J. Haan

An Actor’s Day of Running a Generator and Fixing the Floor To get electricity at home, actor Kim Min first fired up a generator. He patched up cracks in the …

A Path Close to the River, Yet Still a Bridge for Cars At Jamsu Bridge in Banpo, Seoul, the Banpo Bridge stretches overhead while the surface of the Han River …

A Surge of 610,000 in Just One Year: South Korea’s Super-Aged Society is Already Here South Korea’s population of those aged 65 and older has reached 11.125 million this year, …

October 8 Announcement Triggers Translation Shortages in South Korea On October 8, the Swedish Academy announced Canadian poet, essayist, and classicist Anne Carson as the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature …

Local History Carried by the Lanterns of the Namgang River The Jinju Namgang Yudeung Festival lights up the Namgang River and Jinjuseong Fortress in South Gyeongsang Province from October 3rd …

US Direct-Sales Giant Launches Korean-Made Skincare On October 5, US-based direct-sales beauty company Mary Kay unveiled its “K-Beauty Texture Edit,” a three-piece skincare collection manufactured entirely in South Korea. According …

Play-Ins Kick Off on the 15th, Korean Teams Debut on the 24th The League of Legends (LoL) World Championship kicks off with the Play-In Stage on October 15th, local US …

A track record built across Asia, starting in Tokyo The Hyundai Global’s story begins in Tokyo in 2024. Through this platform, Hyundai Department Store has introduced Korean fashion, beauty and …

Fairness perceptions skew toward the young and economically vulnerable People in their 20s and 30s, lower-income earners and those living outside the greater Seoul area are relatively more likely to …

A festival’s ownership comes under legislative scrutiny Park Jin-young, co-chair of the Presidential Committee on Popular Culture Exchange, appeared as a witness before the National Assembly’s Culture, Sports and Tourism …