Ahn Sung-ki, one of South Korean cinema’s biggest stars whose prolific 60-year career and positive, gentle public image earned him the nickname “The Nation’s Actor,” died Monday. He…
Read more South Korean movie star Ahn Sung-ki dies at 74BANGKOK (AP) — Asian shares tumbled on Tuesday, with benchmarks in Tokyo and Seoul sinking more than 3%, after Nvidia and other artificial-intelligence -related shares pulled U.S. stocks…
Read more Asian shares sink, tracking a tech-led sell-off on Wall StreetU.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth visited the Demilitarized Zone separating the two Koreas on Monday as he began a two-day visit to ally South Korea for security talks.Hegseth…
Read more U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth visits DMZ ahead of security talks with South Korean officialsIzumi Kato, Untitled, 2025. Oil on canvas, 191.5 x 194.5 cm./75 3/8 x 76 9/16 in. Photo: Ringo Cheung ©2025 Izumi Kato, courtesy of the artist and Perrotin…
Read more Izumi Kato’s Hybrid Totemic Forms Trace Possible Paths of Ecological SurvivalPresident Trump moves so fast and announces so much that it’s hard to sort the real from the hype. Cases in point are the invest-in-America promises that foreign…
Read more Opinion | About Trump’s Foreign Investment FundsPresident Trump’s trade deal with South Korea is on shaky ground, with Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick taking a tough line in talks as some Seoul officials privately argue…
Read more Exclusive | Why U.S.’s Trade Pact With South Korea Has Gotten MessierMore than 300 South Korean nationals detained by federal agents in a massive immigration raid last week on a Hyundai plant in Georgia for alleged visa violations were…
Read more U.S.-South Korea ties strained as 300 Koreans detained by ICE at Georgia Hyundai plant wait to fly homeP21 Gallery, Seoul Through September 19, 2025 This group show could not find a better place or moment, given how South Korea’s cosmetics industry has peaked—driven by the…
Read more 14 Exhibitions Not to Miss During Seoul Art Week 2025SEOUL — The first summit between South Korean President Lee Jae Myung and President Trump was a picture of easy chumminess. On Monday, the two leaders bonded over the…
Read more South Korea president charmed Trump. Is it too early to declare a win?SEOUL — In many parts of the world, convenience stores are the shops of last resort: cigarettes, sodas and laundry detergent. But in South Korea, you might find single…
Read more 70 new food items each week? South Korea is the convenience store capital of the worldSEOUL — South Korea has begun dismantling loudspeakers that blare anti-North Korean propaganda across the border, as President Lee Jae Myung’s liberal administration seeks to mend fractured relations with Pyongyang.…
Read more South Korea dismantles its propaganda loudspeakers on the border with North KoreaSEOUL — For many Americans, the apartment where 29-year-old IT specialist Lee Chang-hee lives might be the stuff of nightmares. Located just outside the capital of Seoul, the building isn’t…
Read more Americans may aspire to single-family homes, but in South Korea, apartments are kingCHILGOK, South Korea (AP) — Wearing an oversized bucket hat, silver chains and a black Miu Miu shirt, 82-year-old Park Jeom-sun gesticulates, her voice rising and falling with…
Read more In their 80s, these South Korean women learned reading and rapThe project pays homage to the work of Suh Se Ok, a pioneering Korean ink painter who expanded artistic horizons with innovative works from the 1950s to 2020.…
Read more At Frieze, Do Ho Suh and Brother Eul Ho Suh Explore Intergenerational Legacies in Korean ArtNEW YORK (AP) — Turbulence is knocking a beloved instant-noodle offering off Korean Air’s economy menu. Cups of Shin Ramyun instant noodles, a favorite among Korean Air travelers…
Read more Korean Air says turbulence is knocking instant noodles off its economy menuWas it AI? A magic trick? No, just literally the toughest break imaginable for the San Diego Padres. A groundball by the Dodgers’ Gavin Lux disappeared into Jake…
Read more Tough break, indeed. Jake Cronenworth’s busted mitt keys Dodgers’ win over the PadresNorth Korean leader Kim Jong Un visits Korean People’s Army Air Force headquarters on the occasion of Aviation Day in North Korea, in this picture released by North…
Read more North Korea scraps agencies managing relations with South as Kim Jong Un cites hostility with rivalTokyo, Japan. Matteo Colombo | DigitalVision | Getty Images When it comes to travel abroad, popular destinations like London, Paris and Rome always seem to top the wish…
Read more 2024 is the ‘year of globetrotting,’ travel expert says. Here are some of the hot spotsLee Sun-kyun, a popular South Korean actor best known for his role in the Oscar-winning movie “Parasite,” was found dead in a car in Seoul on Wednesday, authorities…
Read more “Parasite” actor Lee Sun-kyun found dead in South Korea, officials say
