K-pop walks tightrope as China-Japan cultural friction deepens
Korean entertainment companies hope their artists will remain insulated from the fallout, but they are watching developments closely.
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How teachers are navigating South Korea’s martial law crisis in classrooms
Educators say teaching the event is crucial to fostering democratic values.
How ex-employee exposed 33.7 million users: South Korean e-commerce giant Coupang’s security gaps explained
Weak privilege controls, outdated oversight, and low security investment allowed the breach to unfold undetected for over five months.
South Korea’s martial law animosity has outlived decree — and now defines political identity
Those six short hours fundamentally rewired South Korean politics, seeping into the very bones of the party system and the identities of partisans.
Fly before the baby comes: Behind the ‘babymoon’ craze in South Korea
Expectant couples hit the road for belly shots and more, but experts warn of potential risks.
Sex scenes in K-dramas: Why are they so restrained?
Limits on intimate scenes arise from cultural norms, regulatory history, and expectations that K-dramas stay family-friendly, experts say.
South Korean ex-president Yoon’s trial begins over Pyongyang drone allegations
The drone deployment, the investigators argue, was aimed at goading North Korea into retaliatory actions that could be used to justify declaring emergency martial law.
In South Korea, 120,000 private cameras hacked, used to record sexual content
Two of the suspects each hacked into 63,000 and 70,000 IP cameras, recording hundreds of sexual videos, which they sold to operators of websites based outside of the country.
From fragmented memories of shame, Korea-born adoptee author weaves a home in language
'This story is not only for Korean adoptees in Switzerland. It is for anyone who has been rejected, anyone who has been shamed,' says Laure Mi Hyun Croset, a writer who was born…
Korean learning boom falters
Continued government support, particularly for the woefully underpaid instructors, is necessary for Korean language education to remain vital and relevant, says the writer.