Sep 25, 2025 PM EDT - Jason
With a partial U.S. government shutdown days away, the White House ordered federal agencies to prepare reduction-in-force (RIF) plans that could permanently eliminate positions in programs that would lose funding next week, according to new guidance from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). The instructions raise the stakes well beyond familiar furloughs and come as negotiations over a stopgap bill remain stalled on Capitol Hill.
Sep 25, 2025 PM EDT - Jason
South Korea's government says North Korea is operating four uranium-enrichment facilities and may have accumulated as much as two tons of highly enriched uranium (HEU), a combination that points to a larger, more resilient bomb-fuel pipeline than previously acknowledged. The disclosure, delivered in Seoul on Thursday, builds on years of outside reporting about clandestine sites beyond the well-known Yongbyon complex and comes with an explicit warning that the
Sep 25, 2025 PM EDT - Hannah
Netflix's "Mantis" premieres September 26, 2025, starring Squid Game actors Im Si-wan and Park Gyu-young as elite assassins competing for supremacy in a spin-off to the hit 2023 film "Kill Boksoon."
Sep 25, 2025 PM EDT - Hannah
Girls' Generation's Yoona's tvN drama "The Tyrant's Chef" became the first tvN series to top Netflix's Global Non-English TV Shows chart for two consecutive weeks while also dominating Korean domestic ratings. The time-travel romance about a modern chef transported to Korea's Joseon Dynasty achieved this success through Yoona's dedicated method acting and the show's unique blend of culinary themes with historical palace intrigue.
Sep 24, 2025 PM EDT - Jason
South Korea and the United States have nudged their tariff negotiations back into motion, with Seoul signaling that an agreement before or during next month's APEC Leaders' Week in Gyeongju is still on the table. National Security Adviser Wi Sung-lac, traveling with President Lee Jae-myung in New York, told reporters the government is "keeping the summit in mind," adding that if common ground emerges,
Sep 24, 2025 PM EDT - Hannah
BAE173's upcoming first full album suffered an unauthorized music leak on September 23, 2024, with unreleased tracks appearing on social media, prompting their agency Pocketdol Studio to launch an investigation while confirming their October 23 comeback remains on schedule.
Sep 24, 2025 PM EDT - Hannah
MOMOLAND made their first Japanese performance since reuniting in 2025, delivering an energetic show at Yokohama's Korea-Japan Music Show that celebrated 60 years of diplomatic relations, featuring both classic hits and their new comeback single "RODEO."
Sep 24, 2025 PM EDT - Hannah
Korean R&B star Zion.T launched MATE, a new sound design label under his company Standard Friends, featuring three engineers who recently worked on the 2025 Korean Music Award-winning album "MINISERIES 2." The label aims to provide comprehensive music production services while combining AI technology with traditional expertise to advance Korea's music industry.
Sep 24, 2025 AM EDT - Isaac
Stray Kids will close out their record-setting era with a two-night stadium encore in Incheon on Oct. 18-19 at Incheon Asiad Main Stadium-the group's first-ever domestic stadium shows. JYP's official notice and the group's X post confirm dates and venue, branding the finale "dominATE : celebrATE." Ticketing guidance has rolled out in phases, with domestic platforms handling sales and heavy demand reported since the announcement. The encore caps a year in which 'KARMA'
Sep 24, 2025 AM EDT - Jason
Major Hurricane Gabrielle is racing across the North Atlantic with a hurricane warning for the Azores. The U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) says large swells will pound the U.S. East Coast from North Carolina northward over the next couple of days, producing life-threatening surf and rip currents. As of this morning's advisory, Gabrielle carried maximum sustained winds near 115 mph and was
Sep 24, 2025 AM EDT - Isaac
Gucci opened Milan Fashion Week with a movie night instead of a runway, premiering The Tiger, a short film co-created by Spike Jonze and Halina Reijn to introduce creative director Demna's first chapter at the house. The screening took place at Palazzo Mezzanotte, drawing an A-list crowd as Gucci pivots to a more cinematic launch strategy ahead of a full runway debut slated for February.
Sep 24, 2025 AM EDT - Jason
The new $100,000 H-1B fee for new petitions and a revived wage-priority selection plan are reshaping the U.S. skilled-worker pipeline. Here's the practical impact for Korean companies, students, and visa holders. The U.S. has moved fast to remake how employers bring in high-skilled workers. Over the weekend, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) clarified that a one-time $100,000 fee applies to new H-1B petitions filed on or after Sept. 21, 2025, while
Sep 23, 2025 PM EDT - Hannah
Disney+ will premiere "The Murky Stream," its first Korean historical drama starring Rowoon, Shin Ye-eun, and Park Seo-ham, on September 26, 2025. The nine-episode series focuses on corruption and survival in Joseon Dynasty Korea, marking a significant expansion of Disney+'s Korean content strategy.
Sep 23, 2025 PM EDT - Hannah
K-pop group P1Harmony will make their Good Morning America debut on September 24, 2025, performing their new English title track "EX" for the first time, just two days before releasing their first English full album and launching their North American arena tour.
Sep 23, 2025 PM EDT - Hannah
NIKKE's Resident Evil collaboration "Reborn Evil" launches September 24, 2025, featuring playable characters Jill Valentine and Ada Wong as premium SSR units, plus free SR character Claire Redfield through a story event and login campaign.
Jun 24, 2026 AM EDT - Hannah
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