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With BTS poised to reunite, “Squid Game” returning and a Broadway show winning awards, the Korean cultural wave keeps on ...
Several hundred spectators still clapped constantly when acrobats with Dongchoon Circus Troupe, South Korea’s last and 100-year-old circus, twirled on a long suspended fabric, juggled clubs on a large ...
The Sheffield DocFest documentary 'North South Man Woman' by Morten Traavik, Sun Kim follows a refugee matchmaker looking to heal the divided Korea.
Bull-on-bull fighting has been popular in South Korea for centuries. Critics say it’s needlessly cruel and painful. By Jin Yu Young . South Koreans Have a New President, and Mixed Emotions.
SEOUL -- South Koreans voted Tuesday in an out-of-cycle presidential election, following the ouster of former President Yoon Suk Yeol over his botched attempt to impose martial law in early ...
The South tries to get information into the North, and North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un tries furiously to block it, as he attempts to shield his people from outside information.
He is South Korea’s most popular—and divisive—politician. He narrowly lost the 2022 presidential election to Yoon. In his second try, ...
Lee leads his conservative opponents by wide margins in most polls ahead of the June 3 snap election. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.
SADO, Niigata Prefecture--Two separate memorial services honoring those who worked in Sado Island’s gold mines during World War II were held here after the South Korean government’s last ...
South Korea has handed a decisive victory to opposition candidate Lee Jae-myung six months after his predecessor's martial law bid failed. The brief yet disastrous move set off huge protests and ...
Lee Jae-myung, the liberal South Korean politician elected on Tuesday as the country's next leader, overcame a knife attack, martial law and criminal charges on his unexpected path to the presidency.
Seoul explained that North Korea’s recent revision stemmed from the view that it perceives the influx of South Korean culture, like popular use of the term “oppa”, as a possible threat to ...