Korean envoy to Nepal calls for continued search efforts for 4 missing in Himalayas

South Korea's top envoy to Nepal has asked Nepalese authorities to continue efforts to find four South Koreans missing after an avalanche in the Himalayas, amid slow progress in search operations owing to bad weather. Monday's air and ground searches for the four people missing at the Annapurna trekking site were called off for the day as unfavorable weather conditions blocked officials from approaching the scene where the missing people are believed to be trapped.

China guarantees aid packages for Celltrion

South Korea's leading biosimilar manufacturer Celltrion said Tuesday it has signed with a regional government in China to build a plant with a 120,000 liter production capacity in a bid to cash in on the growing pharmaceuticals market.

Ex-Samsung Life execs seize control of group's financial arms

Former and incumbent Samsung Life Insurance employees in their 50s will lead the nation's largest conglomerate's financial units, according to each affiliate, Tuesday.

HMM seeks profit in Q3 after joining THE Alliance

Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM) said Tuesday the company would turn a profit sometime within the third quarter of this year at the earliest, after ending an 18-quarter losing streak.

President vows to complete overhaul of powerful agencies

President Moon Jae-in underlined the need to follow up on the recent passage of bills at the National Assembly aimed at reforming the prosecution and establishing a separate investigative body for dealing with crimes of ranking officials.

Samsung promotes young leaders in reshuffle

Having a good representation of young leaders in big organizations like Samsung Electronics is essential because they constantly bring passion, enthusiasm and even optimism to work.

Popular Impressionist works from Israel come to Seoul

Impressionist art pieces are popular with contemporary museumgoers, but the style was not always so popular. The first Impressionist exhibition was held in April 1874 at the studio of the photographer Nadar, when it was not conventional to present artwork outside of art galleries. "The Anonymous Society of Painters, Sculptors, Engravers, etc." included now household names such as Claude Monet, Edgar Degas, Pierre-Auguste Renoir and Camille Pissarro. However, their new style, shifting interest from traditional subject matters of high society to nature, was criticized for being amateurish and unfinished-looking.

Hana to take over The-K Non-Life Insurance

Hana Financial Group has taken the first steps in expanding its non-banking affiliates by taking over The-K Non-Life Insurance as a battle heats up among major groups to scale up their portfolios.

Scandal doesn't jeopardize Kim Gun-mo's married life, say parents-in-law

Singer Kim Gun-mo gets along with his wife and their honeymoon is hardly affected by the ongoing rape scandal involving the award-winning musician, Kim's father-in-law said on Tuesday.

Theaters to screen Oscar-nominated films ahead of big night

As the Academy Awards ceremony is approaching and the lists of nominees have been finalized, movie theaters are rushing to provide moviegoers with opportunities to watch the acclaimed films nominated for the 92nd Oscars.

Customers sue Korean Air over loyalty program

Seven Korean Air customers filed a complaint with the Fair Trade Commission (FTC), Monday, alleging unfair trading over proposed changes to the company's loyalty program.

Hail, floods, dust hit Australia amid raging wildfires

Dust storms, hail and flash floods have battered beleaguered Australian cities in recent days, extreme weather that has diminished the threat from scores of wildfires that continue to blaze across the country's southeast. A hail storm in the national capital Canberra on Monday damaged public buildings, businesses, homes and cars, cut power to some suburbs, brought down trees, caused flash flooding and injured two people, emergency services officials said.

Webtoon artist Kian84 becomes landlord of 4.6 billion won building

Webtoon artist and TV personality Kim Hee-min, better known by his pen name Kian84, has bought a four-story building with a basement, located in Songpa-gu, eastern Seoul, for about 4.6 billion won ($3.9 million).

Japanese-speaking K-pop girl band: JYP's audition program to air in Japan

An audition program to launch a Japanese-speaking K-pop girl group will air in Japan in April. Korean music label JYP Entertainment and Japan's Sony Music are the audition's organizers.

BTS tweaks K-pop marketing playbook with 'Map of the Soul: 7'

Following the smartly organized, decadelong K-pop marketing formula, boy band BTS has unexceptionally heralded its new album releases with advance teaser videos and music samples during its past seven-year career. But instead of getting advance SNS hints and teasers about the band's newest song, fans of BTS were completely left in the dark until the very moment of the official release of "Black Swan" last Friday. "Black Swan" is the first BTS single pre-released from its upcoming full-length album, "Map of the Soul: 7," scheduled for full release on Feb. 21.

'Parasite' wins Screen Actors Guild award for acting ensemble in run-up to Academy Awards

"Parasite," Bong Joon-ho's black comedy film, has clinched a key award at this year's Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards in the United States, the film's latest achievement that bodes well for its showing at the Academy Awards next month. The South Korean film's 10-person cast, including Song Kang-ho and Cho Yeo-jeong, was named the winner of the 26th Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture in the award ceremony held on Sunday (U.S. time) in Los Angeles' Shrine Auditorium.

HiteJinro banned from using 'Clean Lager' to promote TERRA

South Korea's food safety regulator has banned HiteJinro from using “Clean Lager” on all forms of promotional material for its TERRA beer.

Renault Samsung union back to table for wage negotiations

Renault Samsung Motors Corp.'s union on Tuesday suspended partial strikes to resume negotiations with the company over wages for the year of 2019. Renault Samsung workers have staged partial strikes at its sole plant in Busan, 453 kilometers south of Seoul, for higher wages in the past 19 days. It caused production losses of about 10,400 vehicles worth about 200 billion won (US$173 million), according to the automaker.

Korea vows stable trade ties with Britain

South Korea said Tuesday it will prepare fully to maintain its trade with Britain amid London's planned departure from the world's largest economic bloc. During a meeting with officials from the British Embassy in Seoul, Chun Yoon-jong, director general for free trade agreement policy at South Korea's trade ministry, said the two countries will continue their preferential ties on the back of their bilateral free trade agreement (FTA).

EXO's Chen, Dynamic Duo collaborate for 'You'

K-pop boy band EXO's member Chen and hip-hop group Dynamic Duo collaborated on the song “You,” which will be released on Jan. 23, at 6 p.m. This is their second collaboration, three years after the song “Nosedive” on Jan. 24, 2017.