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“Perfect Crown” wrapped its run on May 16, 2026 with a 13.8% nationwide rating — its personal best, hit on the finale — and by then it had already become …

The line on Colorado Boulevard started forming at 3 p.m. the day before anything actually opened. By sunrise, it had grown into something else entirely — four blocks of folding …

A Korean language class is no longer just a K-pop fan’s weekend hobby. In a growing number of countries, it’s a subject students can take to satisfy a foreign-language requirement …

The sign on the wall at Cafe IO3 in Seongsu-dong doesn’t ask you to bring your own tumbler. It charges you ₩1,000 (about $0.75) if you don’t. “Have Bottle, Save …

Walk into a Kyobo Book Center anywhere in Korea this month and the book stacked highest at the front table is “Project Hail Mary” — a science-fiction novel by an …

President Lee Jae Myung campaigned on cutting Korea’s statutory workweek from 40 hours to 36, without a pay cut, with an eventual goal of a 4-day, 32-hour week. The stated …

‘Faker’ Lee Sang-hyeok is now the winningest player in MSI history — and he picked up the record while sweeping his own tournament’s opening match. On June 28, 2026, at …

It’s a strange thing when a TV show stops being a TV show. On June 15, 2026, Gyeonggi Provincial Education Superintendent Ahn Min-seok publicly called for a debate on creating …

Korean animation has spent years building its presence at Annecy, the industry’s biggest international market, mostly through individual studios. This year, that changed: Gwangju’s Information and Content Agency (GICON) brought …

I’d seen the same shot on Instagram a dozen times before I actually went looking for it: a small bakery window in Seongsu, a hand-lettered sign, and a line of …