If you need something to entertain you while traveling to the beach, or looking to catch up with some summer...
North Korean Defectors: Finding a New Start in the ROK (Illustration by Rob Green) The airwaves in South Korea are...
Words and shots by Rainer Rippe If you want to see Bongamsa Temple (봉암사), you first have to become a monk. They don’t let anyone else even come near—unless you go there on Buddha’s birthday, which is April 8th on the Lunar Calendar (Friday, May 17th on the solar calendar...
Here comes the internet! The I.Seoul.U meme has begun. As we reported yesterday, “I. Seoul. U.” was named Seoul’s new brand by...
Peaceful follow-up to November’s Protests in Seoul Images by Patrick Murray, Words by Sam McNeil Paterson The follow-up protest in Seoul...
Shot courtesy of GoodGN Korean Frozen Meal Market Goes Upscale Though traditional frozen meals in Korea used to be limited to food such as dumplings, more complicated dishes have often been left out of the “instant” trend until recently. Companies like Suwolhan are now offering a variety of other frozen...
The Korean Peninsula has been an internationally hot topic of discussion over the last few weeks. On April 27, the...
The South Korean supreme court today reversed a lower court ruling that had established that posting selfie nude photos without...
Modern Religion and the Art of Happiness As a Western Buddhist monk of the Kadam Order, Gen Kelsang Togden speaks three languages (with Korean, almost four) and has lived all over the world, from Brazil to Canada and Korea. He spent much of 2014 splitting his time between Seoul and...
Oh Se-hoon was elected the 38th Mayor of Seoul during South Korea’s by-elections held on April 7th, 2021. As a...