South Korea "The Woman in the Mist": Directing Award for Park Chan-wook Park Chan-wook has won the Best Director award at Cannes. photo © Vianney Le Caer/Invision/AP/dpa Park Chan-wook is one of the great masters of South Korean cinema. With the award-winning thriller "The Woman in the Fog" he has created a visual masterpiece. South Korea has been an important part of the international film landscape not just since the success of "Parasite". Park Chan-wook ("The Pickpocket", "Stoker") has long...
Pyongyang wanted once again this Sunday to make things clear about its involvement in the war in Ukraine. North Korea has denied supplying weapons to Moscow after Washington accused it of delivering rockets and missiles to the Russian paramilitary group Wagner.Last week, White House Security Council spokesman John Kirby released US intelligence footage showing alleged Russian train cars returning from North Korea loaded with military equipment, including rockets for Wagner. In the process, the United States designated Wagner as a...
South Korea Crypto News The “Virtual Currency Tracking System” is used to verify transaction history. Retrieve transaction related information And check the source of money before and after transferring money. The Ministry of Justice in South Korea has announced plans to use crypto technology to combat money laundering and find a way to recover funds involved in criminal activity. The “Virtual Currency Tracking System” is used to verify transaction history. Retrieve transaction related information and verify the source of funds...
North Korea denies supplying arms to Russia North Korea on Sunday issued a denial of claims by Washington that the Pyongyang regime was supplying arms to Moscow. As part of a press conference held on January 20, White House Security Council spokesman John Kirby released US intelligence footage showing alleged Russian railcars from Korea from the North loaded with military equipment, including rocket launchers and ammunition for the paramilitary group Wagner engaged in Ukraine. In the process, the United States...
Status: 01/25/2023 11:11 am North Korea had already declared the corona virus defeated. According to a media report, a new lockdown has now been imposed in the capital Pyongyang. Officially, the step is only justified with "respiratory diseases". According to a report, North Korea has ordered a five-day lockdown for the capital Pyongyang because of "respiratory diseases". As the South Korean news website "NK News" reported, citing a government announcement, residents of the North Korean capital were ordered to stay...
accidents Cargo ship sinks between South Korea and Japan South Korean Coast Guard search for crew members of a cargo ship that sunk in waters between South Korea and Japan. photo © -/The Korea Coast Guard/dpa A cargo ship loaded with timber sinks in the waters between South Korea and Japan. Several sailors can be recovered alive. More than a dozen crew members have been pulled from the water during search and rescue operations after a cargo ship sank in...
News from South Korea Will the next hit after "Squid Game" be coming soon? Lee Do-hyun (left) and Song Hye-kyo wow viewers in Netflix's "The Glory." © Graphyoda/Netflix 2022 "Squid Game" delighted numerous viewers in 2021. Will the streaming services deliver another hype series from South Korea in 2023? Is the next series high-flyer from South Korea already on the way? Streaming services such as Disney+, Apple TV, Amazon Prime Video and Netflix have relied on Korean productions for years....
analysis conflict North Korea's wartime behavior has South Korea considering its own nuclear bombs. It could endanger the security of East Asia Kim Jong Un (l.) Missile tests are causing South Korea great concern. That's why South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeoul (right) is considering having his own nuclear weapons. © Yonhap/KCNA via KNS/AFP North Korea's missile tests and nuclear threats are worrying South Koreans. So much so that the South Korean president is considering developing his own nuclear weapons...
About 500 people have been brought to safety because of a large fire in a shanty town in the South Korean capital Seoul. Dozens of dwellings in the Guryong settlement in the south of the metropolis burned down in the fire early on Friday morning, reports South Korean broadcasters and the national news agency Yonhap, citing the fire brigade. The people who lost their homes would be temporarily housed in nearby hotels, the fire department said. According to them, there...
South Korea Deadly mass panic in Seoul: 23 officials face charges A man bows in memory of the victims of a deadly stampede following Halloween celebrations in Seoul. photo © Ahn Young-Joon/AP/dpa/Archive The accident, in which almost 160 people died, caused horror. The accusations against the authorities that they did not do enough are getting louder. The public prosecutor's office is now taking over the investigation. Two and a half months ago, a deadly stampede during Halloween celebrations in Seoul,...
