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Korea decides to recall ambassador to Ukraine over NK POW dispute

Korea said Thursday it will recall its ambassador to Ukraine — one of the options it had been considering as a protest against Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's disclosure of the transfer of two North Korean prisoners of war (POW) to South Korea. "The government decided to recall the ambassador to Ukraine," the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement, referring to Ambassador Park Ki-chang. “The government hopes that all outstanding issues between the two countries will be resolved amicably and will continue consultations with Ukraine to that end.” The decision came after more than two weeks of diplomatic friction between the two nations, triggered by Zelenskyy’s public disclosure of the POW transfer during a U.N. General Assembly speech in New York on Sept. 23. The North Korean soldiers were captured while fighting for Russia in Ukraine in 2025. President Lee Jae Myung expressed disappointment on X (formerly Twitter) the following day, saying Ukraine had breached an agreement to keep the transfer confidential. Kyiv denied that such an agreement existed, prompting C

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Overnight Coupang outage causes widespread disruptions, sparks fresh hacking fears

Coupang and its affiliated services suffered widespread access disruptions early Friday, temporarily preventing users from shopping, ordering food or streaming videos and raising fresh cybersecurity concerns following the e-commerce giant's previous data breach. The disruptions reportedly began around 1 a.m., affecting Coupang's website and mobile app, food delivery platform Coupang Eats and streaming service Coupang Play. Access to the services appeared to have been restored roughly two hours later. Users attempting to access the services encountered error messages, including one reading, "The network connection is not working. Please check your connection and try again." Others reported being unable to log in, search for products or retrieve account information. Some Coupang Eats customers also complained that they could not track food orders already placed. The outage quickly prompted a wave of complaints across online communities, where users questioned whether the disruption could be linked to another cyberattack. "Has it been hacked again?" one user wrote on a Naver online community

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Trump says anyone who does not call AI 'super intelligence' is 'the enemy'

WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump, who has said he wants the term "super intelligence" to replace artificial intelligence, said Thursday that anyone who does not heed his wishes will be treated as "THE ENEMY," without saying what the consequences would be. "The White House considers anyone that uses the term, 'Artificial Intelligence,' as opposed to the highly accepted new and more accurate term, 'Super Intelligence,' THE ENEMY!" Trump said in a post on his Truth Social network. Trump mentioned his proposed name change in a speech before the UN General Assembly last month, saying his new term "sounds much better." Then in late September, Trump signed an executive order, imposing the use of "super intelligence" across the U.S. government. That same obligation does not affect the private sector, but some there are already adopting it, including Mark Zuckerberg's Meta group. Trump ally Elon Musk is using "super intelligence" in his posts on his X network. The semantic debate is primarily a political one: the U.S. president, who has stridently defended the use of AI, is trying to put

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Canadian poet Anne Carson wins Nobel Prize in literature

STOCKHOLM — The Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded on Thursday to Canadian poet Anne Carson, an essayist and classicist who brings a modern twist to mysticism and antiquity in her writings about love, desire and despair. The 76-year-old — who announced in 2024 that she has Parkinson's disease — was honoured "for her bold and inventive oeuvre that, in playful dialogue with the classical tradition, has created new forms for contemporary literature," the Swedish Academy said. The permanent secretary of the Academy, Ingrid Carlberg, said she had briefly spoken to Carson. "We didn't have so much time to speak. All she had time to tell me was that she is for the moment in Iceland, where she's listening to the wind." "She was taken by surprise, but very happy. I could hear that in her voice." A professor of classics with a background in dead languages, literature, anthropology and history, she was described by The New York Times in 2001 as "one of the great pasticheurs." Her unique contemporary poetry earned her several key literary prizes in the 1990s, including the 1996 Lannan Award a

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White House official accuses S. Korea of flooding US with subsidized steel

