Korea

The Netflix Korean drama “Lady Dua,” starring Shin Hye-sun, reached 10 million views within two weeks of its release, according to industry tracking, propelling the series to the top of …

Korea’s webtoon industry has crossed the 2-trillion-won revenue mark, but the milestone arrives alongside a sobering signal: the breakneck growth that defined the sector for most of the last decade …

Korea’s tourism boom has reached a new milestone: the country recorded its ten-millionth foreign visitor of the year by the third week of June 2026, a pace that puts the …

Olive Young, the health-and-beauty retail chain that dominates Korea’s cosmetics shelves, has released its annual trend forecast for 2026, and the report reads less like a marketing deck and more …

Every January, Korea’s coffee industry gathers at the Seoul Cafe Show to crown a single word that will define the year’s menus, and for 2026 the organizers landed on “B.E.Y.O.N.D,” …

A new government savings program aimed at young Koreans, the “Youth Future Savings Account” (청년미래적금), launched in June 2026, offering matching contributions on top of what participants save themselves over …

South Korea’s two major literary institutions are merging their pipelines — one that funds Korean writers at home, the other that gets their books translated abroad — into a single, …

Twelve Korean animation studios walked into Annecy, France this spring hoping to strike deals with the world’s biggest buyers of animated content — and walked out with nearly $84 million …

Tourists are no longer content to just watch a K-drama’s back-alley chase scene or its quiet riverside finale — increasingly, they want to stand in it. According to the tourism …

At most fine-dining restaurants, a tomato skin is trash. At Doori, a small Seoul restaurant recognized in the 2026 Michelin Guide, it becomes a tart or a soup. According to …