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BTS stays atop Billboard’s global chart with ‘Swim’

BTS added yet another week to its chart-topping run on the Billboard Global excl. US chart with “Swim,” according to the latest ranking dated June 6. “Swim” has spent 8 weeks at No. 1, tying the record BTS set with 2020 hit “Dynamite” and extending the most weeks atop the chart for a track from this year. The group also has the most No. 1 songs on the chart at eight, which is “double the total of its closest competitors; Bad Bunny, Blackpink and Taylor Swift,” according to Billboard. The main tr

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Ballot shortage sparks protest at Seoul polling station

A ballot shortage at a polling station in Seoul's Songpa-gu triggered a tense standoff late Wednesday, turning an election management failure into a dispute over voting rights as counting got underway in Korea's local elections. Crowds gathered at one of Jamsil’s polling stations after voting there was extended because of a shortage of ballots, Yonhap News Agency reported. Some protesters demanded that ballots cast at the station be invalidated and that the ballot box not be removed from the sit

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By-elections for 14 Assembly seats held alongside local elections

South Korean voters headed to the polls Wednesday not only to choose local leaders, but also to fill 14 vacant seats in the National Assembly, with the contests carrying varying stakes for the rival parties. The by-elections were triggered by a combination of resignations and court rulings. One vacancy was created after President Lee Jae Myung took office. Three others resulted from court decisions that invalidated election results or stripped lawmakers of their eligibility to hold office. The r

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&Team enters Billboard 200 for first time with 'We on Fire'

Boy band &Team entered the Billboard 200 for the first time in its career, as the group's third Japanese EP "We on Fire" debuted at No. 52 on the latest chart dated May 30, its agency YX Labels said, Thursday. The Billboard 200 ranks the most popular albums in the US based on a combination of physical album sales, digital downloads and streaming activity. The group also performed strongly on Billboard's subcharts. "We on Fire" debuted at No. 2 on both the Top Album Sales and World Albums charts,

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[Legal Updates in Korea] Mandatory sign language interpretation for major government announcements

● Updated Law: Korean Sign Language Act What it does: Requires sign language interpretation for major government announcements Took effect: May 12 South Korea has expanded sign language services to improve access to public information for Deaf people who use Korean Sign Language as their primary language. Previously, sign language interpretation was mainly provided for disaster- and safety-related announcements. But major government announcements — including presidential speeches — often did not

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Musinsa posts record Q1 as stores, exports fuel growth

Musinsa said Wednesday it posted record first-quarter sales as strong growth in its online platform business and expanding offline operations offset the fashion industry’s seasonal slowdown. The company reported consolidated sales of 363.6 billion won ($242 million) for the January-March period, up 24.1 percent from a year earlier. Operating profit rose 8.2 percent to 19 billion won. On a stand-alone basis, sales climbed about 25 percent to 335 billion won, while operating profit jumped 45.5 per

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Is Kim Soo-hyun returning to screen?

The YouTuber who alleged actor Kim Soo-hyun had dated the late Kim Sae-ron when she was underage has been arrested, shifting industry attention to whether the actor will return through the Disney+ series “Knockoff.” The Seoul Central District Court on Tuesday issued an arrest warrant for Kim Se-ui, head of HoverLab, which operates the YouTube channel Garo Sero Institute, on charges of defamation and manipulating evidence using artificial intelligence. The arrest has many questioning whether Kim

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Woman fined for stalking ex-boyfriend from 30 years ago

A woman in her 50s was fined 10 million won ($6,650) for stalking a former boyfriend she had dated 30 years earlier by repeatedly calling him and sending him a gift, according to a local court. The Chuncheon District Court in Gangwon Province said Saturday that the defendant was found guilty of violating the Act on the Punishment of Stalking. Prosecutors said the defendant first contacted the victim in June 2024, sending him a bottle of perfume as a gift. The victim had explicitly told the defen

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Kim Soo-hyun’s agency says truth coming out after YouTuber’s arrest

The agency of South Korean actor Kim Soo-hyun said Wednesday that “the truth is being confirmed through due legal process and a thorough investigation,” following the arrest of a YouTuber who led accusations that the actor dated the late Kim Sae-ron when she was underage. In a statement released a day after the Seoul Central District Court issued an arrest warrant for Kim Se-ui, head of HoverLab which runs the YouTube channel Garo Sero Institute, Gold Medalist said the ruling showed the allegati

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Court issues arrest warrant for HoverLab chief in Kim Soo-hyun defamation case

The Seoul Central District Court on Tuesday issued an arrest warrant for Kim Se-ui, head of the YouTube channel HoverLab, also known as Garo Sero Institute, on charges of defaming actor Kim Soo-hyun by falsely claiming that he dated the late actor Kim Sae-ron when she was a minor. The court cited concerns that Kim could destroy evidence or flee as grounds for issuing the warrant. Kim Se-ui appeared in a YouTube video in March 2025 and claimed that the 37-year-old actor had dated Kim Sae-ron when

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WHO Raises Ebola Risk in DR Congo to 'Very High'

[Politics] : The World Health Organization (WHO) has raised the risk level of the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo from "high" to "very high," warning that the outbreak is "spreading rapidly." At a press briefing in Geneva on Friday, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the updated ... [more...]

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Police investigating fake news mocking May 18 democracy uprising

Police said Friday they were investigating fake news posted online mocking the 1980 democracy uprising in the southwestern city of Gwangju by claiming the movement was orchestrated by North Korea. The National Office of Investigation launched the probe after an artificial intelligence-generated newspaper clip dated May 20, 1980, surfaced online with the headline that spies who received instructions from Pyongyang had seized weapons and attacked troops enforcing martial law. On May 18, 1980, citi

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Cortis breaks into top 5 on Billboard’s Artist 100

Cortis ranked No. 5 on Billboard’s Artist 100, label Big Hit Music said Wednesday, citing the latest chart published on Tuesday in the US. The rookie group debuted on the chart in September at No. 24 with its breakout hit debut EP, “Color Outside The Lines.” Its second EP “Greengreen” claimed the No. 3 spot on the Billboard 200 dated May 23, the highest rung for the group so far, making it among the top three on the main singles chart in the fastest time ever for a K-pop group except for subunit

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BTS stays atop Billboard’s global chart with ‘Swim’

Ballot shortage sparks protest at Seoul polling station

By-elections for 14 Assembly seats held alongside local elections

&Team enters Billboard 200 for first time with 'We on Fire'

[Legal Updates in Korea] Mandatory sign language interpretation for major government announcements

Musinsa posts record Q1 as stores, exports fuel growth

Is Kim Soo-hyun returning to screen?

Woman fined for stalking ex-boyfriend from 30 years ago

Kim Soo-hyun’s agency says truth coming out after YouTuber’s arrest

Court issues arrest warrant for HoverLab chief in Kim Soo-hyun defamation case

WHO Raises Ebola Risk in DR Congo to 'Very High'

Police investigating fake news mocking May 18 democracy uprising

Cortis breaks into top 5 on Billboard’s Artist 100