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  World Cup Rights Talks Stall in South Korea, Raising Concerns Over Public Access With about 70 days left until the 2026 North America World Cup, South Korea’s three terrestrial broadcasters and JTBC held talks over broadcast rights but failed to narrow their differences. The meeting on March 30 was chaired by Kim Jong-cheol, chairman of the Broadcasting Media Communications Commission, and attended by KBS President Park Jang-beom, MBC President Ahn Hyeong-jun, SBS President Bang Moon-shin and JTBC President Jeon Jin-bae. The two sides did not reach an agreement. March 30, 2026
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  Lee Dong-hwi Balances Acting Immersion and Producer Realities in 'Method Acting' Every production holds countless perspectives. The same place and time can feel different depending on where a director or actor stands. “Choi Song-hui’s B-Cut” looks beyond the “A-cut” on screen to the vivid record of what happened off camera. By weaving interviews with directors and actors, it reconstructs the “B-cut” moments that were often more intense than the finished frame. <Editor’s note> For actor Lee Dong-hwi, “Method Acting” is more than another credit. It is his first March 30, 2026
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  Kim Hyo-joo wins Ford Championship for second straight year, sets new goals after two straight LPGA titles Kim Hyo-joo, who has won two straight LPGA Tour titles, said she has already achieved her season goal of two victories and will set a new target. Kim won the Ford Championship on March 30 (Korean time) at Whirlwind Golf Club in Phoenix, Arizona, finishing at 28-under 260 on the par-72 course. The tournament purse was $2.25 million, and she earned $337,500 (about 510 million won) in prize money. Kim, who won this event last year, captured the Ford Championship for a second consecutive year March 30, 2026
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  Samsung Fire & Marine Names Tommy Tiilikainen as New Head Coach Samsung Fire & Marine, which finished last in the men’s V-League this season, has appointed Finnish coach Tommy Tiilikainen as its new head coach. The club announced the hire on March 30, signing Tiilikainen to a two-year contract. The team said detailed terms would not be disclosed by mutual agreement. Samsung Fire & Marine has won a men’s-record eight championship titles, but has not won since the 2014-2015 season. Its last postseason appearance was in 2017-2018. During the March 30, 2026
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  South Korea to Bar Loan Maturity Extensions for Multi-Homeowners, Tighten Household Debt Growth Financial regulators are set to announce new measures this week aimed at curbing household lending, including a plan to generally bar extensions of loan maturities for borrowers who own multiple homes. The steps are expected to align with tighter real estate rules by sharply lowering the target growth rate for total household debt and setting a separate target for mortgage lending. According to the financial sector on March 30, the Financial Services Commission will hold a household debt March 30, 2026
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  TWS Builds Momentum With Seoul Fan Meeting and Sold-Out VR Concert Ahead of April 27 Comeback Group TWS has extended its momentum from a fan meeting to a successful VR concert as it heads toward a comeback on April 27. Moving between live venues and movie theaters, the group has expanded its presence in the first quarter of 2026. TWS met fans from March 27-29 at Ticketlink Live Arena at Olympic Park in Seoul’s Songpa district, holding its second fan meeting, “42:CLUB” in Seoul (2026 TWS 2ND FANMEETING “42:CLUB” IN SEOUL). The three-day event ended to strong crowd response, undersc March 30, 2026
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  Past Post Attributed to Translator Hwang Seok-hee Resurfaces After Sex Crime Report A past online post believed to have been written by translator Hwang Seok-hee drew renewed attention after reports said he committed three sex crimes, including quasi-rape and filming a person’s body. On the 30th, an online community circulated the post, which was attributed to Hwang. In the post, Hwang wrote that students sometimes send him messages using words such as “role model,” “mentor” and “respect,” but that he tells them not to respect him or think of him as a mentor. “One day, March 30, 2026
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  BTS’ ‘ARIRANG’ Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200 for Seventh Career Top Spot BTS has returned to the top of the U.S. Billboard 200 with its fifth full-length album, “ARIRANG,” setting new weekly marks for a group album on sales and streaming. According to Billboard’s chart preview posted Monday on its website, “ARIRANG” debuted at No. 1 on the April 4-dated Billboard 200 with 641,000 equivalent album units. Billboard said it is the biggest weekly total for a group album since the chart began tracking units in December 2014. Pure album sales totaled 532,000. Billb March 30, 2026
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  Samsung Biologics Faces First-Ever Strike Threat as Union Vote Tops 95% Samsung Biologics is facing the threat of its first strike since it was founded in 2011. The company’s union said March 29 that 95.52% of eligible voters backed strike action in a completed vote. Of 3,678 eligible voters, the union said, the approval rate reached 95.52%. The union has 3,689 members, about 75% of the company’s workforce. Labor and management have held 13 rounds of wage and collective bargaining talks but have not narrowed their differences. The union is seeking an avera March 30, 2026
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  Hanwha Pompidou Center to Open in Seoul in June With Cubism Exhibition Hanwha Culture Foundation and France’s Pompidou Center will open Pompidou Center Hanwha in June at the 63 Building in Seoul’s Yeouido district. The foundation said Monday that the museum, completed in late February, is finishing interior work and opening preparations and plans to welcome visitors starting June 4. Over the next four years, Pompidou Center Hanwha will stage two exhibitions a year based on the Pompidou’s internationally known collection. It also plans to present two to March 30, 2026