Son Hyun-joo took home the top prize for his role as a homicide detective on “Ordinary Person” at the 2017 Moscow International Film Festival on Thursday evening. Son is the third Korean actor to win the award at the film festival following Kang Soo-yeon (“Come Come Come Upward”) in 1989 and Lee Deok-hwa (“I Will Survive”) in 1993. Son Hyun-joo (Keyeast)Son, who could not attend the ceremony due to his filming for tvN’s upcoming drama “Criminal Minds” -- the Korean adaptation of popular American

Actress Kim Go-eun recently received an offer to play the female lead role in director Lee Joon-ik’s new film. Kim’s agency HODU&U said Thursday, “Kim Go-eun is looking favorably on the offer, but nothing has been confirmed yet.”The new film tells the story of a rapper who returns home to take care of his father who is ill. (Herald DB)Actor Park Jung-min has confirmed his role as the rapper. Kim was offered the role of Park’s first love. The actress debuted with the award-winning 2012 film “A Mu

K-pop singer Lee Hyo-ri will appear on JTBC’s “Newsroom” on Thursday to promote her upcoming sixth full-length album “Black,” her agency Kiwi Media Group said. The former member of girl group FIN.K.L had remained mostly out of the spotlight after her marriage with musician Lee Sang-soon in 2013. She signed with her current agency late last year and has been busy producing her new album. (Yonhap)She prereleased “Seoul,” a track from her comeback album Wednesday. The rest of the album is scheduled

South Korean investors' conversion of equity-linked bonds into shares have surged in recent months amid the bull run of the stock market, data showed Friday.Investors converted 187 billion won (US$164 million) worth of convertible bonds (CBs), exchangeable bonds (EBs) and bonds with warrants (BWs) into stocks between April 1 and Thursday, up 31 percent from the same period a year earlier, according to the data from the Korea Securities Depository.The number of conversions totaled 496 cases, appr

Leaders of South Korea's top conglomerates including Hyundai and SK will join President Moon Jae-in on his first official visit to the United States next week, a local business lobby said Thursday.Moon is scheduled to visit Washington on Wednesday ahead of two-day summit talks with US President Donald Trump. During the trip, he will be accompanied by a 50-person business delegation that includes Hyundai Motor Vice Chairman Chung Eui-sun and SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won, the Korea Chamber of Co

South Korean companies' equity and debt sales tumbled 27 percent on-month in May due mainly to a plunge in stock issuance, government data showed Wednesday.Local companies raised 14.5 trillion won ($12.7 billion) by selling stocks and bonds last month, compared with 19.8 trillion won in April, according to the data from the Financial Supervisory Service. Stock sales, including three initial public offerings, reached some 90 billion won, down a whopping 96.8 percent from the prior month."Sto

(사진=영상 캡쳐) 　도로 한복판에 앉아 있는 ‘귀신’을 봤다고 주장하는 운전자의 블랙박스 영상이 화제다. 　 　말레이시아 쿠알라룸푸르의 한적한 도로에서 찍힌 이 영상에는 차가 모퉁이를 돌자 도로에 책상다리를 하고 앉아있는 형상이 보인다. 　 　공포에 질린 운전자와 동승객은 차를 황급히 후진시킨다. 　 　이 영상이 온라인에 올라오자 다수의 누리꾼들은 해당 장소에서 비슷한 일을 겪었다고 밝혔다. 　 　몇몇 현지인들은 이 형상이 사실 귀신이 아니라, 누군가 이를 보고 멈춰선 차에 강도 행각을 벌이려는 것이라고 설명했다. 　 　운전자와 동승객의 신원은 밝혀지지 않았다. 이들은 강도를 당하지 않고 다른 길을 통해 여정을 계속한 것으로 보인다. 영상 링크　 　한편 국내 자유로에서도 비슷한 목격을 했다는 운전