Korea

Netflix’s “Teach You a Lesson” (참교육) has spent three straight weeks at No. 1 on the platform’s Global Top 10 Non-English TV chart, and its 39.3 million cumulative views are …

By one measure, the Korean workplace got a little less stressful last year. By the measure employers tend to care about most, it didn’t get any better — and the …

On June 1, at SBS’s “NEXT EPISODE” drama media day in Seoul, the network confirmed that “The Judge from Hell” — the demon-possessed-judge drama that hit a peak rating of …

Trisha Paytas has no Korean heritage and no prior reputation as a K-pop act, which is part of why it was news at all when the American singer and influencer …

“Solo Leveling” just had its best two weeks of the year, and neither headline is about the show currently airing. Season 2 of the Korean webtoon-turned-anime juggernaut took home two …

In late May, a video began circulating on Korean social media showing someone removing the green logo from a Starbucks tumbler with two items bought for 2,000 won at a …

On May 8, at the 62nd Baeksang Arts Awards in Seoul, Netflix’s “Eun-jung and Sang-yeon” won the night’s top television honor — Best Drama — beating four other nominees from …

“Yumi’s Cells” just got a body. The webtoon that turned one woman’s inner emotions into a cast of tiny animated characters is getting its first-ever stage musical, premiering June 30 …

Ask a room of young Korean men how a dating couple should split the bill, and the answer is close to unanimous. Ask the women dating them, and the answer …

At a growing number of Whole Foods and specialty grocers in the US, Korean sesame oil no longer sits in the “international” aisle next to the soy sauce. It’s migrated …