60th Baeksang Arts Awards: Celebrating Excellence in Korean Entertainment

The 60th Baeksang Arts ... April 8 via the official website of the ceremony. Mark your calendars! The 60th Baeksang Arts Awards is scheduled to take place on May 7 at 5 p.m. KST at Coex Hall ... Read More

After Blackpink, a new crop of Korean artists take on Coachella

This time last year, the five members of the K-pop group Le Sserafim were glued to the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival livestream ... of K-pop and South Korean music more broadly. Read More

South Korean Export Growth Continued in March

South Korea’s exports grew for a sixth consecutive month in March on strong demand overseas for semiconductors, ships and other Korean goods. Export growth for Asia’s fourth-largest economy ... Read More

Climate Is the New ‘Must-Have’ in South Korean Election Gameplan

Surveys leading up to the April 10 election have shown tackling climate change is largely a non-partisan issue for South Korean voters, unlike in several other advanced economies where the gap ... Read More

South Korean president calls doctors' strike 'grave threat to our society,' refuses to concede

He said the average income of South Korean doctors is the highest in the developed world. Later Monday, the Korean Medical Association, which represents doctors in South Korea, criticized Yoon for ... Read More

South Korean doctors hold massive anti-government rally over medical school recruitment plan

SEOUL--Thousands of senior doctors rallied in the South Korean capital ... said in a speech at the rally. “I’m asking the government: Please, stop the threats and suppression now.” ... Read More

Convert South Korean Won To Philippine Peso

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South Korean computer chipmaker plans $3.87 billion Indiana semiconductor plant and research center

A major South Korean computer chipmaker said Wednesday ... a semiconductor ecosystem centered in the Midwest," company CEO Kwak Noh-Jung said in a news release. Gov. Eric Holcomb said the project ... Read More

A South Korean chemical tanker capsizes off Japan, killing 8 and leaving 2 missing

Tokyo — A South Korean chemical tanker capsized off an island in southwestern Japan on Wednesday, authorities said, killing eight people on board. One crew member survived, and the fate of two ... Read More

Here's what South Koreans are concerned about as they vote for parliament this week

Meanwhile, the average retail prices of green onions have hovered from around 3,000 won to 4,000 won ($2.20 to $2.90), some ... Also roiling the South Korean election race is former liberal ... Read More

How a North Korean missile researcher became a South Korean MP

It’s possible. But for a North Korean, it’s extraordinary. Park, at age 37, is just the fourth escapee ever to become a parliamentarian in the South. “I came to South Korea with nothing,” he told the ... Read More