by TONY KIM They did it. After handily winning the Asia-Pacific Little League Championship title, posting five shutouts in the process, South Korea’s Little League team is heading to the World […]
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Pope Francis to Beatify 124 Martyrs During His First Visit to Korea
by TONY KIM On December 8, 1791, the royal court beheaded Paul Yun Ji-Chung and his nephew James Kwon for burning their ancestral tablet out of obedience to a […]
Korea For The First Time: Q&A With The Guardian Writer Colin Marshall
by STEVE HAN A white guy living in L.A. like it’s Seoul. That’s Colin Marshall. Living in the Koreatown district of Los Angeles, a city where people drive to […]
TOKiMONSTA On Being A Female DJ In A Male-Dominated Industry
Just as she steps onto the red carpet to pose for a row of photographers, what had been a light sprinkle suddenly turns into a downpour. A member of […]
LPGA’s First ‘International Crown’ Tournament to Feature Second-Seeded Korea
by TONY KIM For the first time ever, 32 female golfers representing the top eight ranked countries will face each other in order to bring the International Crown to […]
Miss Korea 2014: ‘The Crown Feels Very Heavy’
by TONY KIM Today Ewha University student Kim Seo-yeon beat out 49 other contestants to be crowned this year’s Miss Korea at the Olympic Hall in Seoul, according to the […]
ASIAN STREET STYLE: Seoul’s Oversized Clutch Trend
With the ever-changing size of our phones and tablets after every new product launch, the usually chic and easy to carry cross body bags aren’t always up for the challenge of […]
MUST-TRY Korean Beauty Trend: Ombre/Gradient Lips
Already tired of ombre hair and ombre nails? Don’t give up on the ombre craze just yet! This summer, we’re encouraging all of our readers to try out the growing Korean beauty […]
SKorean Artists Try to Carry Out the Dreams of the Young Sewol Victims Posthumously
by HAEIN JUNG Of the 325 high school students aboard the Sewol ferry that sank off the Korean coast in April, only 75 survived. With the deaths of these […]
Trending in Korea: The Makeup Hotel
Korea’s the country known for its pink women-only parking spaces (though China now also has them), so it’s no surprise that the next evolution in female specific amenities […]
Korean Golfer Ignores Suggestion to Get Plastic Surgery, Wins 16 Golf Tournaments Instead
We’ve all heard stories of models and actresses who have to deal with the sometimes unattainable expectation to be beautiful all the time, but now it appears that this expectation of beauty […]
Korean Comedians Wear Blackface Again: Will They Ever Stop?!
by STEVE HAN When we saw that Gag Concert, a popular comedy show on South Korea’s state-run TV network KBS, featured comedians wearing blackface makeup (again), we were stuck […]
Despite Previous Accidents, SKorean Ferry Company Failed to Make Safety Changes
by STEVE HAN The company that owned and operated the South Korean ferry Sewol that capsized in April was also responsible for five maritime accidents between 2003 and 2011, including […]
Haters Back Home Throw Yeot Candy at Korean World Cup Team, A Gesture That Means ‘Eat Sh-t’
by STEVE HAN For some people, blasting a group of young men on blogs, Twitter and among friends isn’t enough. When the South Korean national soccer team traveled home […]
World Cup: Three Thoughts On Korea’s Early Exit
by STEVE HAN You can’t say it wasn’t expected. Korea will head home after just three games at the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil, after it lost 1-0 […]
