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Korean food company Nongshim is running a Shin Ramyun food truck in northeastern India to build its brand in a market of 1.4 billion people, the company said Friday. The truck started its tour Oct. 30 and will continue until Nov. 22, making 20 stops in four cities: Guwahati in Assam, Shillong in Meg...
Posted on 6 November 2026 | 9:42 am
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Celebrity restaurateur and entrepreneur Paik Jong-won traded his usual role as a restaurant executive for that of a delivery rider, personally bringing pizzas to customers to promote a new menu item from his Paikboy Pizza chain. In a video uploaded Thursday to his YouTube channel, "Paik Jong-won,�...
Posted on 6 November 2026 | 9:42 am
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One evening in Seoul, having nothing better to do, I decided to go out on the town in Myeong-dong with my friend Ron Rezac, a fellow Peace Corps Volunteer. Back in the 1960s, Myeong-dong was a trendy spot for Korean youth, filled with bars, cafes and music venues. After a few hours and a few beers (...
Posted on 6 November 2026 | 9:42 am
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WASHINGTON — The United States is warning of an "ongoing cyber threat" to industrial refrigeration systems, saying in a statement issued Thursday that every organization that depends on cold storage should assume it could fall into the hackers' crosshairs. The statement said that unidentified "mal...
Posted on 6 November 2026 | 9:42 am
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KYIV, Ukraine — Russia and Ukraine exchanged airstrikes overnight as the second day of talks on Ukraine's postwar reconstruction and security guarantees once the fighting ends wrapped up in Brussels on Thursday. The latest Russian aerial barrage underscored the scale of the rebuilding task, as d...
Posted on 6 November 2026 | 9:42 am
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North Korea on Friday denounced the intergovernmental anti-money laundering body for keeping Pyongyang on its blacklist, claiming the agency serves the United States' hostile policy toward it. At a meeting in Paris in late October, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) decided to keep the North on ...
Posted on 6 November 2026 | 9:42 am
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DAEGU — Even with his club having played seven postseason games in a 10-day span starting in the final week of October, Samsung Lions manager Park Jin-man said Friday he was not worried about his players' fatigue level. The Lions knocked off the Kia Tigers in a hard-fought, five-game series in the...
Posted on 6 November 2026 | 9:42 am
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North Korea's parliament has held a presidium meeting to dismiss an assembly vice chairman and revise two laws, state media said Friday. The Standing Committee of North Korea's 15th Supreme People's Assembly (SPA) held its second plenary meeting Thursday, presided over by Vice Chairman Kim Hyong-sik...
Posted on 6 November 2026 | 9:42 am
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Timor-Leste President Jose Ramos-Horta, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, received this year's Internet Peace Prize at the National Assembly on Friday. The Sunfull Foundation, chaired by Chung-Ang University professor and anti-cyberbullying activist Min Byoung-chul, jointly hosted the event with the A...
Posted on 6 November 2026 | 9:42 am
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Political analysts expressed skepticism about President Lee Jae Myung's new YouTube talk show, intended to strengthen communication with the public, saying it is unlikely to attract broader interest or win greater public support. The program, President's Y, debuted Thursday evening as a prerecor...
Posted on 6 November 2026 | 9:42 am
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In response to foreign media reports that group NewJeans' exclusive contract contained unfair clauses, HYBE has stated that former Ador CEO Min Hee-jin was the contracting party at the time. In response, Min Hee-jin, the representative of OAKK Records and former CEO of Ador, countered that HYBE held...
Posted on 6 November 2026 | 9:42 am
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I got the call in the summer of 1977, after applying to the U.S. Peace Corps to serve overseas as a volunteer. The application form allowed us to cite three countries in which we thought we might like to serve. I listed Nepal, Kenya and (a throwaway choice for fun in the sun) the Caribbean. Peace Co...
Posted on 6 November 2026 | 9:42 am
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The National Assembly, led by the ruling Democratic Party (DP), passed a bill Friday calling for a special counsel probe into allegations of fabricated indictments targeting President Lee Jae Myung and others amid protests from the main opposition party. The special counsel bill passed a plenary ses...
Posted on 6 November 2026 | 9:42 am
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Lam Research said Friday it has appointed Kim Tae-won as the new regional vice president of Korea, succeeding Park Joon-hong, who has worked at the U.S. semiconductor equipment maker for nearly 25 years. Kim is a technology expert with more than 20 years of experience in the semiconductor industry, ...
Posted on 6 November 2026 | 9:42 am
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Nvidia Corp. has finalized its payment of $1 billion of investments to Naver Corp. on Friday and acquired 4.13 percent of the portal operator's shares through a third-party rights offering. The South Korean company said it has issued over 6.5 million shares through a private placement involving the ...