WASHINGTON — A White House official on Thursday accused South Korea of flooding the U.S. market with heavily subsidized steel products and Chinese steel shipped through the country, warning that Washington is taking action to crack down on such purported measures. "South Korea is inundating the U.S. with highly subsidized steel and steel transshipped from China," Peter Navarro, White House senior counselor for trade and manufacturing, wrote on social media platform X. "We are cracking down," he added, while sharing a video clip of him speaking with reporters earlier this week on U.S. trade. In the news video clip from Tuesday, Navarro said he wants to "call out" in particular South Korea for "inundating" the American market with highly subsidized Korean steel and transshipped steel from China. "Even though we have very high tariffs, 50 percent on steel, they are blowing past that because they cheat, and we're gonna be doing something about that." Foreign steelmakers in the U.S. face tariffs under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, which allows the U.S. president to adjust i

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Teachers turn classrooms into social media stages, sometimes exposing students without consent

A Korean elementary school teacher known for dancing has amassed nearly 100,000 YouTube subscribers. An Instagram Reel showing the teacher dancing to a K-pop song with fellow teachers in a school hallway has drawn more than 9 million views. Social media is already awash with videos of skilled dancers, but the teacher has carved out a distinctive niche as a "teacher who dances in the classroom," gaining popularity comparable to that of some K-pop idols. So-called "Ssaemstagram" content — a Korean coinage combining "teacher" and "Instagram" — is expanding beyond school life to encompass nearly every aspect of teachers' daily routines. What began largely as a way to share teaching ideas has broadened to include school lunch menus and teachers' lounge chatter, as well as OOTD, or "outfit of the day," posts showcasing fashion and makeup and videos of after-work exercise routines. While such content can help teachers communicate with students, concerns are growing as posts increasingly focus on personal branding, including appearance and lifestyle, rather than professional expertise. Criti

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S. Korea conducts 1st test launch of hypersonic glide vehicle amid NK tensions

South Korea conducted its first test launch of a hypersonic glide vehicle (HGV) on Thursday, Cheong Wa Dae said, in an apparent show of force against North Korea amid heightening inter-Korean tensions following a recent border land mine blast. The test launch was carried out to verify core hypersonic technologies, such as flight trajectories and speed, as a game-changing strategic asset capable of launching surprise precision strikes against enemy targets, presidential spokesperson Kang Yu-jung said in a written briefing to the press. President Lee Jae Myung observed the launch in person, accompanied by Defense Minister Kang Shin-chul and other officials. An HGV is a missile system that uses a booster to accelerate and ascend into the upper atmosphere before separating from the booster to glide at lower altitudes at hypersonic speeds. "The HGV successfully separated from its booster and seamlessly executed its planned flight path under hypersonic conditions," the spokesperson said. "This successful launch marks a major milestone in that preparations are complete to secure a new deterrent

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Majority of Americans support S. Korea's nuclear-powered submarine project: poll

WASHINGTON — Nearly six in 10 Americans support South Korea's project to develop nuclear-powered submarines, a survey showed Thursday, while a strong majority oppose Seoul acquiring nuclear weapons. The survey, conducted jointly by the Washington-based Korea Economic Institute of America and data analytics firm YouGov among 1,207 American adults from Aug. 21-Sept. 1, found that 58 percent supported South Korea's development of nuclear-powered submarines, with 42 percent opposing it. Support was broadly bipartisan, with 56 percent of self-identifying Democrats and 64 percent of Republicans backing the development of the submarines. Among independents, 62 percent expressed support. South Korea is pushing to build conventionally armed, nuclear-propelled submarines following security agreements reached during a summit between President Lee Jae Myung and U.S. President Donald Trump in October of last year. Public support for nuclear-powered submarines, however, did not extend into support for South Korea possessing nuclear weapons, with 71 percent of those polled opposing Seoul developing n

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COVER STORY K-defense expands global footprint amid shifting security order

The global security order is undergoing one of its most profound transformations since the end of the Cold War, as the prolonged Russia-Ukraine war and Middle East conflicts push countries around the world to strengthen their own military capabilities and secure their defense supply chains. These ongoing conflicts, which experts describe as an era of global rearmament, are offering chances for Korea's defense industry to expand as a global player, while the industry also grapples with challenges such as supply chain disruptions. Experts and industry figures see three major factors accelerating the global rearmament trend, according to Kang Eun-ho, former head of the Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA). The first factor is a shift in the United States' approach to international security. The U.S., which helped create the postwar international security architecture, is increasingly putting its "America First" policy in action, while calling on its allies to assume a greater share of the burden for their own defense. The second factor is growing geopolitical competition stemm

