MILAN — Looking for a love declaration for fashionistas? Try with “Hundred years ain’t enough when I’m here with you / You appeared out of nowhere like Peekaboo.” Fendi’s signature bag made its way into the opening lines of Bang Chan’s new track “Roman Empire,” which is to be officially released on Nov. 3 and will take…
An electronic board showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index at a dealing room of the Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul on Wednesday. (Yonhap) South Korean stocks set a fresh record high Wednesday on hopes for the Seoul-Washington summit and a potential supply deal with Nvidia. The local currency was trading higher against the US…
W Korea’s posts showing now-deleted photos of celebrities attending this year’s Love Your W event (Instagram) Charity galas are meant to blend glamour with goodwill. But when the spotlight shifts too much toward spectacle and the funds raised fall short, public criticism often follows. That is what happened to W Korea. On Sunday, the magazine…
KT program enabling pre-arrival SIM registrations for foreign nationals criticized for lax ID checks The webpage outlines a KT mobile service plan for Nepali visa holders, allowing pre-arrival registration using a passport and before receiving a residence card. (Courtesy of Rep. Choi Hyung-du’s office) Some foreign nationals can sign up for South Korean mobile phone…
There’s a long history of K-Pop artists — known simply as “Idols” in Korea — communicating directly with their dedicated fan bases. Korean music stores and companies hold intimate, in-person album signing events — called “fansigns” — where attendance is often selected through a lottery system based on the number of albums purchased from the…