Grace Lim

For visitors and new residents navigating Korean meals for the first time, dining etiquette (식사 예절) can feel like a small minefield of unwritten rules — most of which are …

Fundex’s closely watched TV-OTT topicality rankings for June 2, 2026 put SBS drama “Wonderful World,” starring Im Ji-yeon and Heo Nam-jun, at the top of the chart — a notable …

Incheon, South Korea’s third-largest metropolitan area, has completed an administrative restructuring that changes its official makeup from “2-gun-8-gu” (two counties, eight districts) to “2-gun-9-gu” (two counties, nine districts), effective this …

For years, opening a cafe in South Korea was a rite of passage for career-changers and retirees looking for a second act — low barriers to entry, a culture that …

Korea’s Cultural Heritage Administration has confirmed the “Danwon High School 4·16 Archive” and “Suunjapbang and Eumsikdimibang,” a pair of 16th-century Korean cookbooks, as its nominees for the 2026 UNESCO Memory …

The 2026 K-Book Copyright Market, held at the Lotte Hotel World in Seoul’s Songpa district, brought together 100 overseas publishing companies from 31 countries for roughly 1,850 individual rights meetings …

Netflix used its “Next on Netflix Korea 2026” showcase at Seoul’s Conrad Hotel in January to unveil 34 upcoming Korean titles spanning drama series, film and unscripted programming, one of …

The number of “no-kids zones,” businesses that bar children from entering regardless of behavior, has climbed past 420 locations across Korea, continuing to spread nationwide despite the National Human Rights …

Support for a four-day workweek among Korean employees has climbed to 63.2 percent, according to recent workplace surveys, with approval running especially high among full-time workers, women and, most notably, …

The Korea Tourism Organization has named “D.U.A.L.I.S.M.” as its keyword for 2026 travel trends, a framework built around the coexistence of seemingly contradictory values, technology and emotion, luxury and practicality, …