진행자: 박준희, Chelsea Proctor 기사 요약: 서울패션위크가 외형 확장에 속도를 내는 가운데, 서울이 세계적인 패션 도시로 도약하려면 어떤 차별화된 경쟁력을 갖춰야 할지 짚어봐야 한다. [1] The biggest change at Seoul Fashion Week this season was a second location. For the first time, the event split between Dongdaemun Design Plaza and the World Park at Lotte World Tower in Jamsil, a site intended to bring fashion closer to shoppers and tourists. change: 변화 location: 위치 split: 나뉘다 intended to: ~할 의도이다 [2] The 2027 spring-summer edition, which closed Sunday, was also th

Anyone old enough to remember the Cold War will also remember an imagined place called the “free world.” It was where Westerners believed they lived, while Eastern Europeans, Russians and Chinese lived behind barbed wire. The description was partly true, insofar as there was barbed wire, and there was a kind of freedom outside the Communist world. But the overall story was a lie. After all, the free world included the Shah’s Iran, Augusto Pinochet’s Chile, and Francisco Franco’s Spain. These cou

President Lee Jae Myung has proposed easing sanctions on North Korea in exchange for a freeze on its development of nuclear weapons and intercontinental ballistic missile technology as a way to resolve the North Korean nuclear issue. The proposal, outlined in an interview with The New York Times published on Monday, can be understood as an approach that calls for not making denuclearization a precondition but instead starting with a realistically achievable freeze on North Korea's nuclear progra

President Lee Jae Myung is facing one of the most difficult moments of his presidency. His approval ratings have fallen into the 30s after exceeding 50 percent several months ago. At the same time, the democratic and progressive coalition that helped bring him to power has become increasingly divided since the June local elections, with rival groups sometimes exchanging bitter attacks. Against this backdrop, Lee held an unusual news conference last week and offered striking self-restraint in his

For fencer Oh Sang-uk, who defended his title in the men's individual sabre Wednesday, this year's Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games provided a different experience from his two previous appearances. He collected the silver medal at the 2018 Asian Games and the gold at the 2023 edition. In both final bouts, he fought with legendary Korean fencer Gu Bon-gil, who had won the individual title at three straight Asian Games since 2010. Here in Japan, Oh faced a Chinese fencer in the final, his first non-Korea

Prime Minister Han Seong-sook met with U.S. Ambassador to South Korea Michelle Steel on Wednesday to discuss ways to expand bilateral cooperation across various sectors and further strengthen the bilateral alliance. During the meeting, Han said the two countries have expanded their partnership beyond security into areas such as the economy and culture, building on their longstanding alliance. She asked Steel to play an active role in further advancing bilateral ties during her tenure. Han also e

South Korea swooped up three more medals in the pool at the Asian Games on Wednesday, raising its total to 12 medals with two more days left in Tokyo. Hwang Sun-woo claimed silver in the men's 200-meter freestyle at Tokyo Aquatics Centre with a time of 1:44.62, as he came up short of winning his second straight gold. Zhang Zhanshuo of China won the gold medal in 1:43.49, breaking Hwang's Asian record of 1:43.92. Kim Seung-won won bronze in the women's 100m backstroke in 1:00.10 for her second in

Norwegian songwriter and producer Gucci Caliente has helped shape some of the most distinctive recent songs from K-pop girl groups Ive and KiiiKiii. The 32-year-old, whose real name is Emily Harbakk, co-wrote Ive's 2023 hit "Kitsch" and later co-wrote and helped produce "Rebel Heart." She also co-wrote and arranged "Fireworks" and "Hot Coffee" in February. Her credits extend to KiiiKiii's recent "Candy Pink Magic Hole Flip Phone," which she co-wrote and produced, as well as songs for artists out

The conservative main opposition People Power Party is raising the pressure on the ruling party over its confrontation with Supreme Court Chief Justice Jo Hee-de. At a press conference on Wednesday, People Power Party Chairman Rep. Jang Dong-hyeok, accused the ruling bloc of using its power with the intention to subjugate the judicial branch by labeling Jo an insurrectionist. "(The liberal bloc) has once again invoked 'insurrection,' which is already a stale tactic, to divert public attention aw

South Korea's top tax official called on Mexico to provide tax support for Korean firms operating in the country during the first bilateral high-level meeting with Mexico's tax authority, the National Tax Service said Wednesday. NTS Commissioner Lim Kwang-hyun met with his Mexican counterpart Antonio Martinez Dagnino, commissioner of the Mexican Tax Administration Service, or SAT, in Mexico City on Tuesday. Lim shared specific challenges brought by Korean entities, including delays in value-adde

Lim Jin-a, better known by her stage name Nana, apologized for the controversy sparked by her appearance in Netflix's "The Scandal." Viewers criticized her apparent lip filler for disrupting immersion in the series and her character, a chaste Joseon-era widow. Nana addressed the controversy on Bubble, a monthly subscription-based private messaging service that lets fans and artists communicate through one-on-one chat rooms, on Tuesday. "If my lips made viewers uncomfortable, then that was my fau

A small Joseon-era porcelain carp, caught mid-leap from blue-painted waves, is getting its moment in the spotlight after it inspired the top prize at the National Museum of Korea's annual costume contest, Dress Like a Museum Exhibit. The museum said Wednesday it will display the "White Porcelain Carp-shaped Water Dropper" on the third floor of the permanent exhibition hall through Oct. 22. Believed to date from the Joseon era (1392-1910), the blue-and-white porcelain water dropper depicts an old

Sookmyung Women’s University held a cultural event Tuesday for international students ahead of Chuseok, Korea’s autumn harvest holiday. International students posed for commemorative photos dressed in hanbok, traditional Korean attire, and took part in traditional games including ddakji, a paper-flipping game prominently featured in Netflix’s hit series “Squid Game,” and gonggi, a Korean game similar to jacks. Participants also made traditional crafts, including lanterns, mother-of-pearl inlaid

Korea Herald correspondent SAN FRANCISCO — Rarely is painter Ha Chong-hyun introduced by his own name alone; the term dansaekhwa almost always comes attached. Loosely translated as monochrome painting, it refers to a style shared by the likes of Park Seo-bo, Lee Ufan and Yun Hyong-keun, contemporaries who came of age in the wreckage of the 1950-53 Korean War and built careers out of muted palettes, repeated marks and slow, laborious processes. Over the past decade or so, the label has also becom

South Korea lost to Japan in the semifinals of the women's badminton team event at the Asian Games on Wednesday, settling for bronze in its gold medal defense. After losing the opening match, Japan won the next matches in a row to knock off South Korea 3-1 at Ichinomiya City Municipal Gymnasium in Ichinomiya, just northwest of the main host city, Nagoya, Japan. With no third-place match, South Korea and Indonesia, the other semifinal loser, both received bronze medals. South Korea's lone match w