Baeksang Arts Awards nominations spark backlash over Yoo Jae-suk omission The biggest reaction to the 62nd Baeksang Arts Awards nominations did not center on presumed front-runners, but on who was missing. Nominees for the men’s variety award were Kwak Beom, Kian84, Kim Won-hoon, Lee Seo-jin and Choo Sung-hoon. Nominees for the variety program award were “Extreme 84,” “Rookie Director Kim Yeon-kyeong,” “Our Ballad,” “Office Workers Season 2” and “Black and White Chef: Cooking Class War Season 2.” Yoo, who drew major attention again this year, and programs h April 15, 2026

Celltrion Named to S&P Global CSA Top 1% in Biotechnology for ESG Performance Celltrion said April 15 it was named a “Top 1%” company in the biotechnology sector in S&P Global’s Corporate Sustainability Assessment, or CSA. The company was also listed as an “Industry Mover,” citing the scale of its year-on-year improvement in environmental, social and governance, or ESG, performance. The CSA evaluates ESG performance across more than 12,000 companies worldwide and ranks top performers by industry. Results are reflected in S&P Global’s Sustainability Yearbo April 15, 2026

Lotte Biologics to Present SoluFlex Link ADC Platform Data at AACR 2026 Lotte Biologics said Tuesday it will present research results on its antibody-drug conjugate, or ADC, platform technology, SoluFlex Link, at the American Association for Cancer Research meeting, AACR 2026, to be held April 17-22 in San Diego. At the conference, the company will disclose results from an evaluation of the structural stability of an ADC using SoluFlex Link technology co-developed with Kanaph Therapeutics. According to Lotte Biologics, an analysis of aggregate changes over April 15, 2026

Choi Yeon-su, Daughter of Chef Choi Hyun-seok, Says Baby Kicks Feel Like They Could Break Her Ribs Model and actor Choi Yeon-su, the daughter of chef Choi Hyun-seok, said she is in pain as she nears childbirth. On the 14th, Choi wrote on social media, "The fetal movement is so strong it feels like my ribs could break." A day earlier, during a Q&A session titled "Ask Me Anything," she said she had gained 15 kilograms and complained about changes to her appearance, adding that her body had changed "to the point it's hard to handle." Choi became known after appearing on Channel A's " April 15, 2026

KLPGA Holds Youth Golf Volunteer Clinic With 2025 Money Leader Hong Jeong-min The Korea Ladies Professional Golf Association, or KLPGA, said it held its volunteer talent-sharing program, "KLPGA with YOU," on April 14 at Gamsung Elementary School in Sejong City with Hong Jeong-min, last season’s money leader. KLPGA with YOU is run for schools that received support through the KLPGA’s "Youth Golf Environment Project," which helps establish practice facilities and provides donated golf equipment. Hong, who won three titles on the 2025 KLPGA regular tour and finished a April 15, 2026

Korea Tourism Organization to Pilot K League Train-and-Stay Travel Packages in May The Korea Tourism Organization said Tuesday it will pilot a stay-style travel product tied to professional soccer matches, called 'K League Trip Day,' in May with Korail Tourism Development and the Korea Professional Football League. The program is designed to encourage fans to travel by train as high fuel prices raise the cost of driving, and to turn large-scale matchday travel into longer stays that support local businesses. A same-day package aimed at away fans will be offered April 15, 2026

Shinhan Bank Tops South Korea’s Retirement Pension Market With 54.74 Trillion Won Shinhan Bank said it has become the top financial institution in South Korea’s retirement pension market. The bank said Tuesday that its retirement pension assets reached 54.7391 trillion won, based on disclosures on the Financial Supervisory Service’s Integrated Pension Portal. It said the figure is the largest across the financial industry, including banks, securities firms and insurers. Shinhan Bank said assets grew evenly across defined benefit (DB), defined contribution (DC) and ind April 15, 2026

BTS Places Six Songs on Billboard Hot 100 for Third Straight Week BTS extended its run on Billboard’s main singles chart, placing six songs on the Hot 100 for a third consecutive week. The group also appeared on Rolling Stone’s May special cover, underscoring its global profile. According to Billboard’s latest charts released April 14, “SWIM,” the title track from BTS’ fifth full-length album “ARIRANG,” ranked No. 5 on the April 18 Hot 100. Five other tracks from the album also charted: “Body to Body” at No. 52, “2.0” at No. 67, “Hooligan” at No. 72, “N April 15, 2026

Toss Signs MOU With Korea Franchise Association to Expand FacePay Viva Republica, the operator of Toss, is moving to expand use of its FacePay service. Toss said on 15일 it signed a strategic memorandum of understanding with the Korea Franchise Industry Association. Under the agreement, the two sides plan to roll out Toss’ facial-recognition payment service, FacePay, across franchise stores. The association will support adoption among its member companies, while Toss will provide the payment infrastructure and technology. FacePay is a simple payment April 15, 2026

Korean Drugmakers Reshape R&D as Price Cuts and Commercial Law Changes Loom Korean drugmakers are reorganizing research and development around their headquarters and speeding up outside hiring and internal reshuffles as policy changes such as drug price cuts and revisions to the Commercial Act take shape. The moves are aimed at concentrating new-drug development and commercialization capabilities as profitability is expected to come under pressure. According to the industry on the 14th, Ildong Pharmaceutical decided the previous day to merge its R&D subsidiary Unov April 14, 2026