Oct 15, 2025 Seoyeon Kim www.mk.co.kr President Lee Jae-myung and First Lady Kim Hye-kyung will make a special guest appearance on the popular JTBC variety program Please Take Care of My Refrigerator, also known internationally as Chef & My Fridge. The episode is scheduled to air tonight (October 6) at 10 p.m., after being postponed by one day from its original broadcast date of October 5. In the official preview video released by JTBC on its YouTube channel earlier in the da

Oct 15, 2025 Eunyo Hwang www.mk.co.kr South Korea’s passport, known as one of the world’s strongest, has recently shown different results depending on how it is evaluated. Some reports say its ranking has dropped sharply, while others still place it near the top of the global list, making it the most powerful. According to the Nomad Capitalist Passport Index 2025, South Korea’s passport fell to 39th place, dropping 28 spots in six years. This index does not only count how man

Oct 15, 2025 Taein Lee www.koreatimes.co.kr Actor Lee Dong-wook’s agency, King Kong by Starship, has announced plans to take strong legal action against repeated violations of the actor’s privacy. On October 14, the agency released an official statement addressing recent incidents in which individuals have attempted to contact the actor, visited his private residence and personal spaces without permission, and left inappropriate letters. The agency emphasized that such action

Oct 14, 2025 Woojin Nam www.mk.co.kr The Samsung Lions defeated the SSG Landers in the first round of the semi-playoffs on October 11. Samsung’s starting pitcher was Choi Won-tae, while Mitch White started for SSG. Originally, Drew Anderson was scheduled to start, but he was ruled out due to food poisoning. The opening game of the semi-playoffs is considered crucial, as the team that wins Game 1 has an 85.3% chance of advancing to the next round. In the top of the first innin

Oct 13, 2025 Joanne Lee m.sports.naver.com On October 1, 2025, Dongguk University faced Kyung Hee University in their final regular season game. With a victory over Kyung Hee, Dongguk secured sole possession of 5th place and closed out the regular season with three straight wins. Dongguk struggled early in the game due to defensive gaps and Kyung Hee’s strong perimeter shooting, falling behind 6-11. Despite calling a timeout in the first quarter, Dongguk couldn’t turn things

Oct 13, 2025 Hajin Kim www.chosun.com On October 5, a video spread online showing a scary moment in Seoul’s Gangnam area. A man was attacking a taxi driver on the street. Several people tried to stop him, but one young man stood out. That person was Sun Hengyu, a Chinese trainee who dreams of becoming a K-pop star. In the video, he quickly stepped in and used a move called a “chokehold” to stop the attacker. Thanks to him, the situation didn’t get worse. Later, Sun Hengyu pos

Oct 13, 2025 Minseo Kim www.bbc.com South Korea’s health authorities have stepped in after online rumors spread claiming COVID-19 vaccines could cause cancer. The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said there’s no scientific proof that the vaccine directly leads to cancer, adding that such claims are “hard to verify and lack evidence.” The controversy started when a Korean research group published a study suggesting that vaccinated people might have slightly h

Oct 13, 2025 Jin Lee biz.chosun.com K-pop girl group IZNA, who has been captivating audiences in both Korea and Japan, has announced its first-ever fan concert series titled Not Just Pretty, signaling an exciting new chapter for the rising group. According to WakeOne Entertainment, IZNA will hold its Korean fan concert on November 8–9 at Blue Square SOL Travel Hall in Seoul, followed by a Japanese fan concert on December 9–10 at the Makuhari Event Hall in Chiba. The group unv

Oct 13, 2025 Seoyoung Kang www.synbiobeta.com Recently, due to an increase in AI usage, not only daily life but also biosecurity is getting threatened. Just as a new virus mutation that avoids vaccines has emerged, protein variants created by AI can avoid the existing security system. A Microsoft research team tried to create tons of millions of variants of dangerous proteins (toxin) with AI protein design tools, and the problem is that the existing DNA order screening system