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[Trending] #HeavySnow #March #Busan

Heavy snow in late March? A blizzard hit a host of regions in Korea on Wednesday morning, including Busan and Daegu in southeastern areas where snowfall is rare in March. About 3.3 centimeters of s...

March 21, 2018
Social affairs
[Trending] #Instagram #socialmedia

R&B singer Dean described Instagram as a “problem (of modern society)” in his latest hit song named after the social media platform, but it seems that the mobile application continues to captivate yo...

March 17, 2018
Culture
[Trending] #SolitaryChatRoom

Don’t speak, just send a picture. Chat rooms with one simple rule, dubbed “solitary chat rooms,” are gaining popularity among young Koreans. Solitary chat rooms are part of the open chat rooms offe...

March 13, 2018
Culture
[Photo News] Uiseong residents welcome ‘Garlic Girls’

The “Garlic Girls” returned Monday to their hometown of Uiseong, North Gyeongsang Province, where they received a warm welcome. The members of the South Korean women’s curling team, which won silver...

March 12, 2018
Olympic Games
[Trending] #Nine #DearCloud #Jonghyun #King of Mask Singer

Band Dear Cloud‘s vocalist Nine took to MBC’s singing competition show “King of Mask Singer” on Sunday night and commemorated her close friend Jonghyun who took his life in 2017. The number of tweet...

March 12, 2018
Television
[Trending] #Small but certain happiness #小確幸

Ever heard the Korean phrase “sohwakhaeng”? The phrase, which means “small but certain happiness,” is currently trending here and simply refers a small piece of happiness that can be easily found in ...

March 11, 2018
Culture
[Photo News] Fine dust blankets Seoul’s weekend

Spring has finally arrived in Seoul, but an uninvited guest let locals down over the weekend: fine dust. The temperature in Seoul went down to 2 degrees Celsius on Sunday, while daytime high peaked a...

March 11, 2018
Social affairs
[Photo News] PyeongChang gears up for 2018 Paralympic Games

With the opening of 2018 PyeongChang Paralympic Games just a day away, the city is busy making final preparations for the event. The torch for the games arrived in Gangneung, Gangwon Province, Thursd...

March 8, 2018
Olympic Games
[Trending] #Snow #Daegu

A massive blizzard that hit Daegu and North Gyeongsang Province on Wednesday night has left locals perplexed by the unexpected snowfall in March. Daegu -- often called “Daefrica,” a compound word of...

March 8, 2018
Social affairs
[Trending] #7Princess #SugarMan

The members of the K-pop group 7 Princess returned to the small screen Sunday night all grown up after unofficially disbanding a decade ago. The group made a surprising appearance on JTBC’s show “Tw...

March 5, 2018
Music
[Trending] #Daeboreum

If you stroll down the street tonight, you’d better stop for a while, raise your head and make a wish. Today is “Jeongwol Daeboreum” or “Daeboreum,” which means the first full moon of the Lunar New ...

March 2, 2018
Culture
[Video] No fish in fish-shaped bread? ’Cause it’s bungeoppang

If you walk down the street in Korea in winter, you may have seen stalls decorated with fish characters that sell fish-shaped bread called “bungeoppang.” Bungeoppang (Park Ju-young / The Korea Heral...

February 28, 2018
Food
[Video] Best season to enjoy lava-like ‘hotteok’

If you watched the latest episode of tvN’s “Youn‘s Kitchen,” you might notice the Korean traditional dessert “Hotteok.” By serving the Korean sweet pancake with a scoop of ice cream and chocolate sa...

February 27, 2018
Food
[Trending] CL’s ‘Bad Girl’ performance sparks mixed reactions

When the lights went down at PyeongChang main stadium Sunday night, CL appeared on stage to get the crowd going. However, her fierce performance to her hit song “The Baddest Female” didn’t seem in-li...

February 26, 2018
Music
[Live Photo] Pyeongchang Olympics closing ceremony under way

To mark the 17 days of journey, a closing ceremony for the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics kicked off at a main stadium on Sunday at 8 p.m. The colorful ceremony started under the theme of “The Nex...

February 25, 2018
Olympic Games

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