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Lee orders Korea not apply for CPTPP membership this year

President Lee Jae Myung ordered the government Thursday not to apply for membership to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) this year to allow time for sufficient discussions with farmers and fishermen, his spokesperson said. The government has been reviewing whether to join the major Indo-Pacific trade agreement comprising 12 countries, including Japan, Mexico, Australia, Canada and Vietnam. Together, the member countries accounted for about 15.2 percent of global trade in 2019. The move has faced opposition from farming and fishing industries, however, over concerns larger imports of cheaper agricultural and fishery products could erode their income and production bases. "President Lee Jae Myung ordered that we not apply for CPTPP membership within the year," Kang Yu-jung said in a written press briefing. "He also urged relevant ministries to listen sincerely to the voices of farmers and fishermen and continue to have discussions, rather than setting a deadline." Lee's instruction came after the topic of CPTPP membership was discussed during

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Korea intensifies efforts to track hackers behind bank cyberattacks

Authorities are stepping up efforts to identify the hackers behind an unprecedented series of artificial intelligence (AI)-assisted cyberattacks targeting Korea's major financial institutions, Thursday, as a global cybersecurity firm pointed to a possible suspect based in China. CrowdStrike said in a report released the previous day that the threat actor was likely a Chinese speaker and financially motivated. The firm assessed that the attacker may have been a Chinese-speaking individual, citing the use of ARTEX, a Chinese-developed autonomous penetration-testing tool and Chinese-language prompts observed during the attacks. In its report, CrowdStrike suggested that the attacker primarily used DeepSeek's V4.1-Flash as the large language model backend for ARTEX, while also using GLM-5.3 from Chinese AI company Zhipu AI and Grok 4.6 in separate Claude Code sessions. A key clue emerged from a Claude Code session in which the attacker asked the AI tool to draft a resume for a security researcher. The information entered into the session included an age of 26, an educational background at Sou

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Record profits fail to impress Samsung investors

Even quarterly operating profit exceeding 100 trillion won ($74.65 billion) wasn't enough to impress investors in Samsung Electronics, whose shares have fallen about 30 percent from their June 19 peak. On Thursday, the Korean chipmaker estimated third-quarter operating profit at 107.4 trillion won, an increase of 782.5 percent from a year earlier and its fourth consecutive quarter of record earnings. No company, not even tech giants like Apple or Nvidia, has ever surpassed 100 trillion won in quarterly operating profit. Yet the blockbuster results did little to dispel investor skepticism over the sustainability of its earnings growth. On Thursday, Samsung shares closed at 262,000 won, down 2.42 percent from the previous session. Foreign and institutional investors sold a net 348.5 billion won and 647.7 billion won worth of shares, respectively, while retail investors bought a net 959.7 billion won. Foreign investors, in particular, have been net sellers for eight consecutive sessions since Sept. 28. Nic Puckrin, cross-asset analyst and founder of Coin Bureau, said the preliminary results

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Recent electronic tracker damage case raises concerns over sex offender monitoring

While more than 5,000 sexual offenders are set to be released over three years starting next year, concerns are rising over a shortage of dedicated staff for post-release monitoring. The electronic monitoring system meant to prevent repeat crimes is under strain as each staffer’s workload has grown and violations and reoffenses have continued, raising questions about its ability to cope. According to indictments and court rulings submitted by the Ministry of Justice and the Supreme Court to Rep. Kim Dong-ah of the ruling Democratic Party of Korea (DPK), Wednesday, Cho Doo-soon, who raped an 8-year-old girl in 2008, damaged the external antenna of a home monitoring device at his residence in Ansan, Gyeonggi Province, in June last year. Cho was sentenced to 12 years in prison and released in 2020. He has since been under intensive 24-hour location monitoring. According to the ruling, Cho smashed the antenna under the delusion that it was beaming radio waves into his brain. The device’s cellular signal weakened sharply, but a probation officer found the damage only six days later during

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'The Assassin(s)' controversy divides viewers at Busan film festival

