Find the answer at the bottom of the page. Keeping tabs on which South Korean celebrity dated or married whom is a key part of being a Hallyu fan. Actress Son Ye-jin and actor Hyun Bin, the ultimate power couple of Korean entertainment, tied the knot last year. The two said they started dating after meeting as co-stars in the hit 2019 drama “Crash Landing on You,” and announced their engagement...

Once-vicious bullies who find success later in life stir strong feelings of resentment among victims

Korean business and social schedules are typically much more flexible than those in the West. While Koreans most frequently accommodate the schedule of the most senior person involved, most foreigners want to carefully allocate their time in advance. When living and working in Korea, foreign nationals might be surprised or unhappy to receive notice of dinner gatherings, parties, or new work sched...

A revised bill to exempt foreign domestic workers from the minimum wage law has been submitted, prompting some to quietly support the move and others to criticize it as discriminatory. South Korea’s current minimum wage is 9,620 won ($7.31) per hour, which translates into about 2.1 million won a month. Many Korean full-time domestic workers, of which the pool is not big, get paid close to 3 mill...

Missionary seeks to help Congo's hunter-gatherers improve their lives through learning

Cia-Cia to Korean dictionary published after 10 years of work

Ferry stop from 18th century and once thriving city subcenter loses its spark

“Textile exports declined in relative terms in the 1980s, replaced by consumer electronics, computers and semi-conductors as lead exports. In 1983, the first Hyundai cars were exported,” the report by Seth showed. "By then, the country had become one of the largest shipbuilders and steel exporters in the world." The overseas market for K-pop roughly doubled from $5.7 billion in 2015 to $10 billi...

Seven South Korean lawmakers, 25 diplomats and 15 envoys from 40 different countries as well as a Seoul-based civic group have joined forces to launch a pro-diversity campaign, calling for the equal treatment of multicultural families and diverse ethnic groups here, officials said on March 28. According to the Sunfull Foundation, which has been campaigning against online hate speech and cyber bu...

Find the answer at the bottom of the page. Years before North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s daughter, Ju-ae, made her first public appearance in November 2022, there were several indications of her existence. She first made her presence known to the outside world while still in the womb, when South Korean media in 2012 reported that Kim’s wife, Ri Sol-ju, appeared to be pregnant. This report was ...

Despite prevalence of Christianity and Buddhism, indigenous shamanism lives on in everyday lives of Koreans

As in many other cultures, pointing at someone with your index finger is considered extremely rude in Korea, mostly because it is associated with blaming someone for their actions or pointing out their mistakes. However, gesturing towards someone with one's whole palm upturned is considered respectful. Min Byoung-chul is an endowed chair professor at Chung-Ang University's Business School who is...

Applicants try year after year before being admitted; those successful mostly from big cities

March 23 is "National Puppy Day," which was started in 2006 by dog lovers in the US to honor the cute furry animals that bring joy and happiness to humans. Here, The Korea Herald looks at the lives of five different kinds of pups in South Korea. 5. Dog farm dogs The most unfortunate lives of all are those lived by dogs on dog farms here. There are some 520,000 dogs being bred for the sold purp...

Assassination attempt on military strongman Park Chung-hee killed first lady Yuk Young-soo in 1974