A growing number of South Korean women are training to be morticians, a field from which they had long been excluded, amid changing views on gender roles and a rising preference for women's bodies to ...

K-Beauty fuels South Korea’s global influence and economic growth, but the same standards driving its success are widening social divides and eroding well-being at home.

Former Nigerian finance minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and South Korean trade minister Yoo Myung-hee are the final candidates to head the World Trade Organization, ensuring the watchdog will have the ...

Female executives from South Korea’s representative IT and beauty industries, including Naver, Kakao, CJ Olive Young, and ...

Young South Koreans are buying Buddhist merch. Monks and experts hope the buzz will translate into deeper engagement.

Whether through wine, cocktails, or the emerging array of artisanal sool, modern Korean restaurants have become the vanguard ...

President Donald J. Trump overcame a number of ridiculous prosecutions that almost prevented him from taking office. In 2024, a New York case was prosecuted alleging hush-money payments made before ...

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South Korea’s military said it fired warning shots early Friday to drive away a North Korean merchant ship that briefly crossed the disputed western sea boundary between the rival neighbors.The ship ...

Samsung to recruit 60,000 workers in South Korea through 2030. SK Group expanding with 8,000 hires in 2024. Hyundai targeting 17,200 new youth jobs by 2026. South Korea’s biggest conglomerates — ...

The quest for eternal youth is leading many to South Korea — where treatments are said to be both better and cheaper. Last month, Kim and Khloé Kardashian, along with La La Anthony, Stephanie Suganami ...