Revenge Completed a Week Later, on T1’s Own Turf When the first game of T1’s Home Ground event wrapped up on August 14, Dplus KIA’s (DK) chance at revenge looked …
‘Flex X Cop 2’ Opens Higher Than Season 1 SBS’s Friday-Saturday drama “Flex X Cop 2” premiered on August 7 with a nationwide rating of 6.1 percent, up 0.3 percentage …
Olive Young’s Curation Arrives in Over 500 Sephora Stores Starting August 20, CJ Olive Young is rolling out the ‘OLIVE YOUNG K-Beauty Edit’ across more than 500 Sephora stores nationwide …
Experiencing Korean Food Beyond the Restaurant A foreign tourist returns to their accommodation after a day of sightseeing in Korea and opens a delivery app to order food they first …
‘MUSINSA Station’ Opens in Harajuku Today MUSINSA is opening a large-scale pop-up store called “MUSINSA Station in Harajuku” in Tokyo’s Harajuku district on August 21, 2026. The event runs at …
‘Gill’ Expands Into Key European and Asian Markets Korean fantasy animated feature “Gill” (Korean title: Agami) has signed new sales deals across major markets in Europe and Asia. Barunson E&A, …
203 Companies Operating in 77 Countries The number of Korean restaurant companies running stores overseas has topped 200 for the first time. According to the ‘K-Foodservice Overseas Expansion Status Survey’ …
Planning for Fall in the Middle of Summer Heat Even as summer heat continues into August, Korea’s travel searches have already shifted to fall. Ahead of the Chuseok holiday in …
A New Song on the Anniversary of Debut BIGBANG debuted on August 19, 2006. Exactly twenty years later, on August 19, 2026, at 6 p.m. KST, the group released a …
The Government Takes a Closer Look at a New Kind of Meetup For the first time, Korea’s Ministry of Gender Equality and Family will examine the operations of dating services …
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