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  Four players ejected after fight breaks out in Pistons-Hornets game A fight broke out on an NBA court.  The Detroit Pistons played the Charlotte Hornets in a 2025-2026 NBA regular-season game at the Spectrum Center in Charlotte, North Carolina, on Monday (Korean time).  The altercation erupted midway through the third quarter after Detroit’s Jalen Duren was fouled while driving to the basket. Duren and Charlotte’s Moussa Diabate went forehead-to-forehead, and Duren shoved Diabate in the face. Diabate then threw a punch at Duren after breaking through te February 10, 2026
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  IBK Industrial Bank CEO Blocked From Office as Union Presses Pay Dispute Jang Min Young, CEO of IBK Industrial Bank of Korea, has been unable to enter his office for 19 days since his appointment because of union opposition. Blocking a new CEO’s first days at work has repeatedly occurred at the state-run bank, but this time the union says it will keep Jang out until he brings back a solution with financial regulators over overtime pay. The standoff has raised concerns in the financial sector that a leadership vacuum could drag on.  Jang arrived at the bank’s he February 10, 2026
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  BYD Korea to Offer Free Vehicle Inspections at 17 Service Centers for Lunar New Year BYD Korea said Monday it will run a Lunar New Year free inspection campaign to help drivers prepare for holiday travel. The campaign will be held over eight days at 17 BYD Auto service centers nationwide: three days before the holiday (Feb. 11-13) and five days after (Feb. 19-20 and Feb. 23-25). During the campaign, BYD Korea will provide detailed free checks of items important for long-distance driving, including power-battery condition, underbody inspection, the brake system and whet February 10, 2026
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  T’way Air to Launch Incheon-Jakarta Route in April, First for South Korean LCCs T’way Air said Monday it has opened reservations for its upcoming Incheon-Jakarta service, becoming the first South Korean low-cost carrier to launch the route. The airline plans to begin flights on April 29, operating five times a week on Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. It will use an Airbus A330-300 with 347 seats, including 12 business-class and 335 economy seats. Flights will depart Incheon International Airport at 3:10 p.m. and arrive at Jakarta’s Soekarno-Hatta Inter February 10, 2026
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  South Korea’s Kim Sang-gyeom wins Olympic silver; Yoo Seung-eun takes bronze in snowboard big air South Korea’s once-thin record in snow sports gained two landmark Olympic medals in Livigno, Italy. Kim Sang-gyeom, a 37-year-old snowboarder who kept training while working construction day jobs, won silver to deliver South Korea’s 400th Olympic medal overall. A day later, 18-year-old Yoo Seung-eun overcame injuries to win bronze, the first Olympic medal by a South Korean woman in a ski or snowboard event. Kim and Yoo earned their medals one day apart in snowboarding at the 2026 Milan-Cor February 10, 2026
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  Hyundai Motor CEO Munoz: 125.2 trillion won for South Korea, 35 trillion won for North America over 5 years Hyundai Motor CEO Jose Munoz laid out large investment plans for South Korea and the United States, while also signaling a push to expand in emerging markets such as China and India. In an email to employees on Monday titled “Our Goals and Direction for 2026,” Munoz said Hyundai Motor will invest 125.2 trillion won in South Korea over the next five years, its largest-ever domestic investment plan, and about 35 trillion won in North America, or $26 billion. He added that the company is pre February 10, 2026
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  Catcher Choi Jae Hoon Out of South Korea’s 2026 WBC Team With Finger Injury; Kim Hyeong Jun Added Hanwha Eagles catcher Choi Jae Hoon has been dropped from South Korea’s roster for the 2026 World Baseball Classic after injuring a finger.  The Korea Baseball Organization’s national team strengthening committee said Tuesday that Kim Hyeong Jun of the NC Dinos will replace Choi, who recently broke a finger during Hanwha’s winter training.  Kim will join LG Twins catcher Park Dong Won as South Korea’s catchers for the WBC. Kim had been left off the roster while rehabbing after breaking February 10, 2026
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  FKI Calls for Clearer Breach-of-Trust Standards to Boost Corporate Risk-Taking South Korea should refine the legal elements of its breach-of-trust crime to encourage entrepreneurship and investment in advanced industries such as artificial intelligence, batteries and biotechnology, a business group said. The Korea Federation of Korean Industries, known as FKI, said it held a seminar in Seoul on Monday at the FKI Tower conference center in Yeouido titled “Problems and Improvement Measures for the Breach-of-Trust Crime.” In opening remarks, FKI Executive Vice Chair February 10, 2026
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  Survey: 75% of South Korean new-car shoppers are open to EVs, wary of Chinese brands Consumers say trust and safety matter most when buying an electric vehicle, a survey found. Chabot Mobility said on Monday that 75.1% of 450 people planning to buy a new car this year expressed interest in purchasing an EV. The largest share, 41.9%, said an EV is among the options they are considering. Another 18.4% said they are actively considering an EV, and 9.4% said they have decided on one. By age group, interest was highest among people in their 20s, at 100%, and those in their 30 February 10, 2026
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  K Car Posts Record 2025 Operating Profit of 76 Billion Won K Car, a South Korean used-car platform that sells vehicles directly, said it set record highs in both revenue and operating profit last year. The company said Monday it posted preliminary full-year revenue of 2.4388 trillion won and operating profit of 76 billion won. Revenue rose 6% from a year earlier and operating profit increased 11.5%. K Car said it lifted sales 1.4% despite a 2.2% year-over-year drop in used-car registrations amid financial-market volatility and worries about a slo February 10, 2026