A 12-year-old boy drove his parents’ car at a supermarket parking lot in Jeju, leaving one injured and five vehicles damaged, local police said.The curious boy put his hands on the wheel last Wednesday night and drove the SUV to and fro for around one minute while his parents were away, causing damage to cars parked nearby, Jeju Dongbu Police said on Monday.Onlookers watch in disbelief as a 12-year-old boy drives an SUV. (Youtube)One shopper, who was coming out of the supermarket, fell down whil

Cable music channel Mnet will air the variety show “Run BTS!” from Wednesday.The show, which was originally featured on Naver’s V Live, will make a debut on the small screen this time, according to the group’s agency Big Hit Entertainment.A number of popular episodes will be carefully selected and curated for the TV audience, which will air at 6 p.m. every Wednesday over a period of eight weeks, with the final episode scheduled to air on Aug. 29.(Big Hit Entertainment)Each episode of the show fe

Starbucks announced on Monday it would get rid of plastic straws at all stores by 2020 to help tackle plastic pollution.Plastic straws will disappear from over 28,000 Starbucks stores worldwide over the next two years, and drinks will instead be served with a new strawless lid that has a “teardrop-shaped opening” the size of a thumbprint.The company says the move could eliminate more than a billion straws a year.The new cold-cup lids will be introduced worldwide by 2020. (Starbucks)The moves com

The Seoul Pride event will take place at City Hall Plaza on Saturday following the successful run of last year’s event that drew thousands of people to the city center. During Monday’s press conference, the organizational body announced the start of the 19th Seoul Queer Culture Festival, a 10-day event packed with various parades, art exhibitions, and an independent film festival. Organizers of the event speak at the press conference. (Lim Jeong-yeo/The Korea Herald)This year’s Pride event advoc

Fans are getting excited for the red carpet event for the new movie “Illang: The Wolf Brigade” next week where Gang Dong-won and Han Hyo-joo are expected to make a joint appearance for the first time amid dating rumors. Gang and Han will be attending the promotional event at Times Square Mall in Yeongdeungpo-gu on July 18. Some fans are reportedly keeping a close eye on whether the event will happen as scheduled since the two will be asked to comment on their alleged relationship by local press.

Jessie has unveiled a beach-themed music video for her latest single “Down,” featuring plenty of tight choreography. The 29-year-old singer’s new video for the upbeat song has been watched over 1.5 million times on YouTube since it was released on Friday, prompting some fans to call her the “Korean Nicki Minaj.”Jessie and backup dancers perform a choreographed dance. (Youtube)The song, which is packed with plenty of feel good vibes and irresistibly addictive beats, has been hailed as a surefire

인도에서 확인되지 않은 가짜뉴스가 급속도로 퍼지면서 인명피해가 지속해서 속출되고 있다.미국 일간지 워싱턴포스트에 따르면 지난 5월 이후 12명 이상이 인도 전역에서 “왓츠앱 루머”로 목숨을 잃은 것으로 추측된다.현지언론에 따르면 지난주 일요일 인도 서부 마하라슈트라 주 근처에서만 행인 5명이 구걸을 하다 마을 주민들로부터 집단 폭행을 당하고 나서 사망하는 일이 발생했다.마을 주변에서 구걸하던 피해자들은 아동 유괴범이 돌아다닌다는 소문이 메신저 앱 왓츠앱을 통해 퍼진 뒤 주민들의 오해를 사 폭행을 당하게 된 것으로 알려졌다.이번 사건으로 23명이 체포됐지만, 문제는 인도에서 끊임없이 목숨을 앗아가는 헛소문이 떠돈다는 사실이다.지난달에도 타미날두에서 아이들에게 과자를 나눠주던 50대 여성이 집단폭행을 당한 사건이 일어났다.인도당국이 가짜뉴스 확산을 맡기 위한 대책을 마련하는 가운데 지난단 말 동북부 트리푸라 주는 48시간 동안 지역 내 인터넷 접속과 모바일 메신저 서비스를 차단한 바 있

Dating fellow idols is not a priority for Dreamcahter for now, the girl group said in a recent interview.In the recent interview with a local magazine bnt, members of the seven-piece band said they are putting work before love at the moment and ruled out dating fellow idols.When the magazine asked whether there had been advances made by male idol stars, the girls said compliments on looks for their strong makeup are all they get. (bnt)When it comes to ideal types of boyfriends, Siye said she doe

A religious group that openly promotes gay conversion therapy will stage an anti-LGBT event just hundreds of meters away from where the Pride event is scheduled to take place on July 14 in Seoul.The festival entitled “Better than Queer” will go ahead on the same day as this year’s Seoul Pride event, featuring a host of anti-LGBT speakers including pastors and people who say they were previously gay but are not anymore.Holylife, the religious group that organizes what it calls a “holy festival,”

E-Mart will upgrade work chairs for cashiers at the counter. The South Korean supermarket chain will roll out the new chairs, which are 77 centimeters in height with a 23 centimeter tall back, next week.Beginning with the Uijeongbu location on July 16, the new measure will equip all E-mart stores across the country with the upgraded business furniture by August. (E-Mart)The moves comes as the retail giant seeks to ensure a better working environment at its over 140 stores, as the taller chairs w

