SEOUL– South Korean bio firm Sillajen Inc. said Tuesday it is planning to take the first step in testing its licensed new oncology drug. Three U.S. institutions — the OHSU Knight Cancer Institute, the Mary Crowley Cancer Research and the Montefiore Medical Center — will carry out the phase 1 clinical trial for BAL0891 … Read more
SEOUL– Netflix’s Korean reality show “Single’s Inferno” is back with a second season featuring a new batch of young, hot singles who find themselves in “paradise” or an “inferno” depending on their choice of whom to pair with. The “Single’s Inferno 2” set to be released Wednesday adopts the first season’s plot, in which … Read more
SEOUL/JAKARTA Dec. 13 (Yonhap) — The top nuclear envoys of South Korea, the United States and Japan had a trilateral meeting in Jakarta on Tuesday amid speculation that North Korea may carry out another nuclear test in line with its continued provocative acts highlighted by the firing of more than 60 ballistic missiles this year. … Read more
SEOUL— Two senior police officers were referred to the prosecution for indictment Tuesday for their alleged improper response to the deadly crowd crush in Seoul’s Itaewon neighborhood, police said. Park Sung-min, a former high-ranking intelligence officer at the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency, and Kim Jin-ho, a former intelligence officer at the Yongsan Police Station … Read more
SEOUL– The U.S. State Department’s point man on East Asia stressed Tuesday the Seoul-Washington alliance is stronger than ever, speaking after meetings with South Korean officials in Seoul. “I just finished a couple of tremendous meetings with my Korean counterparts and we were able to, again, reaffirm the strength of our alliance, which I … Read more
SEOUL– South Korean football club Daejeon Hana Citizen FC announced Tuesday they have re-signed head coach Lee Min-sung, awarding him with an extension for leading the team back to the top division after seven seasons away. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. In 2023, Daejeon will be playing in the top-flight … Read more
SEOUL– South Korea plans to contribute US$3 million worth of additional humanitarian aid to Ukraine to assist the people of the war-torn nation in coping with severe cold weather during the winter, Seoul’s foreign ministry said Tuesday. The plan will be officially announced at an international conference on assisting Ukraine’s private recovery scheduled to … Read more
SEOUL– Suga of K-pop sensation BTS will carry out his military service as a social service agent, military and music industry sources said Tuesday. They said the 29-year-old rapper was assigned to be a social service agent instead of an active-duty soldier. But details, including when his enlistment will be, remain unknown. Suga, … Read more