In a major development in his recovery from last year’s elbow surgery, Ryu Hyun-jin of the Toronto Blue Jays will pitch in a minor league game next week.The Blue Jays announced Friday (Toronto time) that Ryu is scheduled to pitch in his first minor le…
Former National Intelligence Service (NIS) chief Park Jie-won was questioned by police Saturday over charges he had illegally meddled in the organization’s hiring decisions.The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency said it summoned Park to question his all…
A mom was taken into custody Saturday on suspicion of abusing her baby to death and abandoning his body, police said.The suspect, in her 50s, allegedly abandoned the baby’s body after he died suddenly due to an illness in 2015, according to the Gwache…
North Korea said Saturday it has “no intention” to review a bid by the chief of South Korea’s Hyundai Group to visit the North’s Mount Kumgang next month to hold a memorial service for her late husband and former chairman of the group.Kim Song-il, a d…
“OMG,” a hit song from rookie girl group NewJeans, has garnered over 400 million streams on Spotify, the group’s agency said Saturday.The song had recorded 400,964,769 streams on the world’s largest music streaming platform as of Thursday, after its r…
The South Korean action comedy film “The Roundup: No Way Out” on Saturday became the first movie released in the country this year to surpass 10 million admissions.The third installment of the crime action franchise starring Ma Dong-seok reached the m…
Naypyidaw: Myanmar’s junta strongman Min Aung Hlaing took a significant step closer to becoming the country’s civilian president after lawmakers nominated him for a three-way runoff, largely seen as a