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Korea National Football Team to Face Bolivia and Ghana in November
Nov 19, 2025 Woojin Nam www.football-asian.com The Korea National Football Team will play friendly matches against Bolivia and Ghana in November. Korea will face Bolivia on November 14 at Daejeon World Cup Stadium, followed by a match against Ghana on November 18 at Seoul World Cup Stadium. The national team roster for the November friendlies will be announced on November 3. Before the World Cup draw, the results of these friendly matches will determine Korea’s seeding statu
Woojin Nam
Nov 19
Lotte is at a crossroads again: Should they open their wallet this winter?
Nov 19, 2025 Junhwi Lee www.mk.co.kr On November 8, the KBO announced the list of players approved for FA in 2026. Big names like Kang Baek-ho, Jang Sung-woo, and Hwang Jae-gyun (KT), Park Chan-ho and Choi Hyung-woo (KIA), Kim Hyun-soo and Park Hae-min (LG), Son Ah-seop (Hanwha), Kang Min-ho (Samsung), Choi Won-jun (NC), and Lee Young-ha and Choi Won-jun (Doosan) all filed to test the market. Still, four days in, no one has signed—a different pace from last year, when the top
Junhwi Lee
Nov 19
All Five NewJeans Members Officially Return to ADOR
Nov 19, 2025 Hajin Kim www.koreatimes.co.kr All five members of NewJeans are now officially confirmed to remain under ADOR, as the members who previously expressed their intention to return to the label have decided not to appeal the first-trial ruling regarding their exclusive contracts. With this decision, the group’s “full-team comeback” is effectively complete. According to industry sources on the 14th, members Minji, Hanni, Danielle, Haerin, and Hyein did not submit an a
Hajin Kim
Nov 19
South Korea Sees the Biggest Rise in Births in 18 Years
Nov 19, 2025 Eunyo Hwang pulse.mk.co.kr For the first time in nearly two decades, South Korea’s birth numbers are showing an unprecedented rise. According to the National Data Agency, the number of newborns between January and August in 2025 reached 168,617 which increased by 6.8% from the same period last year. This record is the biggest rise South Korea has seen in 18 years. In August, 20,867 babies were born, 764 more than the previous year. Noticeably, the nation’s total
Eunyo Hwang
Nov 19
Artificial vision chips bring light back to the world of the elderly
Nov 19, 2025 Seoyoung Kang theindependent.sg Recently, elderly people who had lost their eyesight have been able to see again thanks to a tiny 2mm chip. This device, implanted inside the eye, is called the "PRIMA System," and electronically converts visual signals to transmit them to the brain. It offers new hope to Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD) patients. The PRIMA system is a miniature computer chip that replaces the retina's function. This chip detects light when i
Seoyoung Kang
Nov 19
Speaking Multiple Languages May Help Slow Aging, Study Finds
Nov 19, 2025 Yul So www.scientificamerican.com Using more than one language in daily life may slow biological aging in older adults, according to a study published in Nature Aging. An international team led by Professor Agustín Ibáñez of Trinity College Dublin analyzed data from more than 86,000 people across 27 European countries, with an average age of 66.5. The researchers examined the “biobehavioral age gap,” a measure that compares a person’s actual age to an age predict
Yul So
Nov 19
Mapping the Human Brain: Opening New Paths for Treating Alzheimer’s and Autism
Nov 19, 2025 Yul So www.theguardian.com Scientists are building the most detailed “brain atlas” ever created, a map that could transform how we understand and treat conditions such as Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclerosis, and autism. Although neurological illnesses affect about one-third of the world's population, little is understood about how the brain's 86 billion cells work and evolve throughout time. A series of studies published in Nature in November 202
Yul So
Nov 19
UNIST Creates Room-Temperature Method to Break Down Greenhouse Gas
Yul So Nov 19, 2025 www.unist.ac.kr Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) announced on the 21st that Professor Baek Jong-beom’s team has developed a method to decompose nitrous oxide (N₂O), a greenhouse gas 310 times stronger than carbon dioxide, almost completely at room temperature. Using a mechanical-chemical process, the researchers broke down N₂O through the impact and friction of small beads inside a ball mill by containing nickel oxide catalysts. T
Yul So
Nov 19
Asiana Airlines Expands Its European Routes
Nov 19, 2025 Seoyeon Kim en.yna.co.kr Asiana Airlines will expand its European routes, which had been reduced due to its merger with Korean Air. Asiana Airlines announced on the 29th that it will launch new routes to Milan, Italy, and Budapest, Hungary, starting on March 31 and April 3 next year, respectively. The routes will be operated using the latest Airbus A350 aircraft, which has a capacity of 311 seats (28 in business class and 283 in economy class). The Incheon-Milan
Seoyeon Kim
Nov 19
Jeon Jong-seo Joins Henry Cavill and Mark Ruffalo in Hollywood Remake Highlander
Nov 11, 2025 Taein Lee www.koreatimes.co.kr Korean actress Jeon Jong-seo is set to join a major Hollywood blockbuster, continuing her growing global career. Her agency, Andmarq, announced on the 6th that Jeon has been cast in the upcoming film Highlander (remake). The project will be directed by Chad Stahelski, known for the John Wick series, and features a star-studded cast including Henry Cavill, Mark Ruffalo, Russell Crowe, Dave Bautista, Karen Gillan, and Jeremy Irons. Th
Taein Lee
Nov 19
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