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[Newsmaker] [Feature] A week of YouTuber chaos leaves Ansan residents angry

CultureDec 20, 2020

A popular video showed an Ansan resident shouting at the streamers that they were nowhere to be seen when Cho was sentenced 12 years ago and that they only came to get viewership and donations. As c...
Korea Travel Online Expo 2020 prepares travel for post-COVID era

TravelDec 18, 2020

The annual Korea Travel Expo is being held online for the first time due to the pandemic situation until Tuesday. Around 120 organizations, including Korea Tourism Organization and local governments...
[Around the Hotels] Promotions and Packages

Food&BeverageDec 18, 2020

Park Hyatt Seoul unlocks staycation with ‘Winter at Park’ Park Hyatt Seoul presents the Winter at the Park package, a seasonal getaway. The package, available for stays until the end of February, c...
Fan vote determines LCK All-Stars players’ champions for All-Stars

More sportsDec 17, 2020

The three in-game characters that League of Legends Champion Korea players will use to play against a Chinese team in the 2020 All-Stars on Saturday was revealed by Riot Games on Wednesday. The char...
Star K-drama director Lee Eung-bok brings ‘Sweet Home’ to life

TelevisionDec 16, 2020

Since the events take place in the apartment called “Green Home,” the set spanned 11,500 square meters and over 30 billion won ($27.5 million) was put into the series. “There are worries that there ...
Veteran LCK players retire in the offseason

More sportsDec 13, 2020

While the League of Legends Champions Korea offseason is a time of many roster changes and player transfers, it is also when many veteran players decide to retire from professional play. Two members...
[Around the Hotels] Promotions and Packages

Food&BeverageDec 11, 2020

JW Marriott Dongdaemun Square Seoul launches ‘Sweet Moments’ experience JW Marriott Dongdaemun Square Seoul presents the “Sweet Moments” experience until May 2021. “Sweet Moments” includes one nigh...
Hwang Jung-min, Yoona tackle life of reporter in ‘Hush’

TelevisionDec 10, 2020

Veteran actor Hwang Jung-min will return to the small screen for the first time in eight years as a hardened reporter in JTBC’s human drama “Hush.” Hwang demonstrated why he is one of the most belov...
2020 LoL World Championships viewings reach more than 1 billion hours

More sportsDec 10, 2020

More fans than ever went online to watch the LoL World Championships this year, according to Riot Games, with over 1 billion hours watched worldwide during the games that took place from Sept. 25 to ...
Making favorite restaurant dishes at home

Food&BeverageDec 9, 2020

Restaurants that have jumped on the bandwagon range from regionally well-known eateries to hotel restaurants. For example, Shinsegae Chosun Hotel’s Chinese restaurant Hogyeongjeon’s jjajangmyeon (noo...
Dia TV creators head to VR world of Zepeto

CultureDec 8, 2020

As forerunners, entertainment creator ddimmi with 910,000 YouTube subscribers and child actor and creator Lee Chae-yun with 84,000 YouTube subscribers debuted on Zepeto in mid-November. With a large ...
Mnet’s ‘Running Girls’ brings idols together

TelevisionDec 8, 2020

Five K-pop idols in their 20s running through scenic courses around the country is the theme of Mnet’s “Running Girls,” whose first episode airs Wednesday. Sunmi, Chungha, Hani of EXID, YooA of Oh M...
LTI Korea announces winners of 2020 Korea Translation Award

BooksDec 7, 2020

The Literature Translation Institute of Korea announced the winners of the 2020 Korean Literature Translation Award, with Mariko Saito winning the grand prize. For this year’s prize, 115 translated ...
Twice and other idols get tested for COVID-19

K-popDec 7, 2020

Every member of K-pop girl group Twice was tested for the new coronavirus on Monday, and so were all staff members who had come into contact with band member Sana recently. The singer Chungha tested...
Artists' voices re-created with AI

MusicDec 7, 2020

With the development of artificial intelligence and deep learning, things that were once impossible are now becoming possible, including re-creating the voices of deceased musical artists to sing con...