BUSAN — Amid escalating controversy over the film "The Assassin(s)," visitors at the 31st Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) are far from united in their views. Among those aware of the dispute, opinions were split between discomfort and support for creative freedom. The film dramatizes the 1974 assasination attempt on then-President Park Chung-hee, which led to the fatal shooting of then-first lady Yuk Young-soo. Conservative political circles and civic groups accuse it of misrepresenting history, and a defamation complaint against the filmmakers has led to police investigations. The dispute has reached the festival itself. Cast and crew canceled their attendance at BIFF, citing safety concerns, while the culture ministry and the film community called for a strict response to threats against them. Actors Yoo Hae-jin and Lee Min-ho skipped the opening ceremony, and an outdoor stage greeting and a talk program were canceled. The festival said it had no particular position to make on the controversy. On Wednesday, the festival's competition jury members addressed the dispute at a

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Bus, taxi workers feel vulnerable over self-driving future

Seoul’s push to expand the use of autonomous buses and taxis is raising questions about the future of transport workers, with unionized drivers calling for stronger safeguards and a greater say in a transition that could eventually threaten their jobs. While city officials say the technology will initially help address driver shortages rather than displace workers, union representatives want clear answers about their future job security, passenger safety and responsibility in the event of an accident. “Self-driving technology should be limited to supporting human drivers, instead of replacing them,” a Seoul bus union official surnamed Yoo told The Korea Times recently. “Operating without humans is neither feasible nor desirable.” He said drivers’ responsibilities extend beyond simply steering and braking to responding to passenger inquiries, preventing door-related injuries and handling unexpected incidents. He supported technology that can assist them with risks such as drowsy driving and blind spots, but questioned whether the policy direction of replacing human workers wi

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Tesla Korea's 'unverified' FSD under scrutiny

Tesla Korea’s vehicles equipped with supervised Full Self-Driving (FSD) will be facing tighter scrutiny after the company came under criticism during the National Assembly’s annual audit, Thursday, over the system’s lack of an official safety evaluation by relevant authorities in Korea. Some 45,000 U.S.-made Tesla vehicles equipped with FSD are currently on Korean roads, but the autonomous driving system has not undergone a government safety test. During the audit, Tesla Korea Country Manager Seo Young-deuk said the company plans to seek formal approval for FSD in Korea. He acknowledged that it has not officially requested testing by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport or the Korea Transportation Safety Authority — two key authorities related with auto safety certification. “We have not requested any tests from the authorities,” Seo said. “If the government establishes a system and channel for verification, we will actively undergo the evaluation.” U.S.-made Tesla vehicles can currently operate with supervised FSD in Korea. More than 70 percent of Tesla Kor

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Korea's forgotten fortune: $1.1 bil. in shares left unclaimed

Nearly 1.5 trillion won ($1.1 billion) worth of shares held by the Korea Securities Depository (KSD) remain unclaimed by some 26,000 shareholders, data showed Thursday. According to data released by Rep. Han Min-soo of the ruling Democratic Party of Korea, the KSD held 800.84 million unclaimed shares worth a combined 1.47 trillion won as of the end of August. Unclaimed shares typically arise when shareholders fail to claim shares issued through rights offerings, bonus issues or stock dividends. Shareholders may be unaware of the newly issued shares or miss notifications after changing their addresses. In such cases, the shares are held by the KSD or other designated transfer agents until their rightful owners claim them. The value of unclaimed shares rose by about 26.4 billion won in the first eight months of this year, from 1.44 trillion won at the end of last year, when 763.54 million shares remained unclaimed. The number of shareholders with unclaimed shares also increased by 931, from 25,349 at the end of last year to 26,280 as of August. The figure included 22,526 individual sharehol

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Foreign envoys discover Sejong's appeal beyond Korea's administrative capital

SEJONG — For those accustomed to Seoul’s density, Sejong, the nation's administrative capital approximately 130 kilometers south of Seoul, offers an unfamiliar Korean cityscape: cyclists follow streams to work and visitors from across the country stroll through the giant rooftop garden atop Government Complex Sejong or along wide boulevards with no utility poles or curbside parking. Founded in 2012 as Korea’s administrative city, Sejong has grown into a community of roughly 400,000 residents, shaped in large part by the civil servants and their families who moved south as ministries were relocated from Seoul. Thirteen officials from 12 foreign missions in Korea joined a two-day tour of Sejong on Sept. 29 and 30, arranged by the Sejong Culture and Tourism Foundation to introduce the planned city’s tourism assets. Kenyan Ambassador Emmy Kipsoi, one of the participants, said the visit exceeded her expectations of the city as a strictly functional government hub. “Before the visit, I knew Sejong mainly as Korea’s administrative capital, the home of government ministries and a cit

