The Korea Herald

22 hours ago | koreaherald.com | Shin Ji-Hye

Tottenham Hotspur captain Son Heung-min was extorted by a former girlfriend, who claimed to be pregnant with his child, prompting the player to pay her over 300 million won ($214,000), according to a police investigation and local media reports. Seoul Gangnam Police confirmed Friday the arrest of two suspects — a woman in her 20s and a man in his 40s — over attempted extortion targetting the South Korean football star.

1 day ago | koreaherald.com | Shin Ji-Hye

Seoul Grand Park successfully bred five endangered Korean red foxes last month, marking a second consecutive year of successful reproduction, officials said Thursday. The achievement comes as part of a restoration project launched in 2012 by the Environment Ministry and Korea National Park Service to reintroduce the native fox, also known as the Korean red fox, to the wild. Seoul Grand Park signed a research agreement with the national park authority in 2022 and brought in foxes for breeding.

2 days ago | koreaherald.com | Nam Kyung-don

According to Sportico’s list of the 50 highest-paid athletes of all time, Michael Jordan leads with $4.15 billion in career earnings, fueled largely by his long-standing partnership with Nike and the sale of his stake in the Charlotte Hornets. Tiger Woods ranks second with $2.79 billion, followed by Cristiano Ronaldo ($2.23 billion), LeBron James ($1.88 billion) and Lionel Messi ($1.85 billion), rounding out the top five.

2 days ago | koreaherald.com | Shin Ji-Hye

The Chinese government owns 11 plots of land in Itaewon-dong, Yongsan-gu, central Seoul, which sit between 1 and 1.5 kilometers from the proposed future site of the US Embassy and South Korea’s current presidential office, according to a local media report Wednesday. Asia Business Daily reported that the People’s Republic of China acquired ownership of the land spanning 4,100 square meters in December 2018 for about 29.9 billion won ($21.9 million).

2 days ago | koreaherald.com | Kan Hyeong-woo

Lithium manganese-rich prismatic battery cells to be loaded onto GM’s future electric trucks and SUVsLG Energy Solution and General Motors will roll out lithium manganese-rich, or LMR, prismatic battery cells for the latter’s electric trucks and sport utility vehicles by 2028, the companies announced Wednesday.