Japanese cartoonist Akiko Higashimura, who is known to be a fan of Korean culture, has apologized to her Korean audience for using the Rising Sun flag in the past.The sudden apology came after Korean fans unearthed images of the flag used at the cartoonist’s fan meeting event in 2007.In a statement released alongside the second episode of “Fake Affair,” a webtoon which is being serialized on Korea’s Naver portal, Higashimura said she was not aware of the seriousness of the flag’s implications 11

With the monsoon season in full swing, South Koreans are venting their frustration over hot and humid summer weather.One Twitter user sounded very upset that there was no air conditioning while she was on the subway on Thursday morning. “I always ride in the same carriage. They had put the AC on until yesterday since last week but why? It was pouring down on Monday. Why? I don’t understand, really.”She is not alone in voicing her displeasure. The number of complaints about hot temperatures in th

미술치료로 비행청소년의 재범을 방지하고 사회로 진출할 기회를 주는 상상과 미래 프로젝트 7기가 막을 내렸다. 숙명여대와 서울서부지방검찰청이 주관하는 이 프로그램은 2015년 처음 시작한 이후 매년 청소년들에게 미술이라는 매개체를 이용해 자아를 탐색하고 본인들의 꿈을 찾도록 도와주고 있다.지난주 이틀에 걸쳐 “Re:Play 展”이라는 이름 아래 숙명여대 캠퍼스에서 열린 전시회에는 프로그램 참가자들과 진행에 도움을 준 회화과 교수들과 관계자 및 학생들이 참여했다.본인 이름으로 심리상담센터를 중이며 회화과에 겸임교수로 활동하는 길은영 교수는 “회화과 친구들과 교육대학원의 중학교 미술 선생님들, 그리고 미술치료학과 등 교육, 치료, 예술계열 학생들이 자원봉사를 하며 예술을 매개로 아이들을 돌보는 이 프로그램이 7기가 됐다. 특히나 이번 (7기) 아이들이 잘했다”고 말했다.김 교수는 또 “보통 청소년들은 자기표현에서 말을 잘 하지 않으려고 한다. 하지만, 미술을 통해서는 자기표현을 한다. 그

A three-year-old child has died from heatstroke after being left in a hot car for nearly four hours while a grandparent was at work, police said. The grandparent, who may face charges of manslaughter, was meant to drive the child to a daycare center in Uiryeong, South Gyeongsang Province, on Wednesday, but instead headed straight to work after forgetting about the grandchild in the backseat. (Yonhap)After parking the car in an outdoor parking lot, the grandparent went into the office. The grandp

Amid the cacophony of political voices and questionable claims, critics of Yemeni asylum seekers on Jeju Island are dominating the online refugee debate. Proponents and opponents of refugees took to the streets of Seoul on Saturday to voice their support for and in opposition of the government’s asylum program, which has emerged as one of the touchiest subjects following an influx of over 500 Yemeni asylum seekers onto Jeju Island this year. While Saturday saw passionate protestors from both sid

Over half of children of major South Korean business group owners went to a university abroad, a new report has revealed.The report released by the business rating site CEO Score on Wednesday showed that nearly 53 percent of children from owner families of the top 100 conglomerates, who are also involved in management, have graduated from a university outside Korea.The site found most chaebol heirs receive higher education abroad after analyzing 114 out of 157 children whose academic records wer

Environmental activists staged a protest against the use of excessive plastic packaging in Seoul on Monday. (Yonhap)In celebration of International Plastic Bag Free Day on Sunday, members of environmental groups including the Korea Zero Waste Movement Network staged a protest outside a supermarket near Seoul Station. (Yonhap)Monday’s protest follows another on Sunday, which saw protestors shop around wearing rolled up plastic bags, leaving onlookers startled with their bold fashion statement.  (

BTS fans are in for a treat as speculation continues to grow over the next collaboration between the K-pop sensation and other pop stars.Canadian pop singer-songwriter Shawn Mendes became the latest artist to hint at working with BTS when he told listeners of Kiss 92.5’s “Roz & Mocha Show” last month that a BTS collaboration “will happen.”“I have no lyrics on their collaboration yet. It’ll happen,” Mendes told Damnit Maurie from the show, while declining to give a specific date. (Big Hit Enterta

A growing number of foreign cartoonists are debuting in South Korea’s webtoon industry, as the local market is expanding at a rapid pace. Japanese cartoonist Akiko Higashimura is one of the foreign cartoonist to join Naver Webtoon, one of the biggest online comic portals in Korea, with “Fake Affair” (literal translation). A screenshot of Akiko Higashimura‘s online comic series “Fake Affair“ (Naver Webtoon)Known for her romance comic series “Princess Jellyfish,” Higashimura’s new work entitled “F

A Seoul court has ruled in favor of a police officer who was dismissed from his job over lewd videos he filmed off duty. The Seoul Administrative Court recently struck down the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency’s decision to fire an officer over filming and exchanging videos of himself performing sexual acts, sources close to law enforcement said on Monday.The officer, who was appointed as a probationary constable in 2016, was found to have sent a pornographic video he filmed at home to someone h