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Mukbang star Tzuyang returns with two videos after a 2-month break

CultureOct 26, 2020

Popular mukbang, or “eating show,” YouTuber Tzuyang uploaded videos on Friday and Sunday, the first of 10 promised while announcing her retirement in August. The videos titled “Yokji Island 1” and “...
Damwon Gaming and Suning to clash at LoL World Championship finals

More sportsOct 26, 2020

South Korea’s Damwon Gaming took down Europe’s G2 Esports in a convincing 3-1 win at the League of Legend World Championship semifinals on Saturday. This is the first time a Korean team has made the...
KOFIC selects 'The Man Standing Next' for 2021 Oscar submission

FilmOct 24, 2020

The Korean Film Council announced Wednesday that “The Man Standing Next” by director Woo Min-ho was chosen out of the 13 films that applied for submission for the Oscar for best international feature...
Pengsoo and AKMU Suhyun to showcase duet

TelevisionOct 23, 2020

Popular EBS penguin mascot character Pengsoo will perform in a duet with AKMU’s Suhyun at 7:30 p.m. on Friday’s episode of “Giant PengTV” on EBS 1TV. Suhyun uploaded a picture of herself with Pengso...
Side selection in LoL Worlds semifinals

More sportsOct 23, 2020

The first game of the semifinals for the League of Legend World Championships will feature Korean top seed Damwon Gaming against European first seed G2 Esports on Saturday at 7 p.m. The match will d...
CGV shuts down 7 branches with more closures to follow

TheaterOct 23, 2020

Multiplex cinema chain CGV announced Thursday that it would close seven of its branches, including the Daehangno location in Seoul, due to the financial burden of COVID-19. The announcement came jus...
[Around the Hotels] Promotion and packages

Food&BeverageOct 23, 2020

InterContinental presents Halloween Special Grand InterContinental Seoul Parnas and InterContinental Seoul COEX in Samseong-dong offer horror-themed Halloween desserts for the Halloween season. De...
SBS drama ‘The Penthouse: War in Life’ to show row over education, real estate

TelevisionOct 22, 2020

Different human desires are set to clash in SBS’ new suspense drama “The Penthouse: War in Life” starting at 10 p.m., Monday. Director Joo Dong-min and screenwriter Kim Soon-ok have joined hands aga...
Naver accused of excessive censorship of webtoons after string of controversies

CartoonOct 21, 2020

After the success of K-pop, K-drama and even K-movies internationally, the letter “K” is now often placed in front of Korean products that make Koreans proud. “K-quarantine” was a word used in multip...
Hit drama ‘Phoenix’ rises again 16 years later

TelevisionOct 20, 2020

MBC’s drama series “Phoenix” from 2004 that featured actor Lee Seo-jin, Mun Jung-hyuk and the late Lee Eun-ju returns as an SBS daily morning soap opera starting from Monday at 8:35 a.m. The script ...
Rapper Owen steps down from ‘Show Me the Money’ after report of drug use

MusicOct 20, 2020

Mnet announced Tuesday that rapper Owen of MKIT Rain Records is stepping down from the rap competition program “Show Me the Money,” following a local media report that he and four other rappers were ...
Damwon Gaming is sole Korean hope at Worlds

More sportsOct 19, 2020

“I definitely think that I could have performed better, but there were parts where I underperformed, so that’s really regrettable,” said “Ruler,” the star player of Gen.G. Several players of Damwon,...
‘Writing Tomorrow’ festival to discuss role of literature in COVID-19 era

BooksOct 19, 2020

The 2020 Seoul International Writers’ Festival, the largest international literary festival in South Korea, will take place online Nov. 2-8, with the aim of expanding opportunities to enjoy literatur...
Broadcasters, companies pay the price for YouTube star’s unchecked background

TelevisionOct 18, 2020

As the popularity of YouTubers and social media influencers rise, so too do controversies surrounding them. With the online stars appearing on popular television shows and in advertisements, verifica...
‘Hysteria’ wins two American translation awards

BooksOct 18, 2020

An English translation of Kim Yi-deum’s book of poetry “Hysteria” (Action Books) became the first-ever book to win both the National Translation Award and the Lucien Stryk Asian Translation Prize giv...