Prolific Hong Kong filmmaker says his best is yet to come

SEOUL, July 11 (AJU PRESS) - Hong Kong noir auteur Johnnie To recently visited Korea as his film was invited to a special screening at this year's Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (BIFAN) which kicked off last week. The high-resolution version of his 2004 film "Throw Down" was screened on July 5 at the Asia’s largest genre film festival. The martial arts film, known as his homage to legendary Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa, revolves around the sto

July 11, 2024

Opinion: The end of superpower conflict was 'fantasy era,' cold wars are back

SEOUL, July 11 (AJU PRESS) - "This is a book about a global shock that took Washington by surprise: the revival of superpower conflict," reads the introduction of New Cold Wars, by Pulitzer prize-winning New York Times journalist David E. Sanger. From the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 to the invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, he writes, "There was a sense of certainty that the greatest byproduct of America's undeniable victory in the Cold War was something li

July 11, 2024

Turkish delegation seeks business partnership opportunities at biotech conference in Seoul

SEOUL, July 10 (AJU PRESS) - A Turkish delegation, including Vice Minister of Türkiye's Ministry of Industry and Technology Çetin Ali Dönmez, attended Bioplus Interphex Korea 2024, a three-day biotechnology conference and exhibition that was kicked off in southern Seoul on Wednesday. The delegation, comprised of the vice minister and representatives from four biotechnology firms, aimed to explore business opportunities, foster collaborations with Korean counte

July 10, 2024

PHOTOS: Medical workers call for public healthcare reform

SEOUL, July 10 (AJU PRESS) - The Korean Health and Medical Workers' Union held a rally in front of the National Assembly in Yeouido, Seoul, on Wednesday. Union members urged the government to enhance the nation’s public healthcare system. They also raised concerns about wage arrears in hospitals and the restructuring of medical workers. Following the rally, a public forum on healthcare was held in the National Assembly with the participation of members of the Health and Welfare C

July 10, 2024

Four dead, one missing as heavy rains swept central Korea

SEOUL, July 10 (AJU PRESS) - Heavy rains swept through central and southwestern Korea on Wednesday, leaving four people dead and one person missing, officials said. The storms caused widespread flooding and infrastructure damage, with some areas receiving over 110 millimeters of rain per hour. The Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters reported that as of 11 a.m., four fatalities were confirmed in the central Chungcheong provinces and the southeastern city of Da

July 10, 2024

Yoon set for slew of bilateral talks on sidelines of NATO summit

SEOUL, July 10 (AJU PRESS) - President Yoon Suk Yeol is set to hold bilateral talks with heads of state from at least 10 countries on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Washington this week. Yoon was invited to the summit for the third consecutive year as Korea was included as one of four Indo Pacific partners, dubbed IP4, along with Australia, Japan and New Zealand. According to the presidential office on Tuesday, Yoon was initially planned to hold biliteral meetings with the l

July 10, 2024

Samsung set to unveil new AI-powered foldables, first smart ring in Paris

SEOUL, July 10 (AJU PRESS) - Samsung Electronics is set to introduce its latest foldable phones, the Galaxy Z Flip and Fold 6, alongside its first smart ring, the Galaxy Ring, at the Galaxy Unpacked 2024 event in Paris on Wednesday (local time). The showcase, held at the Louvre Museum, will also feature the Galaxy Watch 7 and Galaxy Buds 3. The Z Flip and Fold 6 series, Samsung's second artificial intelligence-powered smartphones after the Galaxy S24, are expected to integrate A

July 10, 2024

Unionized workers at Samsung Electronics go on indefinite strike

SEOUL, July 10 (AJU PRESS) - Unionized workers at Samsung Electronics went on an indefinite strike Wednesday, extending the first-ever labor strife in the tech giant’s 55-year history as they demanded higher pay and a better bonus system. The National Samsung Electronics Labor Union (NSELU) had been staging a three-day strike since Monday after their negotiations with management fell apart. The union originally planned a second five-day walkout starting next Monday but chan

July 10, 2024

Musk hails 'smart' Korean investors as Tesla reclaims title of most-held foreign stock

SEOUL, July 10 (AJU PRESS) -Tesla CEO Elon Musk called Korean investors "smart people" in response to news that his company has become the most-held foreign stock in the country. The world's richest person made the remark on Monday in a comment on a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, which read, "$TSLA is the #1 stock held by Koreans today.” The post on Teslaconomics, a Tesla news account, featured an image combining the Korean national flag with the worl

July 10, 2024

Opinion: Xi, Putin talk up growth of their Eurasian bloc organization as counterweight to NATO

SEOUL, July 10 (AJU PRESS) - At NATO's 75th anniversary summit there has been, as you'd expect, a lot of attention on Russia's war against Ukraine. It's undoubtedly the most significant immediate challenge to NATO with wider implications for the rest of the globe. Yet beyond the headlines of the war in Ukraine, an even more significant challenge is looming. There's no doubt the world is seeing the reconfiguration of the existing international order. China and Rus

July 10, 2024