SEOUL– Lee Seung-woo and Paik Seung-ho, a pair of former FC Barcelona youth products, failed to survive the first round of cuts for the South Korean men’s under-24 Olympic football team on Wednesday.Head coach Kim Hak-bum announced his 23-man roster f…
SEOUL– Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors head coach Kim Sang-sik will be taking a stumbling squad into the top annual Asian club football tournament next week. But Jeonbuk’s recent struggles in the K League 1 haven’t dampened his hopes of winning the continental…
SEOUL– A Japanese-language compilation album of BTS songs has shipped 1.1 million units on its first day, the band’s agency said Wednesday.Shipments of “BTS, The Best,” the seven-piece band’s new album, surpassed 1.1 million units on its first day of …
SEOUL– The labor union of major display maker Samsung Display Co. said Wednesday its union leadership plans to go on strike next week, as the union and the management failed to narrow differences in wage talks, marking the first-ever walkout for the c…
SEOUL– Krafton Inc., the gaming giant behind the global smash hit “PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds” (PUBG), said Wednesday it plans to raise as much as 5.6 trillion won (US$5 billion) through an initial public offering (IPO) that will likely place it as…
SEOUL– A South Korean conglomerate Shinsegae-led consortium has been picked as the preferred bidder for eBay Korea, the South Korean unit of e-commerce giant eBay, beating its local rival Lotte Shopping and heralding a seismic change in the country’s …
SEOUL– Tving, a video streaming subsidiary of South Korean entertainment giant CJ ENM, said Wednesday that the number of its monthly active users (MAU) hit a fresh record high last month.Citing the latest data from market researcher Nielsen Koreanclic…
SEOUL– South Korean stocks set a fresh high for three consecutive sessions on Wednesday as investors scooped up blue-chip shares ahead of the release of the Federal Reserve’s meeting results.The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) gain…