How to rent a car in Korea

For those traveling in areas with limited access to public transportation, renting a car may be the best option. Here's a look at the country’s car-sharing and rental system. Rental For most companies, foreigners who have a driver’s license issued by local authorities can rent a car under the same conditions as South Koreans, which is that one must be at least 21 years old and have obtained a driving permit over one year ago to rent a car that has up to nine seats. Other req

K-films by women directors to be screened at Academy Museum in LA

South Korean women filmmakers will screen their works at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles this month, the second K-film project to be held in the American museum. According to the organizer, the Korea Foundation, this special screening series, titled “A New Wave of K-Cinema: Korean Women Directors,” will run from Thursday until June 29th. The list of films includes contemporary films directed by Korean women such as Yim Soon-rye’s “Waikiki Brothers&rdq

New book delves into Chun Doo-hwan’s life and legacy

Author Jeong A-eun seeks to explain why dictator’s unapologetic twilight years were a source of great discomfort for many Koreans 

Exhibition unveils century-old pansori, court music sounds

The National Gugak Center and the Arumjigi Culture Keepers Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting traditional Korean culture, have collaborated to showcase a unique exhibition featuring the captivating sounds of pansori, court music and traditional folk songs from century-old records. The “House of Records, See the Sound" exhibition, held at the Arumjigi cultural center in Jongno-gu, Seoul, aims to recreate the auditory experience of traditional Korean music fr

Hyundai, hit by subsidy cuts in US, bolsters ties with China’s CATL

Korean auto giant diversifies battery suppliers in emerging markets amid protectionist policies in US, Europe

Posco launches new low-emission steel product

Posco has launched the country’s first low-carbon steel product in line with the steelmaker’s ambitious goal to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050, the company said Sunday. LG Electronics has become the first client to purchase the newly-launched low-emission steel product for the company’s home appliances production, the company added. Posco’s new steel product, named Greenate certified steel, uses mass balance methodology by which steelmakers allocate their carbon emis

K-pop stock rally proves strong despite BTS hiatus

Market value of top 4 K-pop agencies soar to some combined W20tr

Hyundai-backed 42dot to set up global software center

42dot, a self-driving mobility unit under Hyundai Motor Group, is setting up a global software center for software defined vehicles, or SDVs, aiming to create a foothold in the burgeoning future mobility business. Users can manage operations and acquire new features for SDVs primarily through software updates. According to a regulatory filing on Wednesday, the company received a first-phase investment worth 346.2 billion won ($265.1 million) from the carmaker, who vowed to inject total of 1.5