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  Event promoting Korea underway in Paris ahead of Olympics SEOUL, May 07 (AJU PRESS) - A Korea-themed festival featuring various events and splendid programs are currently underway across France, under the name of "2024 Korean Season." More than a dozen Korean cultural organizations including the Korea Tourism Organization and Korean Foundation for International Cultural Exchange, are actively promoting Korea at the festival which runs for six months. The festival kicked off with a captivating performance and dance battle b May 7, 2024
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  Stray Kids to drop collaborative single with Charlie Puth this week SEOUL, May 07 (AJU PRESS) - Boy band Stray Kids are set to release their new single "Lose My Breath" later this week. The single featuring a collaboration with American singer-songwriter Charlie Puth will be available on major music-streaming sites this Friday, according to the eight-member band's agency JYP Entertainment. Excitement has been building among fans since teaser videos and posters for the single were revealed last week, as it soured to the top on YouTube May 7, 2024
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  Korean oil refiners ramp up car wash business amid declining profit margins SEOUL, May 07 (AJU PRESS) – Major Korean oil refiners are expanding their presence in the market of automatic no-brush tunnel car washes as part of efforts to improve their bottom line as higher oil prices and operating costs are squeezing their profit margins. HD Hyundai Oil Bank signed a cooperation agreement with domestic unmanned no-brush car wash service operator Come In Wash last week to accelerate the distribution of an automated no-brush tunnel car wash system to its May 7, 2024
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  BTS leader RM to drop prerelease track from second solo album this week SEOUL, May 07 (AJU PRESS) - BTS leader RM will drop "Come Back to Me," a prerelease track from his upcoming second solo album, this week, its agency said Tuesday. The indie-pop song and its music video will be unveiled at 1 p.m. Friday ahead of the release of the 11-track album titled "Right Place, Wrong Person" slated for May 24, according to Big Hit Music. The music video was written, directed, and produced by Lee Sung-jin, who directed the awar May 7, 2024
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  Opinion: What a second Trump presidency might mean for the rest of the world SEOUL, May 07 (AJU PRESS) - Just over six months ahead of the U.S. election, the world is starting to consider what a return to a Trump presidency might mean. While Americans might be weighing up the difference between the two candidates domestic policies, the rest of the globe is more interested in what foreign policy decisions he might make. Donald Trump has already hinted at some areas he is particularly likely to address: China, NATO, Ukraine and Gaza among them. Recent statem May 7, 2024
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  Opinion: Global auditions are changing the 'K' in K-pop SEOUL, May 07 (AJU PRESS) - K-pop giant JYP Entertainment recently launched VCHA, an all-female idol group composed entirely of members from Canada and the United States, who had passed auditions held in North America. The band says its members' backgrounds include Korean, white, Latino, Black, Vietnamese and Hmong ancestries. The once-novel idea of a K-pop group without Korean members, which caught the attention of the BBC and CNN, now seems on the brink of becoming the norm. May 7, 2024
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  Commemorative event explores Tagore's legacy in Korea SEOUL, May 03 (AJU PRESS) - An event celebrating the birthday of Indian philosopher and poet Rabindranath Tagore took place on Korea's picturesque Nami Island near Chuncheon, Gangwon Province on Friday. This year marks the 163rd birth anniversary of Tagore, born in 1861, who became the first non-European Nobel laureate in literature in 1913. Hosted by Nami Island Arts & Education in collaboration with Indian and Bangladesh embassies, the event started with an opening ce May 3, 2024
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  Africa represents important, often overlooked security challenge KENOSHA, May 03 (AJU PRESS) - The United States is being unceremoniously evicted from the African nation of Niger. Meeting in Washington D.C., Niger Prime Minister Ali Lamine Zeine informed Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell that all 1,000 U.S. special operations troops and other personnel must vacate the country. This is a major setback, during a time of general instability in that region. Last year, the leader of Gabon, Ali Bongo, was removed in a sudden military coup on A May 3, 2024
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  VISUALS: Indian philosopher Tagore's 163rd birth anniversary celebrated on Nami Island SEOUL, May 03 (AJU PRESS) - An event to celebrate the 163rd birthday anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore, the first Asian Nobel Prize winner in literature, poet and philosopher, was held on Nami Island in Chuncheon, Gangwon Province, on Friday. Hosted by Nami Island Arts & Education in collaboration with Indian and Bangladesh embassies, Tagore devotees and many other visitors gathered for the event to remember the renowned poet. Indian Ambassador to Korea Amit Kumar and Bangladesh Ambassad May 3, 2024
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  John Y. Lee, Korean War hero who interpreted for MacArthur, dies at 95 SEOUL, May 03 (AJU PRESS) – John Y. Lee, a Korean War hero famous for serving as an interpreter for Gen. Douglas MacArthur during the 1950 Incheon Landing Operation, died in Atalanta, the U.S., on Wednesday (local time). He was 95. The Korean-born U.S. lawyer received the U.S. Legion of Merit in April 1952 from then-President Harry S. Truman for his service in many crucial battles during the 1950-53 war. He also won the St. Maurice Medal from the U.S. National Infantry Associa May 3, 2024