaders of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and its affiliates could earn informants up to $10 million, with relocation assistance provided as part of the package. The

A government-chartered bus carried Korean nationals out of Iran and toward Turkmenistan, with a stop that shifted the onward leg from Tehran to Ashgabat, the capital of Turkmenistan. The move occurred on the 11th, according to Korean officials. Yonhap News reports that three people evacuated to Turkmenistan on this latest

President Donald Trump has called on five countries, including South Korea, to send warships to the Hormuz Strait to keep the crucial waterway open and safe. In a post on Truth Social, he said that nations affected by Iran’s attempts to block the strait would be “will be sending

A market research firm, AVC Revo, expects global monitor OLED shipments to rise to about 5.4 million this year, up from roughly 3.3 million last year, pushing OLED’s share of the overall monitor panel market to about 3 percent from 2 percent. The projection comes from AVC

Hyundai Heavy Industries said on the 13th that it signed a memorandum of understanding with Eco Prime Marine Pacific, the largest shareholder of HHI’s parent group, to discuss the asset transfer related to its Gunsan shipyard. The parties stressed that a final contract would follow thorough due diligence. The

Korea will be largely cloudy tonight and tomorrow, with scattered light rain possible along the central western coast through tomorrow morning. Inland areas, including the Gangwon region’s mountains, may see brief showers in the afternoon. Air quality is expected to worsen, with PM2.5 levels deemed unhealthy in the