1+ day, 5+ hour ago   (494+ words) A columnist recalls how the 1988 Seoul Games accelerated democratization, defied North Korean sabotage and left a cultural legacy amplified by Whitney Houston’s anthem. The author is a journalist and the head of ChoGabje.com and Cho Gab-je TV. Thirty-eight years…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (921+ words) “Possible Love” earned Korea its first Venice Grand Jury Prize with an unflinching portrait of layoffs, inequality and human connection. While Korean cinema's biggest international successes in recent years have come from directors reworking Hollywood genre formulas, Lee Chang-dong's "Possible…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago   (373+ words) The acclaimed director's picture, which explores social class and human relationships through the lives of two couples, claimed the runner-up honor at the festival’s 83rd edition. Director Lee Chang-dong’s “Possible Love,” the auteur's first feature film in eight years, won the…...

4+ day, 10+ hour ago   (663+ words) The 2026 Gyeonggi Ceramics Biennale will bring artists and master ceramists from around the world to Yeoju, Icheon and Gwangju from Sept. 18. The 2026 Gyeonggi Ceramics Biennale, an international ceramics festival now in its 13th edition, will run from Sept. 18 through Nov. 1 across…...

5+ day, 7+ hour ago   (233+ words) A new eight-member boy band from Oui Entertainment is set to debut by the end of this year, the agency announced Wednesday. It will mark the agency’s first boy band launch after WEi’s debut in 2020. The boy band, tentatively called…...

5+ day, 10+ hour ago   (319+ words) The suspenseful drama about stolen identity drew 4.4 million views in its second week as three other Korean series also entered Netflix's weekly top 10. The Korean suspense thriller “Mousetrap” reigned atop Netflix's non-English TV series chart in its second week of…...

5+ day, 12+ hour ago   (253+ words) The K-pop group begins its new festival tour in Bogota, Colombia, before heading to Buenos Aires and Mexico City, alongside a historic Rock in Rio headlining set. K-pop boy band Stray Kids will kick off a new Latin American festival…...

6+ day, 10+ hour ago   (149+ words) The nine-member group performs its latest lead track and talks about its new music at a press showcase in Seoul. &TEAM held a press showcase for its second Korean EP "Mark on Me" at SBS Prism Tower in western Seoul…...

6+ day, 11+ hour ago   (292+ words) The boy band will bring its world tour home with two encore concerts at Inspire Arena on Nov. 21 and 22. Boy band Monsta X will return to Korea with two encore concerts for its "The X: Nexus" world tour at Inspire Arena…...

1+ week, 7+ hour ago   (519+ words) The event will bring 130 Korean works as well as author events and publishing exchanges to Paris with a focus on connections between the two countries. Korea is holding a “K-Book Week” in Paris this month as part of celebrations marking…...