The U.S. special envoy for North Korean human rights on Friday highlighted an increase in repression within the reclusive regime over the past few years as she renewed Washington’s call for Pyongyang to return
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has called on officials to fight against corruption and eradicate abuse of power in a message seen aimed at tightening a grip on social discipline and enhancing internal solidarity.
The Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) concludes its 10-day run later in the day, setting a new record for audience turnout, the organizing committee said Friday.
Asia’s biggest annual film festival, which kicked off
A Korean writers’ association on Friday welcomed Han Kang’s winning of the Nobel Prize in literature as “a blessing for literary language.”
Han, 53, was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature on Thursday for
Kim Beom-su, founder of tech giant Kakao Corp., has filed for bail two months after being arrested over suspected stock manipulation related to the firm’s takeover of a K-pop agency last year, sources said