South Korea

Page 11 of 27

Young Korean women visiting Seoul by bus.

South Korea will pay reclusive young people $500 a month just to get them to leave the house

By
April 13, 2023
South Korean commuters crossing the street in 2019.

Forget the 4-day workweek in South Korea: It’s proposing a maximum workweek of almost 70 hours

By
March 10, 2023
Image of Netflix's Squid Game.
Lifestyle

Netflix looks to South Korea for growth as it makes a big bet on 34 new shows

By
January 17, 2023
K-pop supergroup BTS member Jin begins basic training near tense North Korea border

K-pop supergroup BTS member Jin begins basic training near tense North Korea border

By Hyung-Jin Kim, Juwon Park and The Associated Press
December 13, 2022
Korean age

South Korea is officially making everyone a year (or two) younger starting June 2023

By
December 9, 2022
Crowd of Halloween partiers in Seoul turns into horrific crush that kills 140 and injures another 150

Crowd of Halloween partiers in Seoul turns into horrific crush that kills 140 and injures another 150

By
October 29, 2022
Whon Namkoong, co-chief executive officer of Kakao Corp
Tech

Boss of Korea’s biggest social media service resigns after massive outage causes chaos

By Heesu Lee, Youkyung Lee, Shinhye Kang and Bloomberg
October 19, 2022
Jimin, Jungkook, RM, J-Hope, V, Jin, and SUGA of the K-pop boy band BTS visit the "Today" Show at Rockefeller Plaza on February 21, 2020 in New York City.

South Korea stands to lose billions from making K-pop superstars BTS do military service

By
October 17, 2022
K-Pop stars BTS will be forced to serve in South Korea’s military after all—and reconvene as a group ‘around 2025’

K-Pop stars BTS will be forced to serve in South Korea’s military after all—and reconvene as a group ‘around 2025’

By
October 17, 2022
Two men look at a model of the Korean KF21 fighter jet
Commentary

South Korea’s next big export boom won’t be in chips or K-pop songs

By
September 23, 2022
Boyband BTS performs onstage during the 64th Annual Grammy Awards at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on April 3, 2022.

South Korea could make ‘BTS Army’ literal by forcing the world’s biggest boy band to serve in the military

By
August 31, 2022
Photo of job seekers at a finance job fair in Seoul, South Korea, on August 24, 2022.

South Korea risks a major population crash as the country marks its second consecutive year with the world’s lowest fertility rate

By
August 24, 2022
Samsung heir jailed for bribery pardoned by South Korea’s president so he can help ‘overcome the economic crisis’
Leadership

Samsung heir jailed for bribery pardoned by South Korea’s president so he can help ‘overcome the economic crisis’

By Sohee Kim, Jeong-Ho Lee and Bloomberg
August 12, 2022
Terraform Labs co-founder’s home raided as police investigate possible illegal activity behind TerraUSD stablecoin collapse
The Coins

Terraform Labs co-founder’s home raided as police investigate possible illegal activity behind TerraUSD stablecoin collapse

By Hooyeon Kim and Bloomberg
July 22, 2022
North Korea blames ‘alien things’ sent by balloon from South Korea for its COVID-19 outbreak
Health

North Korea blames ‘alien things’ sent by balloon from South Korea for its COVID-19 outbreak

By Jon Herskovitz, Sangmi Cha and Bloomberg
July 1, 2022

Most Popular