Why it mattersHow Korea fixes its rural and emergency-care shortages is a test case for advanced economies facing similar doctor shortages and aging popu…
South Korea has finalized a 300-member citizen panel to help reshape regional and essential healthcare policy, starting this month.
Read MoreWhy it mattersThe same fight over whether AI companies can train on human-made work without permission is unfolding globally, and Korea's webtoon industr…
A Korea Cartoonists' Association survey found 67.7% of members oppose AI training on their work without consent and compensation.
Read MoreWhy it mattersIt is a small but vivid example of how South Korea's depopulating countryside is being reinvented through grassroots culture rather than co…
South Korea's Jagye Arts Village hosts an eight-day mountain festival from June 13–20, themed on inequality and social isolation.
Read MoreWhy it mattersThe series is a global top-3 Netflix hit, making it a window for international audiences into the social anxieties driving South Korea's hy…
Netflix's 'Hot Blooded' topped Korea's charts, but critics say its cathartic revenge plot glorifies violence over real reform.
Read MoreWhy it mattersOpenAI is the most prominent AI company in the world, and its path to the public markets would give ordinary investors a stake in the techn…
OpenAI has confidentially filed IPO paperwork with the SEC, targeting a valuation above $1 trillion.
Read MoreWhy it mattersAging populations everywhere face soaring costs from falls and fractures, and this study offers a free, equipment-free way for anyone to fl…
A new study finds that how many times you can stand from a chair in 30 seconds may predict your risk of death.
Read MoreWhy it mattersOh Jung-se is the kind of 'character actor' who anchors many of the Korean films and dramas now streaming worldwide, even if global audienc…
Korean character actor Oh Jung-se, 49, says relentless self-scrutiny is the secret behind his peak run of lovable losers.
Read MoreWhy it mattersIt shows how South Korea now treats K-pop concerts as economic infrastructure, deliberately engineering fan tourism to spread visitor spend…
Korea's tourism agency is using the BTS Busan concerts on June 12-13 to steer global fans toward regional travel.
Read MoreWhy it mattersFood festivals like this one are how many Koreans encounter global cultures firsthand, and they reflect a growing push by Seoul districts t…
Seoul's Seongbuk World Food Festival drew record crowds on June 7 with 26 embassies serving global cuisine.
Read MoreWhy it mattersShinsegae is one of South Korea's largest retail conglomerates and controls Starbucks Korea, so a governance shift at the top signals how p…
Shinsegae chairman Chung Yong-jin will become co-CEO of E-Mart and Shinsegae Property after the Starbucks Korea scandal.
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