Latest headlines feature a special counsel seeking a four-year prison term for former President Yoon in connection with a free opinion poll case, while a presidential official proposes distributing ‘public dividends’ from an AI-driven economic boom. Other top stories include an urgent update on the same Yoon case, debris from a strike on a South Korean ship in Hormuz arriving in Seoul soon, South Korea using government funds to support cheering squads for North Korean football team visits, and the Supreme Court confirming a two-year prison sentence for a retired general over martial law involvement. A boy found dead after going missing in a mountain park is also reported.
In arts and culture, French artists reinterpret Korean tradition through a hanok residency program. Amuse opens its first Thailand store in Bangkok, accelerating Southeast Asian expansion. An exhibition sheds light on an artist with Down syndrome through film and art. South Korea intensifies inspections of overseas direct-purchase cosmetics targeting counterfeit K-beauty products. A tribute ceremony marks King Sejong’s 629th birth anniversary at Yeoju royal tomb. Actor Yoo Seon-ho is set to leave the reality show ‘2 Days & 1 Night’ after three and a half years.
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**K-Star Gallery highlights:** Media conference photos for the SBS series ‘My Royal Nemesis’; the film ‘Wild Sing’ starring Kang Dong-won, Um Tae-goo, Park Ji-hyun; Billie’s first studio album ‘The Collective Soul and Unconscious: Chapter 2’; Coupang Play series ‘Bonjour Bakery’; TXT’s UNICEF campaign; 82Major’s fifth mini-album ‘FEELM’; NEXZ’s second single ‘Mmchk’; promotional event photos of Jang Won-young and Park Bo-gum at Dyson Korea; Yonhap interview photos of K-pop boy group CLOSE YOUR EYES; Cortis’ second mini-album ‘GreenGreen’; foreign visitors in hanbok crowding Gyeongbok Palace in Q1; SBS rom-com series ‘Sold Out on You’ starring Ahn Hyo-seob, Chae Won-bin, Kim Beom; TXT’s eighth mini-album ‘7th Year: the Thorn version’; the ENA crime series ‘The Scarecrow’; BTS ‘Arirang’ world tour concert in Goyang Stadium; the 2026 Seoul Hangang River Light Drone Light Show; the film ‘The Devil Wears Prada 2’ starring Anne