Injury, obesity, stress: eSports starts wising up to health problems

SINGAPORE - Growing concern over health standards in eSports has prompted a new federation to pledge to address the problem, as players fall victim...

Heavy rain, COVID-19 trouble NK

(Rodong Sinmun-Yonhap)Record-breaking torrential rain and the COVID-19 pandemic are threatening North Korea, which has already been troubled by years of international economic sanctions.The country’s...

Gentle Monster in Hangzhou portrays an old woman restoring her memory

In China, Gentle Monster has unveiled its new Hangzhou flagship concept called ‘Memory’ – yet another amazing avant garde installation-meets-retail space. The South Korean...

Met dept issues urban flooding alert for Karachi, Hyderabad during upcoming...

The Pakistan Meteorological Department on Monday issued an urban flooding warning for Karachi and Hyderabad in which it predicted a monsoon spell in Sindh...

Glaciers could have sculpted Mars valleys: study

PARIS: The question of whether ancient life could have existed on Mars centres on the water that once flowed there, but new research published...

[Graphic News] No. of fake banknotes in S. Korea further dips...

The number of fake South Korean banknotes found here continued to decline in the first half, and the combined face value of the counterfeits...

Craze for Starbucks Korea’s reward items appears unstoppable

Amid the hype for Starbucks Korea’s small suitcases offered under its reward programme, customers’ competition to get camping chairs, another promotional item, ran...

Northern Irish Nobel Peace Prize winner John Hume dies

LONDON - John Hume, the Northern Irish politician who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1998 for his role in the British province's peace...

Sailors departing from Russia required to hand in virus test results

(Yonhap)All crewmen of ships departing from Russia are required to submit a certificate showing they tested negative for the new coronavirus upon arriving in...

South Korean sandwich chain Isaac Toast expands in Hong Kong

Renowned for being ‘the breakfast staple of Koreans’, sandwich chain Isaac Toast has just opened its second store in Hong Kong – seven...