People visit a semiconductor trade fair in Shanghai, China, in March last year. [YONHAP/REUTERS]

New programs aim to keep retired tech professionals from being poached

Special programs will be introduced to employ retired tech and science professionals, aiming to prevent technology outflow and rival countries from poaching them.

K-pop
Three members of iKON test positive for Covid

Three members of boy band iKON tested positive for Covid-19, according to the group's agency YG Entertainment on Sunday. After showing symptoms of a cold, members Kim Jin-hwan, Song Yun-heong and Kim Dong-hyuk have been confirmed to have the virus.

iKON members Kim Dong-hyuk, first from left, Kim Jin-hwan, fourth from left, and Song Yun-heong, fifth from left, tested positive for Covid-19 according to the group's agency YG Entertainment on Sunday. [ILGAN SPORTS]
Television
2 'King of Tears' episodes delayed after death of horse on set

Episodes of "The King of Tears, Lee Bang-won" have been delayed after complaints were received and lawsuits filed alleging animal abuse during the filming of the KBS historical drama. Two episodes, 13 and 14, scheduled to air Jan. 22 and Jan. 23...

KBS delayed two episodes of "The King of Tears, Lee Bang-won" for two weeks after a horse died following an accident on set. [ILGAN SPORTS]

K-pop

Boy band Monsta X postpones U.S. tour until May

Boy band Monsta X [STARSHIP ENTERTAINMENT]

K-pop

SM Entertainment unveils remastered version of hit Girls’ Generation track

The remastered music video for ″Into the New World″ (2007) by Girls' Generation [SCREEN CAPTURE]

K-pop

Yue Hua Entertainment to debut new boy band Tempest on Feb. 21

Boy band Tempest [YUE HUA ENTERTAINMENT]

Korean Heritage

[Treasure] Celadon Lidded Bowl and Saucer with Inlaid Dragon

[Treasure] Celadon Lidded Bowl and Saucer with Inlaid Dragon

Talk of the Town

Meat Loaf, heavyweight rock superstar, dies at age 74

This June 21, 2010, file photo shows rock singer Meat Loaf on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange before ringing the opening bell. Meat Loaf, whose ″Bat Out Of Hell″ album is an all-time bestseller, has died, his family announced on Facebook, Friday. [AP/YONHAP]

Industry

Franchise expo

Visitors examine plants displayed in a booth at the 64th World Franchise Expo 2022 held at COEX in southern Seoul on Thursday. [YONHAP]

Finance

Lots of interest

A customer consults a KB Kookmin Bank employee at a branch in Yeouido, western Seoul, on Thursday. The bank announced it would raise interest rates on savings accounts by as high as 0.4 percentage points starting Thursday. [YONHAP]

Football

Moldova friendly is chance for Korea's unseen stars to shine

Cho Gue-sung celebrates after opening the scoring for Korea in a friendly against Iceland at Mardan Sports Complex in Antalya, Turkey on Saturday. [NEWS1]

Football

Taeguk Ladies kick off Asian Cup bid with Vietnam game

Korean women's national football team captain Ji So-yun attends a press conference ahead of the Asian Football Confederation Women's Asian Cup at Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex in Pune, India on Thursday. [YONHAP]

Today's Photo

Speaker in Sri Lanka

Speaker of the National Assembly Park Byeong-seug, right, and President Gotabaya Rajapaksa of Sri Lanka pose for a photo before a meeting in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on Thursday. During his two-day visit to Sri Lanka for resource and economic diplomacy, Park held consecutive meetings with the country's president and Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa. The two sides discussed investment in minerals and the expansion of economic cooperation, while Sri Lanka decided to create an industrial complex dedicated to Korean companies. The two sides also agreed on the need for the revision of the Double Taxation Avoidance Treaty and Aeronautical Treaty. [NATIONAL ASSEMBLY]

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