The number of registered vehicles in Korea rose 0.7 percent in the first half to over 26 million, helped by environment friendly models, government data showed Sunday. Accumulated car registrations came to 26.13 million units as of end-June, up from 25.95 million at the end of 2023, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport said…
Lee Isaac Chung, the Korean American director known for his Oscar-winning film “Minari,” is making waves in the U.S. box office with his disaster film “Twisters.” “Twisters,” a sequel to the 1996 film “Twister,” debuted in 4,151 theaters across the United States and Canada last Friday, earning $32.2 million in ticket sales on its opening…
North Korea launched another flotilla of trash-filled balloons toward South Korea, Sunday, just three days after Seoul resumed daily propaganda broadcasts along the border in a tit-for-tat move to counter Pyongyang’s balloon offensive on Thursday. This latest launch marks the North’s ninth “balloon offensive” since the first one in late May. In response, the South’s…
Combined household loans from the five major banks surged by more than 3.6 trillion won ($2.6 billion) this month despite financial authorities’ ongoing efforts to curb the growth of household debt, according to industry officials, Sunday. Analysts attributed the rise to falling market interest rates that resulted in an increase in real estate transactions. The…