The military’s intelligence unit currently under scrutiny over a major military secrets leak did not undergo an external security audit for seven years, the defense ministry said Monday. Last week, military prosecutors indicted a civilian official at the Korea Defense Intelligence Command (KDIC) for allegedly leaking secrets in return for money. The official confessed to being recruited by a suspected

About 7,500 crimes have been committed by military personnel against civilians over the past five years, but indictments have been reported in only three out of 10 such cases, data from the defense ministry showed Monday. The number of detected crimes against civilians by soldiers and civilian military employees reached 1,595 in 2020, 1,503 in 2021, 2,084 in 2022, 1,627

Netflix is set to expand the universe of its 2023 hit action film “Kill Boksoon” with a spin-off titled “Mantis,” starring Im Si-wan in the lead role. The streaming giant announced Monday that “Mantis” will focus on a killer named “Mantis,” who works for MK Entertainment, the contract killing company featured in the original film. “Kill Boksoon,” which starred Jeon

With consecutive comeback victories over their top rival on the weekend, the Kia Tigers have inched closer to their first regular-season crown in South Korean baseball in seven years. The Tigers sit atop the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) standings at 75-49-2 (wins-losses-ties), following two straight road wins over second-place Samsung Lions, who are now 6 1/2 games back at 69-56-2.

The 22nd National Assembly was set to formally kick off with an opening ceremony Monday, more than three months after it came into operation, with President Yoon Suk Yeol expected to skip the ceremony amid tensions with the opposition. Yoon’s decision to sit out the ceremony to open the new Assembly and its first regular session came amid the opposition

RM, leader of K-pop supergroup BTS, collaborated with American rapper Megan Thee Stallion on her new single. The 29-year-old Houston rapper announced on her Instagram account Sunday (U.S. time) that she is teaming up with the BTS star on “Neva Play” due out Friday. A promotional poster for the song unveiled by Megan shows herself sporting blue hair and flashing

Samsung Medison Co., a medical equipment unit of Samsung Electronics Co., said Monday it has completed the acquisition of the French artificial intelligence medtech startup Sonio, as part of its effort to expand its AI-powered health care solution business. The Korean company acquired 100 percent of Sonio on Friday, a startup specializing in AI development for diagnostic reporting in obstetrics

The head of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) met with the deputy chief of South Korea’s financial regulator Monday for talks on various issues, including regulations on virtual assets, officials said. SEC Commissioner Mark Uyeda and Kim So-young, vice chair of the Financial Services Commission (FSC), met at the government complex in Seoul. They first exchanged views on