Korea Joongang Daily
Korea JoongAng Daily

Please rest in peace, Lee Sun-kyun (KOR)

I pray for the late actor Lee Sun-kyun.

2024-01-11

Requiescat in pace, Lee Sun-kyun

I pray for the late actor Lee Sun-kyun.

2024-01-10

Divine help

People on Wednesday pray in the main hall of the Heungbeop Temple in Busan for their children, who will take College Scholastic Ability Test (CSAT) on Nov. 17.

2022-11-09

Concerts, meet-and-greets and festivals canceled to observe mourning period

The Korean entertainment scene has come to a complete halt as the country went into a national mourning period for a week, following Saturday’s crowd crush tragedy in central Seoul’s Itaewon, which claimed 156 lives as of Tuesday afternoon. As ...

2022-11-01

Religious leaders mourn Halloween crush victims

Religious leaders on Tuesday visited a mourning alter for those killed in the country's worst crowd crush in history. The representatives of the country's seven main religious orders paid tribute to the victims at a joint memorial altar set up at ...

2022-11-01

K-pop girl group Twice cancels meet-and-greet session on Nov. 5

Girl group Twice canceled its seventh debut anniversary meet-and-greet session set for Nov. 5, according to JYP Entertainment on Monday. The cancellation comes after the Korean government announced a national mourning period to last a week until ...

2022-10-31

Korean entertainment, K-pop scenes come to halt as nation mourns Itaewon tragedy

The Korean entertainment industry and K-pop scene came to a halt following Saturday’s crowd crush in central Seoul’s Itaewon, after the tragedy left over 150 dead and over a hundred more injured. As the government announced a national mourning ...

2022-10-31

Late actor Lee Ji-han was to appear in MBC series 'Season of Kkokdu'

Actor and former “Produce 101” contestant Lee Ji-han, who died Saturday during the crowd crush in central Seoul’s Itaewon, was scheduled to be part of the upcoming MBC series “Season of Kkokdu,” reported local entertainment news outlets Xports ...

2022-10-31

Lee Ji-han, known for 'Produce 101,' dies at 25 in Itaewon crowd crush

Actor Lee Ji-han, known for his participation as a contestant on Mnet audition show “Produce 101 Season 2” (2017), died Saturday during the crowd crush in central Seoul’s Itaewon that claimed over 150 lives. He was 25 years old. “Actor Lee Ji-han ...

2022-10-31