(Photo=Pixabay) South Korea has tightened inspections of cabbage imported from China after reports that formaldehyde was used to preserve freshness in some rural areas of the country.  Formaldehyde is an industrial chemical used for purposes including disinfection and the preservation of biological tissue, and the International Agency for Research on Cancer classifies it as a Group 1 carcinogen. Because South

(Photo=Open Thoughts Youtube capture) American rapper NBA YoungBoy, the 26-year-old Baton Rouge native who built a large following through a prolific run of hip-hop releases, says his first visit to South Korea has left him with no desire to return to the United States to live. YoungBoy made the comments during an appearance on comedian and internet personality Funny Marco’s

Photo=LOTTE Biologics Seoul, South Korea, August 25, 2026 — LOTTE Biologics (Co-CEOs James Park and Yoo-yeol Shin) is strengthening its ESG competitiveness in the global biopharmaceutical contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) market, following recognition of the sustainable design and construction of Plant 1 at its Songdo Bio Campus. LOTTE Biologics announced that Plant 1 at the Songdo Bio Campus

Photo=YG Entertainment For U.S. music companies and investors, BIGBANG’s return offers a test of whether established K-pop acts can turn decades-old hits and loyal global fandoms into a new cycle of stadium-scale revenue. The group opened its 20th-anniversary world tour on Aug. 21, returning to the stage for the first time in nine years and showing how the K-pop business

Photo=SK Group South Korea’s semiconductor boom is triggering an unprecedented shift in how companies return cash to investors, putting SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won at the center of a transformation that could make Korean stocks more attractive to U.S. investors and help narrow the country’s long-standing “Korea discount.” SK hynix’s record share buyback and cancellation, followed days later by Samsung