In Indigenous Korean culture, when a person dies, they travel for 49 days through the Underworld.
South Korean golfers trying to win Asian Games to be free from military duty
A gold medal for two South Korean golfers at the Asian Games would mean more than a chunk of metal to dangle around their necks.
They’re not playing our song! North Korean anthem played at South Korean field hockey match
South Korean field hockey players were perplexed Friday when the national anthem of North Korea was played—instead of their own —before a men’s field hockey match against Bangladesh at the Asian Games.
South Korean tech giants to build a $518 billion chipmaking hub to serve soaring AI demand
South Korean tech giants Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix said Monday they will invest a combined 800 trillion won ($518 billion) in building a new computer chipmaking hub in the country’s southwest region, capitalizing on surging artificial intelligence -driven demand.
South Korean court sentences ex-first lady Kim to 7 years for taking luxury gifts tied to favors
The wife of ousted South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol was sentenced to seven years in prison Friday after a court convicted her of accepting luxury gifts from businesspeople and others seeking political and business favors.
South Korean Starbucks boss apologizes for ad campaign that evoked massacre
South Korean retail tycoon Chung Yong-jin on Tuesday issued his second apology in two weeks as Starbucks’ local operation faces a backlash over a recent marketing campaign that was widely perceived as mocking victims of a bloody military crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in 1980.
US and South Korean militaries will have joint drills in March as tensions with North Korea escalate
The U.S. and South Korean militaries said on Wednesday they will conduct their annual springtime exercises next month to bolster their countries’ combined defense capabilities against a backdrop of a deepening diplomatic freeze with nuclear-armed North Korea.
A South Korean court sentences Yoon to 5 years in prison on charges related to martial law decree
A South Korean court sentenced former President Yoon Suk Yeol to five years in prison Friday in the first verdict from eight criminal trials over the martial law debacle that forced him out of office and other allegations.
South Korean prosecutor seeks death sentence for ex-leader Yoon over martial law decree
An independent counsel on Tuesday demanded the death sentence for former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on rebellion charges in connection with his short-lived imposition of martial law in December 2024.
More South Korean actors seek Hollywood dream after global success of Korean entertainment
When actor Amy Baik was cast in a South Korean commercial last year, she thought she had landed a promising gig.
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