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Rookie boy band Modyssey poses for photograph during a music event held in northern Seoul on July 25.

Boy band Modyssey set to release new music in October

The rookie seven-member group will release “2.Multitude: How We Bloom” six months after its debut single sold more than 300,000 copies in its first week.

2026.9.1

A customer shops for napa cabbage at a supermarket in Seoul on Oct. 10. [NEWS1]

Consumer prices rise 3.8 percent in October amid global volatility

Consumer prices rose for the third consecutive month in October amid volatility in the global oil and agricultural sectors.

2023.11.2

Golden foliage

People visit a giant ginkgo tree believed to be 859-year-old in Bangye-ri, Wonju, Gangwon on Tuesday, the very last day of October. The tree is 32 meters tall (104 feet) and has a perimeter of 16.27 meters (640 inches).

2023.10.31

Woodstock Music and Art Fair 2023, which has been delayed to October, will be held at the Imjingak Nuri Peace Park in Paju, Gyeonggi. [SGC ENTERTAINMENT]

Woodstock music festival changes venue to Imjingak Nuri Peace Park

Woodstock Music and Art Fair 2023, delayed to October, will be held at the Imjingak Nuri Peace Park in Paju, Gyeonggi, its organizers SGC Entertainment said Friday. The three-day festival will now kick off on Oct. 1 and run until Oct. 3. “As ...

2023.8.18

IVE to release new music in October

IVE will return with new music in October. "IVE is currently in preparation, aiming for a comeback in October. Further details will be announced at a later date," IVE's agency Starship Entertainment told the Korea JoongAng Daily on Friday.

2023.7.28

Duty free shops at Incheon International Airport bustle with travelers on Monday. [NEWS1]

More vacationers choosing off-peak travel

The traditional summer break used to be in July and August, but more Koreans are opting for early or later than the peak season to avoid congestion.

2023.5.23

Oh My Girl's YooA to release full-length solo album next month

YooA of girl group Oh My Girl will be releasing her own solo album. According to her agency WM Entertainment, YooA is preparing for her first full-length album, scheduled to drop next month. Information about the upcoming album will be released...

2022.10.20

Containers are piled up at a port in Busan on Friday. [YONHAP]

Exports down over 20 percent during first 10 days of October

Korea's exports slipped 20.2 percent on-year in the first 10 days of October due mainly to sluggish overseas sales of chips, data showed Tuesday. The country's outbound shipments stood at $11.8 billion in the Oct. 1-10 period, compared with...

2022.10.11

Job seekers line up in front of the Gangdon District Office on Nov. 4 to attend a job fair. The district office limited the number of attendees to under 100 to comply with social distancing regulations. The job market continues to improve and the eased measures are expected to further increase the number of jobs inNovember. [YONHAP]

652,000 jobs added in October, though unemployment ticks up

Total employment grew by 652,000 in October, a 2.4 percent increase compared to the same month a year earlier. Finance Minister said employment is 99.99 percent back to pre-covid levels.

2021.11.10

Credit card payments in Korea rise in October on year

Payments made with cards in Korea grew more than 5 percent in October amid the new coronavirus outbreak, industry data showed Wednesday.

2020.12.2

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