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Controversy resurfaces over SK hynix's potential Solidigm IPO

Controversy has resurfaced over SK hynix’s reported efforts to list its NAND flash memory subsidiary Solidigm in the U.S., after reports said the company had selected lead managers for an initial public offering (IPO), despite repeatedly maintaining that “nothing has been confirmed.” In an effort to protect retail investors, Korean financial regulators have introduced rules that prohibit parent-subsidiary listings in the domestic market in principle while allowing exceptions under certain conditions. However, because Solidigm is seeking an overseas listing, the case has raised questions over whether SK hynix could face regulatory penalties if it fails to comply with shareholder protection requirements. Bloomberg reported Thursday that Solidigm has selected Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley as lead underwriters for its planned IPO in the U.S. next year. The offering, if pursued, is expected to raise approximately $10 billion and value the NAND flash memory maker at up to $100 billion. Solidigm's parent company, memory chip giant SK hynix, has maintained that no decision has been mad

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Lamborghini unveils ultra-fast Urus SUV, Revuelto SV sports car

Automobili Lamborghini Korea unveiled two of its latest high-performance models, Thursday, highlighting the country as the first Asia-Pacific market to see the Urus SE Performante and Revuelto SV. The event marked a major milestone for Lamborghini in Korea, with the brand also celebrating the delivery of its 3,000th vehicle in the country since Volkswagen Group Korea began operating the brand’s local import business. The Urus SE Performante, a high-performance plug-in hybrid SUV, and the Revuelto SV, a limited-edition plug-in hybrid super sports car, represent Lamborghini’s latest push to combine electrification with its performance-focused brand identity. The Urus SE Performante combines a twin-turbo eight-cylinder engine with an electric motor, producing a combined 812 horsepower. The Revuelto SV, based on Lamborghini’s 12-cylinder hybrid architecture, delivers more than 1,000 horsepower and will be limited to 1,963 units globally, commemorating Lamborghini’s founding year of 1963. “Korea is the No. 2 market in the Asia-Pacific region (in terms of the number of vehicle delive

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[EXPLAINER] How AI emerged as new threat in Korea's bank hacking crisis

EXPLAINER How AI emerged as new threat in Korea's bank hacking crisis

Hackers once had to manually test security defenses, identify vulnerabilities and work out how to exploit them. Now, artificial intelligence (AI) can do much of that work, requiring little human input. That possibility is at the center of Korea's latest security crisis in the financial sector, as investigators have found traces of an AI-powered autonomous penetration-testing tool in a series of recent cyberattacks on the country's major banks. Since last week, Shinhan Bank, KB Kookmin Bank, Hana Bank, Yegaram Savings Bank and BNK Busan Bank have all reported data breaches, while Woori Bank and NH NongHyup Bank have detected signs of hacking attempts, though no data leaks were confirmed. Shinhan Bank reported that about 25,000 customers were affected, with personal information including names, phone numbers, annual income and loan limits exposed. KB Kookmin reported 119 affected customers, while Hana Bank said personal information belonging to 89 customers was exposed. The hacking spree has drawn particular concern after investigators reportedly found traces of an AI-powered tool known as

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Life in Korea

Seoul Museum of History extends evening hours with autumn exhibitions, performances

Seoul Museum of History extends evening hours with autumn exhibitions, performances

The Seoul Museum of History is turning autumn evenings into an invitation to linger, with exhibitions, hands-on workshops, performances and traditional market stalls running into the night. The museum has extended its evening hours through Nov. 30, keeping its permanent and special exhibition galleries, city model theater and Seoul History Archives open until 9 p.m. on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. The expanded hours, which began Sept. 15, are accompanied by programs designed to give visitors new ways to experience Seoul’s history and culture after work and on weekends. A traditional market called Seoyeokbak Jajetgeori will run Friday through Sunday, with stalls inspired by Joseon-era markets offering traditional crafts, cultural goods, food and drinks. On Friday and Saturday, the market will remain open from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m., while Sunday’s hours will run until 5 p.m. The museum will also host Exhibition Night Talk, in which curators who organized exhibitions explain their themes and introduce key artifacts directly to visitors. Seoul Urban Planning Grand View

