Grace Lim

Director Na Hong-jin’s long-anticipated “Hope,” described as the most expensive Korean film ever produced, is set for release on July 15, 2026, bringing together a genre-crossing cast that includes Hwang …

Korea’s ready-to-eat food market is polarizing along income lines, according to 2026 retail data, with budget-friendly lunch boxes and kimbap posting an unusually sharp 45 percent year-on-year jump in sales …

Starbucks Korea has reached 2,131 stores nationwide as of April 2026, a milestone that places South Korea third in the world for Starbucks store count, trailing only the United States …

A government-backed flexible work program that lets parents of young children start their workday at 10 a.m. instead of the standard 9 a.m. has drawn steadily growing participation since its …

Netflix has unveiled “Deuljwi” (literally “Field Mouse”), a new tracking thriller series adapted from the Kakao Webtoon of the same name, as part of its third-quarter 2026 Korea lineup. The …

Korea’s webtoon industry has crossed the 2-trillion-won revenue mark, but the milestone arrives alongside a sobering signal: the breakneck growth that defined the sector for most of the last decade …

Twelve Korean animation studios walked into Annecy, France this spring hoping to strike deals with the world’s biggest buyers of animated content — and walked out with nearly $84 million …

Solar, Moonbyul, Wheein and Hwasa are, once again, MAMAMOO. On June 4, 2026, the group released its special single “4WARD” across major music platforms, marking its first release as a …

A revenge-fueled webtoon about a bullied teenager who livestreams his fights back at his tormentors has found a second life as a Japanese-language Netflix production — the latest sign that …

Few Korean web novels have made the leap to global mega-franchise quite like “Solo Leveling,” and its anime adaptation just proved the story still has momentum. D&C Media announced that …