SEOUL, South Korea – Life inside Kim Jong Un’s totalitarian regime is drastically different from the facade of strength and power the hermit kingdom projects to the outside world. Nobody knows that ...

North Korea, the highly isolated, totalitarian Asian nation, is home to certain unusual superlatives — but, for many inside its borders, living in luxury is far from them. And what reality holds in ...

Six months after his junta took over South Korea in an almost bloodless coup, Lieut. General Park Chung Hee, a puritan in olive drab, is making an unprecedented effort to clean out his country’s ...

In recent years, photographers have captured everyday life in North Korea. The images give a rare glimpse into the completely isolated nation. Many are bleak, while others seem like they could have ...

One of the most talked about K-dramas so far this year is Netflix’s When Life Gives You Tangerines, a moving, intergenerational family saga that follows the trials and triumphs of Oh Ae-sun and her ...

A South Korean scholar collects trash from North Korea to get a glimpse into the country's economy. Dong-A University professor Kang Dong Wan said the pandemic has made it even harder to see what's ...

Looking at the media, it's clear that Korean culture is becoming popular worldwide, and there are many foreigners in Korea to learn the language. Some of them speak Korean better than I do. I realize ...

Jane Newman says it's been easy to meet new people in Seoul, including through a fan group for a Korean actor she likes.

Samsung Life is the largest of Korea’s Big Three traditional life insurers, with a market share of premiums of more than 22%, compared with around 12% each for Kyobo and Hanwha Life. Its main sales ...

SEOUL, South Korea & NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Hanwha Life, South Korea’s first life insurance company, today announced it has agreed on the 18th to acquire a 75% stake in the parent of Velocity ...

The stage production of “Life of Pi,” a story of survival and imagination, arrived in Korea this week with a Korean-language version, marking the first non-English rendition of the show. “The moment I ...