Ms. Lee was a prominent activist and a founder of women’s studies programs. She also stood up to the country’s dictators.
Kim’s Assassins: In 1983, North Korean Special Forces Nearly Decapitated the South Korean Government
Three days later, three North Korean special forces officers are running for their lives. Here’s What You Need To Remember: Seoul raises the alert status of its forces…and does nothing. What can be …
South Korea is trying to help delivery drivers, whose workloads have soared during the pandemic.
The South Korean government is pushing for shorter workdays and other improved working conditions for parcel delivery couriers, who have complained of mounting workloads during the pandemic, …
Russia, North Korea trying to hack coronavirus researchers, Microsoft says
Russian and North Korean government operatives have attempted to breach … “The targets include leading pharmaceutical companies and vaccine researchers in Canada, France, India, South Korea, and the …
AFM: CEO of South Korea’s Megabox Talks Netflix Partnership, Creating the Next ‘Parasite’
PST 11/13/2020 by Patrick Brzeski FACEBOOK TWITTER EMAIL ME Kim Jin-sun, whose Megabox controls 20 percent of South Korean movie screens, explains how he courted Netflix to release David Fincher’s …
Korean girl group’s panda stunt prompts anger in China
A publicity stunt involving South Korean girl group Blackpink and a cuddly baby panda has prompted outraged comments and calls for an apology from some in China …
Trot is hot: It’s not just K-pop in South Korea
Posted . Once ridiculed as music for grannies, trot is making a comeback and many South Koreans, mostly in their 40s a …
Never mind the US election – for Asia, it’s more significant that Japan, South Korea and China are going carbon neutral
In late October, while many of us in Asia were doomscrolling on Twitter and glued to cable news as we counted down to the elections in the United States, something happened that arguably bore more …
Expectations rise as Son reports for duty with South Korea
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Son Heung-min reports for national team duty for South Korea this week for the first time in 2020 as perhaps one of the hottest properties in the English …
Singapore arrests members of South Korean Shincheonji church
Singaporean authorities have arrested 21 men and women for being members of Shincheonji, the secretive South Korean religious organization that was blamed for a spike in COVID-19 cases earlier this …