Korea

Netflix’s hit Korean cooking competition is coming back for a third round, and this time it’s changing its entire format. On January 16, Netflix opened casting for season 3 of …

Korea’s long-running dating reality franchise “I Am Solo” just wrapped its 31st season with three couples, a viral controversy, and a post-finale livestream that broke the show’s own records. The …

Korea’s tourism sector crossed a milestone this June that took a little less time to reach than even last year’s record pace. The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism announced …

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 …

Korea has two new candidates in its ongoing campaign to get its traditions formally recognized by UNESCO. The Korea Heritage Service submitted nomination files on April 1 for two separate …

On Amazon, the single biggest barometer of the US beauty market, Korean brands just posted one of their strongest weeks yet, and one name in particular is leading the charge. …

Korea’s beauty industry closed out 2025 with a record most in the sector had been chasing for years: the country’s cosmetics exports hit 11.431 billion dollars for the year, up …

Netflix and the Korea Tourism Organization are betting on a formula that’s already worked twice before: turn a hit Korean show into a tourism ad. Their latest collaboration, unveiled June …

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 …

For a country that has spent years as the global poster child for demographic decline, the numbers coming out of Korea this spring are turning heads. According to “March Population …