J. Haan

Shanghai’s Exhibition Hall Was a Marketplace of Stories When an animated series crosses a border, it is not only the characters on screen who make the trip. A character becomes …

Tokyo Meets a Train Bound for Seoul’s Seongsu If you’re walking through Harajuku and suddenly spot a space styled like a Seoul subway station, don’t be too surprised. From August …

Korean kimchi just made itself a little more at home on dinner tables around the world. Kimchi exports came in at about $164.4 million for 2025, a record for the …

The Prevalence Rate Is Down. The Patient Count Isn’t. Korea’s dementia prevalence rate among older adults has edged down from the previous survey. Yet the total number of dementia patients …

A Classroom Carrying Sejong’s Name Is Spreading Across the World In 2026, five hundred and eighty years after King Sejong promulgated Hangeul, his name has outgrown its place in a …

Tuesday’s Little Gaps Are Back A quick lunch break with nothing to do. A shop with no customers for a moment. A few spare minutes before the next appointment. In …

The Five-Year Gap Between a 60-Year-Old Retirement Age and a 65-Year-Old Pension In Korea, the legal retirement age is 60, but the National Pension doesn’t start paying out until as …

She Went to See Her Bias. She Got Hired by His Company Instead What would actually happen if you landed a job at your favorite idol’s company? tvN’s Monday-Tuesday drama …

Before spice level, there’s something Buldak Bokkeummyeon and Shin Ramyun have to prove to land in a Muslim shopper’s cart: halal certification, meaning everything from ingredients to production, storage, and …

What the Word ‘Possible’ Points To: Two Diverging Paths The word “possible” carries within it two paths not yet decided. Director Lee Chang-dong’s new film, “Love, Possible” — his first …