Foreign students surge in South Korea
210,000 foreign national students registered at Korean institutions last year — a staggering 15 percent increase from the previous year.
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Reinventing life after K-pop trainee days
Dropped from a cutthroat race at a young age, former idol wannabes redefine failure in their own ways.
Rep. Lee Jae-myung clinches Democratic Party of Korea’s presidential nomination
Thanking his supporters and the South Korean people for giving him another opportunity to run, Lee vowed an "absolute victory" to "build the real Korea."
South Korean ex-presidents Moon, Yoon likely to stand criminal trial simultaneously
These will be the first simultaneous criminal trials of two former presidents in 29 years. In 1996, former Presidents Chun Doo-hwan and Roh Tae-woo appeared in court on charges of…
South Korean economy shrinks again in Q1
The weaker-than-expected GDP figure increases the likelihood that Asia’s fourth-largest economy will fall short of the central bank’s full-year GDP growth forecast of 1.5…
‘It’s not the Korea I know’: Seoul stabbing sparks fear over safety
On April 22, a man in his 30s is alleged to have fatally stabbed a woman in her 60s while she was shopping inside a supermarket in Mia-dong, Gangbuk-gu. A store employee in her…
Memorial Mass for Pope Francis held in Seoul
Memorial services have been held at churches across the country since Wednesday as South Koreans continue to mourn the passing of the Pope, who made a visit to Seoul in 2014.
1 in 3 women in South Korea experienced violence at least once in their lifetime: survey
Among the categories included in the survey were physical, sexual, emotional, and economic violence and manipulation, as well as stalking.
Seoul, Beijing at odds over West Sea structures, but vow to keep talking
Beijing offers on-site visit, while sidestepping Seoul’s call to relocate West Sea structures.
Le Sserafim begins first world tour with powerful statement of growth
After a difficult year marred by criticism of its live singing, girl group Le Sserafim kicked off its first world tour with an all-out, two-day show.