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· Maina Chen
Seoul Mayor Found Dead on Mountain After Sexual Harassment Accusation From Secretary
Seven hours after a massive police force was tasked with searching for Seoul’s missing mayor, Park Won-soon, 64, his body was found in the wooded hills north of the city on Friday KST (Thursday night EST). Disappearance timeline: The late mayor’s daughter called the police…
· Ryan General
300 Drones Light Up Seoul to Honor Frontliners, Remind South Koreans to Wear Masks
South Korea lit up the sky with an elaborate drone light show to celebrate the frontliners and remind its citizens to wash hands and wear masks. On Saturday, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport flew a total of 300 drones over the Han River in Seoul for the…
· Bryan Ke
BTS’ Jungkook, 3 K-Pop Idols Criticized After Visiting Seoul Bar During Second Wave of Outbreak
Editor’s Note: This article has been updated to correctly report that the idols visited bars and restaurants, not clubs. The headline has also been updated from “Lockdown” to “Second Wave of Outbreak”. Big Hit Entertainment, the label of K-pop group BTS, has apologized after one…
· Chris Washburn
Two Korean Adoptees Bonded Over Discrimination And Became Each Other’s ‘Seoulmates’
Editor’s Note: This article was originally posted on Love What Matters and was reposted with permission from the author. LOVE – a word, a feeling, a song title… Regardless of the definition you choose, love touches us every single day. Even if we aren’t expressing or receiving…
· Carl Samson
Seoul Now Has AirBnB Experiences That Teach You How to Sing and Dance Like a K-Pop Idol
Those who have enmeshed themselves in the K-pop world long before BTS and BLACKPINK set milestones in the international music scene would by now be familiar with the rich diversity the genre has to offer. Over time, in ideal conditions, a K-pop act develops his/her/their own…
· Bryan Ke
Man Beats Up Japanese Internet Idol in Seoul for Allegedly Ignoring Him
A Japanese internet idol was allegedly assaulted by a Korean man while out on vacation in South Korea last week. The incident happened near the university district of Hongdae in western Seoul on August 23, according to Yonhap News Agency.
· Carl Samson
Angelina Jolie Fights Back Tears While Dropping Off Son at Yonsei University in Seoul
An emotional Angelina Jolie dropped off her eldest son, Maddox Chivan Jolie-Pitt, at Yonsei University in Seoul this week for his first year of studies. In a video posted on Instagram, the “Maleficent: Mistress of Evil” star can be seen chatting with Maddox’s classmates,…
· Jin Hyun
Korean Man Dies After Lighting Himself On Fire Outside Japanese Embassy in Seoul
A 78-year-old South Korean man, identified by his surname Kim, has died after self-immolating in his car, near the entrance of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul. According to the Associated Press, the incident took place around 3:24 a.m. on Friday morning and the man later succumbed…
· Ryan General
Almost 70% of Adults in Seoul Live in Fear of Being Secretly Filmed by Spycams
Nearly seven out of ten citizens in Seoul have expressed the fear of being secretly filmed by hidden cameras in public, according to a recent study. Seoul Metropolitan Government and Namu Counseling for Women’s Rights conducted a survey on 1,500 adults from Seoul last month,…
· Bryan Ke
German YouTuber Who Speaks Perfect Korean Pranks People in Seoul and the Reactions are Priceless
A foreign woman took to the streets of Itaewon in Seoul, South Korea to casually chat with random strangers, stunning them with her perfect grasp of the Korean language. The woman, known as Ilayda, is from Berlin, Germany and took up the Korean language as a hobby, according to…
· Bryan Ke
Seoul Now Provides Free Sanitary Products to Women to Tackle ‘Period Poverty’
To tackle the problem that officials called “period poverty,” the Seoul Metropolitan Government recently launched a program that will give out free sanitary products to women around South Korea’s capital city. The program, which is part of the city’s newly revised Gender…
· Bryan Ke
Nike to Release the Air Jordan III ‘Seoul’ in South Korea
A new variant for Nike’s Air Jordan line is being released on March 10 — the Air Jordan III “Seoul” which is heavily inspired by South Korea’s flag design. This new model was created by Tinker Hatfield and Dan Sunwoo as part of a special project in Nike’s Innovation Kitchen,…
· Heather Johnson Yu
Queen of K-Pop Hyori Lee Returns With New Track “Seoul” After Long Hiatus
It’s Hyori, 기집애 It’s the princess Lee Hyori – she’s back, 2017! Earlier today, The Nation’s Fairy dropped her latest track, Seoul, to grace the ears of adoring, patient fans everywhere.
· Editorial Staff
Meet ‘The Korean Falcon’ MMA Fighter With a 9-1 Career Record
In his home country of South Korea, Sung Bin Jo is already a pretty big deal. The dashing 28-year old has looks that can rival any K-Pop star, and that has translated to gigs as an image model on television and magazine ads, as well as appearances on shows such as “Bad Papa” and…
· Carl Samson
BLACKPINK’s ‘Lovesick Girls’ Called Out for Sexualizing Nurses by Korean Medical Workers
BLACKPINK has come under fire for its portrayal of nurses in its latest music video “Lovesick Girls.” The objection is headed by the Korean Health and Medical Workers’ Union (KHMU), a Seoul-based labor group composed of medical professionals, technical staff and more, employed…
· Bryan Ke
South Korean Actress Oh In-Hye Passes Away at Age 36
South Korean actress Oh In-hye died on Monday after being discovered in a state of cardiac arrest inside her home. Details of her death were released by the Incheon Yeonsu Police on Tuesday, according to The Korea Herald.
· Carl Samson
Daniel Dae Kim and Randall Park are Making a Heist Movie on Amazon
A little more than a year after starring as Ali Wong’s love interests in Netflix’s “Always Be My Maybe,” Daniel Dae Kim and Randall Park are teaming up again for an Asian American-led heist movie at Amazon Studios. The untitled project, based on the script of Young Il Kim…
· Khier Casino
Hee Sook Lee, Founder of BCD Tofu House, Passes Away
Hee Sook Lee, a first-generation South Korean immigrant and founder of the BCD Tofu House based in Los Angeles, has passed away. Lee died in early or mid-July, but no cause of death has been given, according to LAist.
· Ryan General
Korean Adoptee Sues to Become Part of Family and Learn Her Origins in Landmark Ruling
A Korean-born adoptee was officially recognized as the daughter of her biological father after a local court ruled that her name be entered in the man’s family registry. The landmark ruling, made by the Seoul Family Court on Friday, could set a legal precedent for many returning…
· Bryan Ke
K-Pop’s TST Member Yohan Dies Suddenly at the Age of 28
The 28-year-old singer Yohan, a member of the K-pop group TST, died Tuesday. Details of Yohan’s death, whose real name is Kim Jeong-hwan, remains private, according to SPOTV News via AsiaOne.