The size of rice paddies in Korea fell 1.5 percent on-year to hit an all-time low in 2024, data showed Tuesday. The country’s rice paddies totaled 697,714 hectares in 2024 compared with 708,012 hectares a year earlier, according to Statistics Korea. The figure has been on a constant decrease, dropping from more than 1 million […]
Injury Ward KT Adjusts Starting Rotation… Right-Hander Han Cha-hyun Joins Starting Lineup Sovereign, who performed poorly in the LG match, moves back to the bullpen. ‘Injury Ward’ KT Wiz changed the starting rotation again. Ju-won, who moved from the bullpen to the starter, moves back to the bullpen, and fourth-year right-handed pitcher Han Cha-hyeon (25) […]
Canoe Signs Cho Kwang-hee and Jang Sang-won Narrowly Miss Out on Participating in the Paris Olympics 2nd place in the final qualifying round by 0.189 seconds… Cho Kwang-hee’s third consecutive Olympic appearance canceled. Korea’s canoe team, Kwang-hee Cho (Ulsan Metropolitan City Hall) and Sang-won Jang (Incheon Yeonsu-gu Office), who teamed up to win a silver […]
‘2 Errors’ Doosan – ‘8 Bases Left on Base’ Lotte, Tie After 12 Extra Innings Professional baseball’s Doosan Bears and Lotte Giants were unable to decide on a win or loss even after 12 extra innings. Doosan and Lotte drew 3-3 in the professional baseball 2024 Shinhan Bank SOL KBO League match held at Jamsil […]
The Celtic Wins 3-2 Against St Mirren in the Final Match… Korean Trio Absent Celtic’s Yang Hyun-jun and Oh Hyeon-gyu, and St. Mirren’s Kwon Hyuk-gyu are all excluded from the list. Celtic, who achieved their third consecutive Scottish Premiership title, defeated St Mirren in the final match of the regular season. The Celtic achieved a […]
President Yoon Suk Yeol said Thursday that the questioning of first lady Kim Keon Hee outside the prosecution office was not due to preferential treatment and took place per relevant protocols. Prosecutors questioned Kim at a presidential security facility instead of the prosecution office on July 20 over a series of allegations, including her acceptance […]
The Constitutional Court ruled Thursday that the nation’s carbon reduction law does not conform with the Constitution as it fails to protect people’s basic human rights beyond 2031. It asked the National Assembly to revise the law by Feb. 28, 2026. Otherwise, the current law will cease to have effect. The court ruled unanimously that […]
The Constitutional Court on Thursday again rejected the National Assembly’s impeachment motion of a prosecutor, saying the reasoning was unspecified or not relevant to duty and, therefore, not valid grounds for impeachment. The nine-member court unanimously reached the decision, nearly nine months after the opposition Democratic Party-controlled National Assembly passed the impeachment motion against Lee […]
A presidential committee on medical reform said Friday it has proposed increasing cost coverage rates by the state health insurance system in essential medical fields within three years. The proposal by the presidential committee also aims to bolster compensation for six medical fields, including emergency rooms, pediatrics and obstetrics. The move is aimed at improving […]
Shinhan Financial Group plans to solidify its standing as the top foreign financial entity in Vietnam, as illustrated by the relocation of over 1,200 employees of five group subsidiaries to the economic hub of Ho Chi Minh City. The five oversee the group’s banking, cards, brokerage, life insurance and digital solutions. The group will fortify […]
