February 22, 2024

BLACKPINK’s Jisoo establishes label for solo projects

Jisoo of K-pop girl group BLACKPINK has established her own label for solo activities, music industry sources said Thursday.

“I’m making a new beginning with the name ‘Blissoo’,” the singer wrote on social media the previous day.

“I would be gratefu…

Hanwha Solutions turns to red in 2023

Hanwha Solutions Corp. on Thursday reported its 2023 net loss of 155.3 billion won (US$116.7 million), swinging from a profit of 366 billion won a year earlier.

Operating profit for the year was 604.5 billion won, down 34.6 percent from the previous …

S. Korea’s suicide rate falls slightly in 2022: data

South Korea’s suicide rate inched down in 2022 after the COVID-19 pandemic, though it remained at the highest level among major advanced nations, data showed Thursday.

A total of 12,906 people took their own lives in 2022, and the number of suicides …

Hanwha Solutions remains in red in Q4

Hanwha Solutions Corp. on Thursday reported its fourth-quarter net loss of 330.1 billion won (US$248.1 million), remaining in the red compared with a year ago.

The company said in a regulatory filing that operating income for the October-December per…

Choo Shin-soo welcomes fellow MLB All-Star Ryu Hyun-jin to KBO

It was a message from one former major league All-Star to another: welcome home.

Choo Shin-soo of the SSG Landers in the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) said Wednesday he is looking forward to going up against Ryu Hyun-jin, the former big league hu…