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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 …

An elderly woman stopped Seoul-based travel writer Ji-Hoon Park outside Apgujeong-Rodeo Station’s Exit 4 with a question that says everything about this street’s history: “Is Rodeo Street still crowded these …

On a weekday afternoon in Sinsa-dong’s Garosugil, the street that spent two decades as one of Seoul’s defining shopping destinations is quiet enough to notice. “For lease” notices start near …

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 …

Walk through the vintage clusters of Seongsu-dong on a Saturday afternoon and you’ll start noticing the same pieces turning up on people who, by every other signal, look thoroughly current: …

Get off at Mangwon Station, two stops past Hongik University on Line 6, and nothing about the exit signals you’ve arrived anywhere special. Climb the stairs and the first thing …