Around the same time, South Korea rapidly grew rich, benefitting from an export boom in cars and electronics. And money from ...

Will China ever lift its ban on Korean content, which has lasted for over seven years? Last November, China opened up visa-free travel to South Korean citizens, and talks between the culture and ...

Thus, musical scores, TV dramas and other forms of pop culture from Japan were strictly kept away from consumers in South Korea for a long time following the end of the war. But after the 1987 ...

When South Korea's president, Yoon Suk Yeol, attempted to institute martial law in early December, the public responded with ...

Squid Game’s second season is the latest instalment of Korean culture’s economic success story – so what’s the secret?

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politics and pop culture. Over the past few decades, South Korea's most enviable companies, among them Samsung Electronics Co. and Hyundai Motor Co., found success through embracing creative ...

gender and protest culture, noted that the K-pop fans mostly consist of young women who “have been disregarded in patriarchal South Korean society and exploited by the [K-pop] industry.” ...

perhaps the most critically revered K-pop act of all time, found itself at the center of a labor controversy that led one of its members to provide tearful testimony for a broader investigation into ...

Country’s youngsters give religious icon a modern-day makeover, cafes celebrate his birthday, critics say trend ‘desecrates ...

The 39th Golden Disc Awards celebrated K-pop achievements with hosts Cha Eunwoo, Moon Ga Young, and Sung Si Kyung. Despite ...

A dry bean grower and general manager of black and pinto bean processor traveled to South Korea this fall to cash in on the ...