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A new show by the Korean-born contemporary artist Do Ho Suh at London’s Tate Modern gallery explores the transience of home.
Today we learn that you Jolly well need more than one set of numbers to tell the time in Korean... And Josh's brain is fried. Ollie is studying Korean using the Talk To Me In Korean study books! We ...
Thousands of Buddhist believers and festival-goers filled downtown Seoul for Yeon Deung Hoe, or the Lotus Lantern Festival.
Former UFC featherweight champion and current BMF titleholder Max Holloway recently credited "The Korean Zombie" Chan Sung ...
So, don’t shy away from the local cuisine when in Seoul. Embrace it, and you’ll find that food is a delicious way to ...
With the return of Donald Trump as the president of the United States, South Korean diplomacy is facing unprecedented headwinds. Given Trump’s penchant for a transactional approach to diplomacy ...
In February 2025, Google submitted an application seeking approval to transfer South Korea's 1:5,000 scale map data to international servers. This scale—far more detailed than the current 1: ...
He argued the declaration was not a coup attempt, but a symbolic gesture meant to warn the ... Mr Yoon’s impeachment and trial have deepened South Korea’s political polarisation, pitting ...
South Korean animated romance “The Square” will close the 27th Far East Film Festival (FEFF) in Udine, Italy. The film will make its world premiere at the festival, which runs April 24-May 2 ...
As the global economy undergoes disruption due to the Trump administration’s recent tariffs, major export-led economies like South Korea face an urgent need to diversify by tapping into untapped ...
SEOUL, South Korea — Kim Shin-jo, a prominent ex-North Korean commando who resettled in South Korea as a pastor after his daring mission to assassinate then South Korean President Park Chung-hee ...
From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...