Posted on 6 November 2026 | 9:42 am
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Jennie, a member of K-pop girl group BLACKPINK, has taken part in the soundtrack for the upcoming Netflix animated film "Steps," her agency said Friday. "Someone to Hold," the song she recorded for the Netflix release, marks the first time the singer-rapper has participated in a soundtrack for an an...
Posted on 6 November 2026 | 9:42 am
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Behind the unexpected resurgence of Captain Q, which returned to the liquor market after an 11-year hiatus, was one man's four-year mission to reinvent the brand. His goal was to make the inexpensive rum-based spirit — once notorious for hangovers so severe that drinkers joked it took two days to ...
Posted on 6 November 2026 | 9:42 am
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Boy group NCT DREAM will host a listening party and a livestreamed comeback show around the release of its sixth full-length album, "DREAM AFTER DREAM," the group's agency SM Entertainment said Friday. The listening party will be held Saturday at a venue at 16 Yeonmujang 7-gil in Seongdong Dis...
Posted on 6 November 2026 | 9:42 am
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Gold investment has drawn renewed interest in Korea as international bullion prices rebound while domestic stocks sold off sharply following the Democrats' capture of both chambers of Congress in the U.S. midterm elections. The election outcome raised expectations that Congress could curb Presiden...
Posted on 6 November 2026 | 9:42 am
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Korea's bourse operator on Friday activated a circuit breaker for the benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) on an extended sell-off in tech shares. Trading of KOSPI-listed shares was halted for 20 minutes from 9:03, as the index plunged more than 8 percent from the previous session's c...
Posted on 6 November 2026 | 9:42 am
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WASHINGTON, United States, Nov 6, 2026 (AFP) - A US federal judge blocked President Donald Trump's massive triumphal arch project on Thursday, casting doubt over the future of the project hours after it was green-lit by a public commission. District Judge Tanya Chutkan, who is overseeing the case, r...
Posted on 6 November 2026 | 9:42 am
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MILAN — Bomb threats targeted more than a dozen flights in Europe on Thursday, leading to a slew of emergency landings and military escorts in some cases, authorities said. No hazardous or suspicious materials have been found in what a British official called "malicious" hoaxes. Several similar ...
Posted on 6 November 2026 | 9:42 am
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A Democratic sweep in the U.S. midterm elections could complicate South Korea's diplomacy and stall trade and nuclear negotiations with Washington, experts say, urging Seoul to adopt more sophisticated tactics. At a roundtable titled "Shifts in U.S. foreign policy after the midterm elections —...
Posted on 6 November 2026 | 9:42 am
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It may come as a shock to many these days that the Peace Corps once had a mission in Korea. The U.S. volunteer agency sent more than 2,000 young volunteers to Korea between 1966 and 1981 in 51 waves, from K-1 to K-51. The country they arrived in was very different from the advanced nation Korea has ...
Posted on 6 November 2026 | 9:42 am
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DAEGU — In pursuit of his first championship ring in his 23-year career, Samsung Lions catcher Kang Min-ho said Friday he is playing in the Korean Series through an oblique injury. He has been clearly hampered by the pain on his left side, unable to put much behind his swings, but the 41-year-old ...
Posted on 6 November 2026 | 9:42 am
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The KT Wiz welcomed one injured player back to their lineup but lost two others for the third game of the Korean Series on Friday. The Wiz and the Samsung Lions are tied at 1-1 in the best-of-seven championship battle, with Game 3 set for Friday evening at Daegu Samsung Lions Park in the southeaster...
Posted on 6 November 2026 | 9:42 am
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"Come in, try it out and leave us some feedback." At a pop-up store in Ikseon-dong, Jongno District, Seoul, on Oct. 30, prototypes showcasing the ideas of 19 young startup teams caught visitors' attention. Each team had set up an interactive space to present its products and services, ranging from K...
Posted on 6 November 2026 | 9:42 am
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SK Biopharmaceuticals, a Korean firm focused on developing original prescription drugs, has built a massive artificial intelligence (AI) dataset of more than 7 million chemical entries to streamline candidate screening for new therapies. The project is part of the Ministry of Science and ICT's pro...
Posted on 6 November 2026 | 9:42 am
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A review committee of the state arms agency on Friday passed the basic plan for South Korea's nuclear-powered submarine program, officials said, moving forward with efforts to build the core naval asset under an agreement with the United States. The decision-making body under the Defense Acquisition...
Posted on 6 November 2026 | 9:42 am
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WASHINGTON — Texas Governor-elect Gina Hinojosa said on Thursday that the state will introduce laws to protect its residents with regards to data centers, citing their impact on rural communities. With plentiful energy supplies, relatively cheap land and a pro-business policy, Texas has become one...
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