Grace Lim

Seoul’s biannual celebration of its royal heritage just had its biggest spring turnout ever. The 2026 Spring Royal Culture Festival, held across the city’s five grand palaces and Jongmyo Shrine …

The traditional Korean household of multiple generations under one roof keeps becoming less and less representative of how the country actually lives. As of 2026, single-person households in Korea have …

The Locus Awards, one of the most respected prizes in science fiction and fantasy publishing, added a Translated Novel category for the first time in 2026, and Korean authors immediately …

Twelve Korean animation companies attending the 2026 Annecy International Animation Film Market in France, held June 23-26, closed roughly $84.09 million in export consultation deals across 209 individual meetings, according …

When Netflix confirmed in August 2024 that Korean-Australian actress Yerin Ha would play Sophie Beckett, the central love interest opposite Benedict Bridgerton in “Bridgerton” Season 4, it was a casting …

CJ Olive Young’s consolidated annual revenue is on track to cross 6 trillion won this year, according to a July 1 report by Herald Business reporter Kim Jin, continuing a …

A line has started appearing on kiosk menus at some Korean cafes that has nothing to do with coffee: “restroom only, no purchase required, 2,000 won.” Most cafes now lock …

At a Western-style restaurant in Seoul’s Gangnam district on May 1, a man in his 50s opened his self-introduction with, “My legs are strong, and I don’t have a belly.” …

FlareUp is not a brand most shoppers outside Korea would recognize. It’s a contemporary womenswear label that, as of last year, barely had a footprint beyond Musinsa’s domestic platform. In …

Inside Antara Fashion Hall in Mexico City, the booth wasn’t hard to find — it was the one with a line for the skin scanner. Sephora had turned over part …