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Lifestyle

Forget waking up at dawn: Young Koreans are embracing 'sleep maxxing'

Forget waking up before dawn to squeeze in another hour of self-improvement. For a growing number of young Koreans, getting ahead now means getting better sleep. The "miracle morning" trend, which encouraged people to wake up early and devote the extra hours to exercise, studying and other forms of self-development, once swept through Korea. Now, a contrasting wellness trend known as "sleep maxxing" is drawing attention among younger generations. The term combines "sleep" with "maxxing," internet slang for maximizing or optimizing something. Rather than simply trying to sleep longer, followers seek to improve sleep quality by systematically adjusting everything from daily habits to their bedroom environment. Kang, a 30-year-old office worker, is among those willing to spend money in pursuit of a better night's sleep. A smartwatch tracks total sleep time and the proportion of deep sleep, while supplements are part of a routine aimed at relaxation. A sleep mask and earplugs have also become bedtime essentials. "There were many days when I was exhausted but couldn't actually fall asleep onc

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K-Culture

BTS to kick off first-ever Peru concerts as Lima rolls out 'BTS Avenue'

Global K-pop sensation BTS will launch its first-ever concerts in Peru on Wednesday (local time), as the capital Lima rolled out a weeklong "BTS Avenue" and purple-lit landmarks to honor the group's historic visit. BigHit Music said the septet will perform at Estadio San Marcos in Lima on Wednesday, Friday and Saturday as part of its "Arirang" world tour. It marks the band's first shows in the South American country since its 2013 debut. To mark the occasion, the city's Santiago de Surco district temporarily renamed Sacramento Street as "BTS Avenue" from Oct. 5-11, installing signs along the route. Arco Morisco, a landmark structure in the district's Friendship Park, was illuminated in the group's signature color of purple on Monday and will host daily light shows through Sunday, while the Fountain of Fantasy at Lima's Fountain Park will run a BTS-themed show with music, lights and water screens during the same period. BTS opened the South American leg of the tour with two-day shows at Estadio Nemesio Camacho El Campin in Bogota last weekend, attracting around 100,000 fans.

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Celebrities

'I Live Alone' viewers captivated by actor who lives in 90-year-old home

Actor Kim Min has won praise from viewers after revealing his unconventional daily life and personal philosophy on MBC's reality show "I Live Alone." Beyond the intensity he has shown in acting roles, Kim displayed a free-spirited side as he filled his days with home repairs, martial arts and hands-on projects. But it was his outlook on life — particularly his belief that being "cool" comes from how a person spends their time rather than their looks — that resonated most with viewers. The Oct. 2 episode of "I Live Alone" offered a glimpse into Kim's life in Dongducheon, Gyeonggi Province, where he has lived alone for 28 years. He resides in a roughly 90-year-old house whose distinctive atmosphere and unconventional setup immediately drew attention. Kim began his day by running a generator for electricity and tearing into an entire baguette. He repaired a damaged floor himself with cement, worked on woodworking projects and practiced martial arts. Despite living in surroundings that might seem inconvenient to others, Kim appeared perfectly at ease, making and repairing what he needed

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  1. Korea decides to recall ambassador to Ukraine over NK POW dispute

  2. Lee orders Korea not apply for CPTPP membership this year

  3. 181 language learners travel to Korea for Sejong Institute contest

  4. COVER STORY K-defense expands global footprint amid shifting security order

  5. Overnight Coupang outage causes widespread disruptions, sparks fresh hacking fears

  6. Lamborghini unveils ultra-fast Urus SUV, Revuelto SV sports car

  7. Korea says no confirmed fuel exports to Russia, vows strict enforcement of export controls

  8. Recent electronic tracker damage case raises concerns over sex offender monitoring

  9. Korea intensifies efforts to track hackers behind bank cyberattacks

  10. S. Korea conducts 1st test launch of hypersonic glide vehicle amid NK tensions

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