While South Korea is considered one of the world’s safest countries due to its relatively low crime rates and the absence of drugs or guns in public, underground online crime networks that are accessible to all, regardless of age or location, seem to be thriving.
The recent success of Frieze Seoul cemented the status of South Korea’s capital as an art trade player. Favoured by international gallerists for its stability and with a thriving local scene, its rise is set to go on.
London art fair organiser launches in Asia with event in South Korean capital, drawing over 110 galleries as the country’s art market expands. Galleries whose only Asian outlet was in Hong Kong have opened in Seoul.
Support for Yoon Suk-yeol among young, male voters who propelled him to the top job has started to wane as he struggles to deliver on campaign promises.
Yoo Hee-yeol was known as a “musical genius” in South Korea, but was forced to leave his show in disgrace following accusations of plagiarism – a deep-seated problem within the industry.
Groups known as “fringe churches” have long been of concern, particularly to people with family members involved, now they’ve been thrust into the public spotlight.
Zoe Discovers wants to showcase daily North Korean life, and counter the Western narrative that recycles the same stark photos and catchphrases about the totalitarian state.
The latest hearing is a result of a 2019 appeal by the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Korea, on behalf of a prisoner convicted of murdering his parents.
Cleaners and security workers at the prestigious Seoul university have been fighting for more money and better working conditions for months.
The band has often been criticised for being more vocal overseas than in their own country, but supporters say they are constrained by a conservative society and ‘strict’ K-pop management rules.
They’re young, frugal and ready to retire before they reach 40. Meet the thousands of Koreans aiming to escape ‘enduring workplace harassment and overwork’ by putting aside as much as 90 per cent of their monthly pay cheques.
South Korea’s new anti-feminist president has dismissed the notion that gender discrimination is systemic in the country, despite all evidence to the contrary. Activists worry progress cracking down on digital sex crimes could stall or be reversed under his tenure.
While the landmark decision is at risk of being rolled back in the US, no such debates have roiled Asia, although a stigma persists in some places.
Disability groups protesting on Seoul’s underground during peak morning commutes are continuing the struggle for recognition; early death, abuse and lack of access to essential services are some of the issues they face.
Jin, the band’s oldest member at 29, is due to begin his military service. While there’s government and public support for BTS to bypass enlisting, others they they would not welcome such a move.
From next year, the city state will allow single women aged 21 to 35 to freeze their eggs. But fertility is a complex matter, as South Korea, Malaysia and Thailand’s experience shows.
Yoon Suk-yeol won last week’s election by the thinnest of margins after appealing to young men who feel threatened by women’s rights. Feminists say momentum is on their side.
Online posts claim Democratic Party supporters, or ‘No 1 men’, make good boyfriends and husbands – unlike ‘No 2 men’ who favour the conservative People Power Party.
‘What happens to those who rely on bank transfers from their parents?’: Eugenia, Russian model.
South Korea’s short-track speedskating team has been the world’s top medal-winner since the event made its official debut at the 1992 Olympic Games, despite cliques, distrust and intense rivalry.
Ryo Chuy-Yeop of Daegu Cyber University’s ‘department of influencing’ began his social media journey with a fitness channel that now has 1.83m YouTube subscribers. Friends with K-pop good-looks were key.
Is artificial intelligence the future of elderly care? That’s a question seniors at a home in Busan should ask their new friend ‘Clova’, the creation of tech giant Naver.
Online platforms, interest in recycling and less money mean there is more interest in used garments – even if most celebs still wear the real deal.
The reality show has swept all before it, becoming Netflix’s 10th most-watched TV programme thanks to a cast of achingly beautiful and successful singles.
The fleeing of a policewoman from the scene of a knife attack on a family has left the nation once again questioning the competence of its law enforcers.
Decades-old family planning policies, rocketing house prices and an overworked, hyper-competitive environment are taking their toll, if a new survey is anything to go by.
The infamous Suneung is increasingly linked to mental health woes, and critics are questioning its effectiveness and demanding a rethink.
The fall and rise of the Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha actor is a cautionary tale of the excesses of cancel culture.
The Netflix hit isn’t just breaking viewing records, it is breaking down cultural barriers and inspiring the country’s hitherto underappreciated ranks of foreign entertainers.
Heo Kyung-young’s claims to be able to levitate and work miracles have left him open to ridicule, but his more down-to-earth targeting of corrupt politicians have some calling him a saviour of the working class.
