Meanwhile on a promising note as we start this new year. Over 2-hundred-42-thousand babies were born last year marking Korea’s first annual increase in nine years. Lee Eun-jin has details. For the first time since 2015, the number of births recorded in South Korea in a year has surpassed the previous year’s figure. In 2023, … Read more
A second pre-trial hearing took place at the Constitutional Court this afternoon. For details I have Oh Soo-young standing by live at the venue. Soo-young I hear today’s session stretched on quite a bit amid some tense words between the two sides? Yes, the hearing was expected to take around 40 minutes like last time, … Read more
We start off with an act of kindness from a BTS member. Hope Bridge Korea Disaster Relief Association announced on Thursday that BTS member J-Hope has donated 100 million KRW, roughly 68,000 U.S. dollars, to support victims of the Jeju Air tragedy at Muan International Airport in Jeollanam-do Province. According to the association, J-Hope upon … Read more
2025 might be a year without major international sporting events like the Olympics or the World Cup, but there is still plenty for Korean sports fans to keep an eye out for. Lee Eun-jin gives us a peak into what’s on the sports events calender this year. The Korean Basketball League’s New Year’s match traditionally … Read more
And that was a look into the key sports events that are coming up in 2025. Now, for the latest sports issues we have our sportscaster Jason Lee in the studio. Jason, welcome! Q1) Jason, let me start with asking you which sports event are YOU looking forward to the most out of the schedule … Read more
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The Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials is now executing an arrest warrant against suspended President Yoon Suk Yeol over his martial law order. Our political correspondent Lee Shi-hoo is on the line to tell us more. Shi-hoo, what’s the latest? Yes Dami, the anti-corruption agency is at the presidential residence in Yongsan-gu district in … Read more
There has been a big drop in temperatures overnight, Paju had a low of minus 15 degrees, and Cheorwon also had an icy cold morning. Tomorrow’s weather looks to be a repeat of today’s, then Sunday is Sohan on the seasonal calendar and it gets extremely cold from Sohan and we will be seeing dramatic … Read more
The oldest person to have won an Olympic gold medal in their lifetime has died at the age of 103. Agnes Keleti, a Hungarian gymnast, claimed her first gold medal at the age of 31 during the 1952 Helsinki Olympics. Four years later, at the Melbourne Olympics, she secured four more golds, becoming a five-time … Read more
Now to Italy, where starting this month, outdoor smoking is officially banned in the city of Milan. As of January 1st, smoking is prohibited in all outdoor areas in Milan unless individuals are in isolated spaces at least 10 meters away from others. Violators will face fines ranging from 40 Euros approximately 45 U.S. Dollars … Read more
