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South Korea’s history helps explain its culture. In less than 100 years, the East Asian nation broke free from Japanese occupation, survived conflict with North Korea and transformed its ...

The uneasy truce between nuclear-armed North Korea and US-allied South Korea remains one of the most vexing security concerns ...

South Korean pop bands like Blackpink are a big hit globally - and among the country's best-known cultural exports [Getty Images] Evan Barringer was 14 years old when he stumbled onto Full House, a ...

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol’s attempted martial law declaration sparked a wave of collective resistance from ...

Will China ever lift its ban on Korean content, which has lasted for over seven years? Last November, China opened up visa-free travel to South Korean citizens, and talks between the culture and ...

When the Nobel committee recognized Han Kang in October for her body of work exploring “the fragility of human life,” it ...

When South Korea's president, Yoon Suk Yeol, attempted to institute martial law in early December, the public responded with ...

South Korea’s history helps explain its culture. In less than 100 years, the East Asian nation broke free from Japanese occupation, survived conflict with North Korea, and transformed its ...

SEOUL -President Yoon Suk Yeol’s shock declaration of martial law revved up South Koreans from 0 to 100. Within hours of his late-night announcement on Dec 3, protesters massed on Seoul’s ...