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May 24, 2018 Social affairs

Dozens of Busan restaurants caught breaching sanitary regulations

Several famous Busan restaurants have been caught storing expired food, preparing dishes in severely unhygienic kitchens or misrepresenting the origin of their ingredients. Rags covered in rat feces...

[Photo News] Bongha Village memorializes late Roh Moo-hyun on 9th anniversary

A memorial ceremony honoring the ninth anniversary of the passing of late President Roh Moo-hyun took place Wednesday at his grave in Bongha Village. Politicians and mourners flocked to the village,...

May 23, 2018
Politics
3 Korean social media influencers who open consumers’ wallets

The advent of social media provided individuals with a platform on which they could showcase their own content. Then came the birth of social media stars, who amassed hundreds of thousands of followe...

May 23, 2018
Culture
[Video] Koreans flock to temples to celebrate Buddha’s Birthday

Brightly colored lanterns hang in the air at Jogyesa Temple in central Seoul. Seoul citizens flocked to the chief temple of the Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism to celebrate Buddha’s Birthday, a natio...

May 22, 2018
Culture
[Photo News] BTS delivers another energetic Billboard performance

BTS performed its new track “Fake Love” at the 2018 Billboard Music Awards on Sunday, US time. The six-member boy band delivered an energetic performance, showing off powerful dance moves alongside ...

May 21, 2018
Music
[Photo News] Queen Yu-na graces ice once more

Figure skating champion Kim Yu-na made her first appearance in an ice show in four years on Sunday. She performed a special gala program at the “All That Skate 2018” ice show held at Seoul’s Mokdong...

May 21, 2018
More sports
‘Burning’ sets record high score at Cannes jury grid

Director Lee Chang-dong’s “Burning” garnered a record high score in the Cannes Film Festival’s daily newsletter upon its jury screening. With a 3.8 average, the film has nabbed the highest score in ...

May 18, 2018
Film
[Photo News] Floods cause bridge closure, but weather to clear by weekend

Rains continued to pour down Thursday night and into Friday morning, leading to flooding in various parts of Korea. The lower-level of the Jamsu Bridge, connecting Seoul’s central Yongsan-gu and sou...

May 18, 2018
Social affairs
Big Bang’s Seungri becomes Tinder model

K-pop star Seungri has become a model for the online dating app Tinder in Korea, YG Entertainment announced Thursday. In one of the ads, Seungri is dressed in a suit and holds a champagne glass. In ...

May 17, 2018
Music
[Photo News] Heavy rains pound Seoul

Heavy rains hammered Seoul and nearby areas on Wednesday afternoon. Rain, along with thunder and strong winds, fell as clouds gathered above the Ganghwado area northwest of Seoul. The capital’s ski...

May 16, 2018
Social affairs
YouTube emerges as top app among Korean users

YouTube was the app used for the longest periods of time by South Korean users of all ages last month, data showed Tuesday. According to Wise App’s data on the app usage of Koreans in different age ...

May 15, 2018
Technology
[Video] What people in Korea think about Kim Jong-un

Amid an ongoing series of diplomatic moves, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un appears to be lifting the veil that has surrounded him and the North Korean regime long before he took over as the country’...

May 14, 2018
North Korea
[Feature] Why young Koreans refuse to marry

For Park Hyun-ah, 30, life was always meant to follow a certain trajectory. After graduating from high school, she went on to a prestigious university, after which she was certain she would pass the...

May 10, 2018
Social affairs
[Photo News] Posing like the two Koreas’ leaders

Interest in North Korea has heightened following the inter-Korean summit that took place last Friday. In subsequent days, tourists have been flocking to a replica set of Panmunjeom, the border villag...

May 2, 2018
North Korea
[Video] Ryan Reynolds visits Korea for ‘Deadpool 2’

The wisecracking mercenary superhero Deadpool is not too different from Ryan Reynolds, said the actor who plays the character at a press conference in Seoul Wednesday. The actor visited Korea to pro...

May 2, 2018
Film

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