Korea

Not long ago, Seongsu-dong was known mainly for its red-brick shoe factories and industrial warehouses. Today it’s arguably the single fastest-growing destination for foreign visitors to Seoul, and the numbers …

Korea’s web novel industry is getting a financial boost aimed squarely at export. The Korea Publication Culture Industry Promotion Agency, known as KPIPA, opened its 2026 web novel translation subsidy …

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 …

If you needed one number to capture just how far the Korean-learning boom has come, this is it: applications for the Test of Proficiency in Korean, better known as TOPIK, …

A period drama about a 15th-century deposed boy king has become one of the biggest Korean box office stories in years. Distributor Showbox announced that “The Man Who Lives with …

Korean cinema returned to the main stage at Cannes this year after a quiet stretch. On April 9, the Cannes Film Festival’s organizing committee unveiled its official competition lineup in …

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 …

South Korea’s network of government-backed Korean language schools just got noticeably bigger. The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism announced on June 30 that it has designated 29 new Sejong …

Studio Mir, the KOSDAQ-listed Korean animation studio, is producing Netflix’s “Devil May Cry” anime as lead production company — involved from the scripting stage rather than brought on purely for …

Korean instant-noodle (ramyeon) exports hit $180 million in April 2026, an all-time monthly record, up 35 percent year over year and 11 percent from March, according to industry data reported …