An employee at KB Kookmin Bank in western Seoul [YONHAP]

Won breaks 1,420 to the dollar as Kospi retreats to 2,250

The won broke 1,420 to the dollar when the market opened in Seoul on Monday, renewing a 13-year-plus low.

K-pop
Blackpink is first K-pop girl group to take No. 1 spot on Billboard albums chart

Blackpink took the No. 1 spot on the Billboard 200 albums chart, the first for a K-pop girl group, according to the chart on Sunday. The girl group’s latest and second full-length album “Born Pink,” which dropped on Sept. 16, sold around 102,000 ...

Girl group Blackpink [YG ENTERTAINMENT]
Movies
Korea’s first jukebox musical film 'Life is Beautiful' has something for everyone

Korea’s first ever jukebox musical film “Life is Beautiful” sheds light on national pop and ballad hits from the 1970s to the early 2000s with an emotional yet comic coming-of-age story centering around a family. Actor Yum Jung-ah portrays a...

Yum Jung-ah, left, and Ryu Seung-ryong during a scene in the upcoming musical movie ″Life is Beautiful″ [LOTTE ENTERTAINMENT]

K-pop

Busan officials to stream BTS concert on large screens at Haeundae Beach

BTS [BIGHIT MUSIC]

Movies

[CELEB] Seo In-guk finally puts his signature look to use

Actor Seo In-guk, right, during a scene in the new action horror film ″Project Wolf Hunting″ [CONTENTS ON]

K-pop

NCT 127's '2 Baddies' breaks SM's first week sales record

Concept image for NCT 127's "2 Baddies" [SM ENTERTAINMENT]

K-pop

Victon's Chan being investigated for drunk driving, halts all activities

Heo Chan of Victon poses during a showcase event to promote the boy band's EP ″Chaos″ at the Yes24 Live Hall in eastern Seoul on May 31. [YONHAP]

Talk of the Town

Rapper Mad Clown's agency reveals he divorced last year

Rapper Mad Clown [MELON]

K-Campus

Back in business

Decorations at Yonsei University's Sinchon campus in central Seoul show its offline Muak Festival is back for the first time in three years. The festival had been canceled due to the Covid-19 pandemic. [ALLAND DHARMAWAN]

Tech

Com2uS to release Summoners War: Chronicles in North America in November

The image of Com2uS's latest MMORPG Summoners War: Chronicles [COM2US]

Basketball

Kang Lee-seul breaks World Cup record as Korea beat Bosnia

Kang Lee-seul drives to the basket during the 2022 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup match between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Korea at Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney, Australia, on Saturday. [EPA/YONHAP]

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Ekaterina Alexandrova beats Jelena Ostapenko to win Korea Open

Ekaterina Alexandrova reacts after beating top seed Jelena Ostapenko in the finals of the Hana Bank Korea Open at Olympic Park Tennis Center in Songpa District, southern Seoul on Sunday.

Today's Photo

Celebrating Saudi Arabia

Ambassador of Saudi Arabia to Korea Sami Alsadhan, third from right, Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Won Hee-ryong, fourth from right, and diplomats of countries in the Middle East celebrate the 92nd National Day of Saudi Arabia at the Shilla Hotel Seoul on Friday. [PARK SANG-MOON]

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