Abortion rights activists celebrate the Constitutional Court's decision on April 11, 2019, at the court's gates in central Seoul. The Constitutional Court ruled Act 269 of the current Criminal Act, also known as the abortion law, as unconstitutional for the first time in 66 years. [YONHAP]

[WHY] Korea decriminalized abortion, but has anything actually changed?

Is abortion legal in Korea? It's a simple and incredibly important question, but the answer is still unclear. Korea’s decades-old ban on abortion was ruled unconstitutional for the first time in April 2019. Yet, the answer to whether abortion is ...

K-pop
Highlight's Yang Yo-seop apologizes for Kakao chat kerfuffle

Boy band Highlight’s Yang Yo-seop apologized in an Instagram story on Thursday for “excluding others” from an informal chat he held with fans a day earlier. “Yesterday [Wednesday] evening, many fans tuned into the [Kakao] open chat and I did my ...

Yang Yo-seop of Highlight [AROUND US ENTERTAINMENT]
Television
Song Hye-kyo to attend Fendi's F/W Couture show in Paris

Actor Song Hye-kyo will attend Fendi’s Fall/Winter (F/W) 2022 Couture Collection show, which will be held in Paris on July 7, the Italian luxury fashion house said Friday. Song was seen leaving Incheon International Airport for Paris on the same...

Actor Song Hye-kyo [FENDI]

Movies

Moon Geun-young to screen three short films at Bifan

Moon Geun-young [CREE COMPANY]

K-pop

KARD sells more than 20,000 copies of 'Re:'

Co-ed group KARD [DSP MEDIA]

K-pop

STAYC EP 'We Need Love' to be released on July 19

Girl group STAYC [NEWS1]

K-pop

HYBE's ADOR label teases launch of first girl group

ADOR, an independent music label under HYBE led by Min Hee-jin, teased the launch of its first girl group on Friday with a short animated clip. [ADOR]

Talk of the Town

ITZY to release 'Sneakers' on July 15

A poster for ITZY's first world tour [JYP ENTERTAINMENT]

Industry

There's Wally!

Employees dressed in Wally, or Waldo, costumes pose at The Hyundai Seoul, a branch of Hyundai Department Stores, in Yeongdeungpo District, western Seoul, on Thursday. The Hyundai Seoul will hold an exhibition of Wally-themed villages decorated with about 100 Wally and Wally crew characters under the theme of 'Where's Happiness?' at The Sound Forest on the 5th floor of the building until Aug. 13. "Wally Happy Walking Challenge," a customer participation event, will be held from July 2 to July 3. [NEWS1]

Economy

Fuel tax cuts

The fuel tax cut will be expanded to 37 percent from the current 30 percent starting July. Additionally, fuel taxes will drop by 57 won ($0.04) per liter for gasoline, by 38 won for diesel and by 12 won for LPG. Gas and diesel prices are displayed at a filling station in Seoul on Thursday. [YONHAP]

Football

Kim Min-jae is back in action — and in trade rumors

Kim Min-jae appears for Fenerbahce in a friendly against Al-Shamal at the Can Bartu training pitch in Istanbul on Wednesday. [FENERBAHCE]

Baseball

Park Byung-ho moves up to No. 4 on KBO's career home run ranking

Park Byung-ho of the KT Wiz hits his second home run of the game against the Samsung Lions at Daegu Samsung Lions Park in Daegu on Thursday. [YONHAP]

Today's Photo

Exhibit honors role of Koryoin in Korea-Kazakh relations

A photo of a Korean family resettled in former Soviet Union displayed at the ″Land of Hope″ exhibition dedicated to the Korean diaspora in Central Asia and former Soviet Union states at the Korea Foundation Gallery in Seoul on Thursday. [ESTHER CHUNG]

Opinion