SEOUL (Bernama-Yonhap): A court on Friday sentenced opposition leader Lee Jae-myung to a suspended one-year prison term for lying during the previous presidential campaign when he was a candidate, a ruling that if upheld will strip him of his parliamentary seat and bar him from running in the next presidential election in 2027. Yonhap news agency...
While some Malay tourists lament how there aren’t many Halal food options when they holiday in South Korea, a dragon beard candy street stall owner in Myeongdong, Seoul is making Malay tourists feel a little more welcomed. The stall owner, who goes by @yoonnala879 on TikTok, has gone viral for being very fluent in Malay. In one...
SEOUL: Ever since the arrival of her daughter six years ago, the precious little being has become the centre of Park Eun-jeong’s world. It also marked the beginning of a new dynamic in her marriage – a sexless, more companionate relationship with her husband. “(After the baby was born,) we gradually drifted into a sexless relationship....
SEOUL: An appellate court ruled on Oct 15 that an assault on a female convenience store clerk by a man in Jinju, in South Gyeongsang province, who was allegedly motivated by her short haircut, constituted a misogynistic hate crime. The landmark ruling is the first time that a South Korean court has explicitly recognised misogyny as...
KOTA KINABALU: Negotiating skills can make or break a sale, more so if you can speak the language. In Sabah’s seafood and dive haven of Semporna, local traders have learned basic Mandarin with some even conversing in Korean as tourism activities pick up and visitor arrivals from China and South Korea increase. From learning basic numbers for...
SEOUL: South Korea's prosecution is facing a dilemma over the high-profile luxury Dior bag case involving first lady Kim Keon Hee, as the investigation review committee for the nation's top prosecution body gave the upper hand to the pastor who wishes to be indicted in the graft case in hopes of bringing the first lady...
Imagine being super hyped to go on vacation, only to be denied entry upon reaching your destination. That’s what happened to a Thai woman, who landed in South Korea on September 3. She took to the Facebook group ‘Travelling to Korea by Yourself’ to recount the unpleasant experience. Upon arriving in South Korea, the woman was allegedly posed a number of...
JINJU (SOUTH KOREA): Construction of the 18 FA-50M light fighter jets ordered by Malaysia has reached 39% and the Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) is expected to receive the first batch of these jets in 2026, says Defence Minister Datuk Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin. He said all of these light fighter jets are being built according...
South Korean pop idols are often objects of fantasy, prompting malicious internet users to feature their likenesses in deepfake pornographic photos and videos. This phenomenon is becoming so widespread in South Korea that a major K-pop label has declared its intention to take legal action. JYP Entertainment, the entertainment company representing girl band TWICE, announced on August...
SEOUL: A man in his 20s died on Aug 13 from what is thought to be an acute reaction from extreme heat exposure, raising the nationwide death toll due to heat-related illnesses to 22 as of Aug 15. Of the 2,570 who have been diagnosed with heat-related illnesses, 22 people have died since May 20 until...
