Korean language provider, Lexis Korea, has announced the opening of its new campus in Seoul’s Hongdae district. The Lexis ...

Shamans, the practitioners of an ancient belief system, are often disparaged in South Korea. But they also hold a special place in the country’s culture. The post In South Korea, shamans are shunned — ...

Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Joan Vos MacDonald is a New York-based writer who covers Korean media. In 2022 Korean was the seventh most-studied language on the language ...

Literary critic Kim Myoung-in weighs in on Han Kang’s historic Nobel Prize, and what factored into her winning the award ...

Squid Game’s second season is the latest instalment of Korean culture’s economic success story – so what’s the secret?

The novel, co-translated by E. Yaewon and Paige Aniyah Morris, explores the Jeju uprising, a tragic chapter in modern Korean history in which tens of thousands were killed in 1948 and 1949.

Exhibitions at home and abroad to showcase Korean history and culture Exhibitions reaffirming the National Museum of Korea as ...

Birthday cafés are a key part of South Korea’s idol culture in which fans celebrate idols’ birthdays, share merchandise, and connect.