カテゴリー: South Korea
Hovenia dulcis – known in Korean as heotgae – has become the cornerstone of South Korea’s booming hangover cure industry“Eighteen years ago, people didn’t even know the name of this ingredient,” says 58-year-old Gil Sa-hyeon, holding up a cluster of dr…
Han Hak-ja, aged 82, is detained after Seoul court hearing over claims she told church officials to bribe wife of then president Yoon Suk YeolThe 82-year-old leader of the Unification Church was arrested in South Korea early Tuesday as investigators pr…
Han Hak-ja, aged 82, is detained after Seoul court hearing over claims she told church officials to bribe wife of then president Yoon Suk YeolThe 82-year-old leader of the Unification Church was arrested in South Korea early Tuesday as investigators pr…
Comments from North Korea’s leader come as South Korea’s Lee Jae Myung says he could accept a deal that sees the North retain its nuclear weaponsThe North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, has suggested he would be open to talks with the US, while South Kore…
The clandestine networks were almost decimated by Covid border closures and are now under threat from a crackdown in South KoreaWhen Park Seung-hwan* has a moment to himself, he opens Google Earth and searches for his family home. The 30-year-old has b…
Choi Mal-ja’s appeal gained momentum after #MeToo movement inspired her to seek justiceA court in South Korea has acquitted a woman convicted six decades ago for biting off part of a man’s tongue during an alleged sexual assault, after she challenged …
Choi Mal-ja’s appeal gained momentum after #MeToo movement inspired her to seek justiceA court in South Korea has acquitted a woman convicted six decades ago for biting off part of a man’s tongue during an alleged sexual assault, after she challenged …
US president ‘very disappointed’ in Russian ruler; Trump had promised to get Putin to negotiating table with Volodymr Zelenskyy. What we know on day 1,288Donald Trump took no apparent action at the passing of his latest deadline for Vladimir Putin to c…
Seoul says military fired warning shots on Tuesday after troops from the North briefly crossed borderSouth Korea fired warning shots at North Korean soldiers who briefly crossed the heavily fortified border earlier this week, Seoul said on Saturday, af…
Ruling upheld that there was insufficient evidence of copyright infringement on song that is YouTube’s most viewed videoSouth Korea’s supreme court has rejected a US composer’s allegation that the producers of the catchy children’s song Baby Shark plag…
Kim Keon Hee in custody on three charges while husband Yoon Suk Yeol detained over attempt to impose martial lawA South Korean court on Tuesday ordered the arrest of Kim Keon Hee, the wife of the impeached former president Yoon Suk Yeol, making her the…
World’s lowest fertility rate leaves Seoul 50,000 troops short of maintaining defence readiness, report warnsSouth Korea’s military has shrunk by 20% in the past six years, largely due to a sharp decrease in the population of men of enlistment age for …
Seoul dismantled its loudspeakers a week ago, and Pyongyang appears to be following suit as President Lee Jae Myung seeks to improve ties with NorthSouth Korea’s military has said North Korea has started dismantling some propaganda loudspeakers aimed a…
The country is one of only a handful – alongside China and North Korea – where the app fails to function as it shouldFor tourists visiting South Korea, one of the world’s most technologically advanced nations, navigating the country’s urban heartlands …
As South Korea nears official multicultural status, Seoul wants newcomers to integrate – but they still face discrimination and prejudiceRussian words echo through the corridors of Gonjiam middle school as a woman from Uzbekistan addresses a classroom …