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A young female solo traveller eats Korean street food in Seoul. The city was named the world’s No 1 destination for solo travellers in January by Tripadvisor, the world’s largest travel platform. Photo: Getty Images

Want to explore Seoul’s culture, food, K-content? City to launch 10 tours

The day tours, part of the Seoul Quality Tour Programme, come in response to changing global travel trends, including a rise in solo travel.

29 Mar 2025 - 1:15PM

Suffering from a migraine? Cinnamon may provide remedy, study suggests

28 Mar 2025 - 4:15AM

Why Park Bo-gum was ‘deeply moved’ by When Life Gives You Tangerines drama

27 Mar 2025 - 4:15AMvideocam

Asian cinema: Korean films

Revelations director Yeon Sang-ho on exploring belief in new Netflix film

The Train to Busan and Hellbound director says his new film with Ryu Jun-yeol draws on people’s tendency to only see what they want to see.

26 Mar 2025 - 4:15PMvideocam

Ryu Jun-yeol (left) in a still from Revelations. Photo: Netflix

Asian cinema: Korean films

In Streaming, Kang Ha-neul plays someone ‘you don’t want to get close to’

Actor talks about playing someone who ‘got swallowed up by money’ in Korean thriller, and why he agrees with the film’s adults-only rating.

24 Mar 2025 - 4:15PMvideocam

Buddhism as therapy? Korean psychiatrist’s treatment is built around it

Doctor calls Buddhism ‘a perfect system for eliminating suffering’ – the goal of psychiatry. So he prescribes patients Buddhist meditation.

23 Mar 2025 - 6:15PM

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Food and Drinks

Foodie K-pop stars spill the beans on favourite Seoul places to eat

Doyoung of NCT loves a street vendor’s spicy rice cakes, Itzy’s Yuna and Chaeryeong like Mexican and G-Dragon goes for Korean beef tartare.

23 Mar 2025 - 5:15PMvideocam

Members of K-pop girl group Itzy Chaeryeong (right) and Yuna bite into their favourite tacos in one of the episodes of their YouTube show 2SDAY. Photo: Itzy/YouTube

TV shows and streaming video

Who is the elusive writer of K-drama When Life Gives You Tangerines?

K-drama writer Lim Sang-choon likes to stay out of the limelight, but her dramas, telling deeply humane stories, deserve recognition.

22 Mar 2025 - 5:15PMvideocam

Will Jeju Island feel ‘halo effect’ from filming of hit K-drama there?

With a recent drop in Korean visitors to Jeju, the island is hoping When Life Gives You Tangerines, which was filmed there, draws tourists.

22 Mar 2025 - 11:15AMvideocam

Lee Jun-young shines in K-drama When Life Gives You Tangerines

Lee is one of the highlights of the Netflix series, playing the lovestruck Park Young-beom, who is in love with K-pop star IU’s character.

19 Mar 2025 - 6:15PMvideocam

Lee Jun-young as Park Young-beom in a still from When Life Gives You Tangerines. Lee is captivating global viewers with his impressive performance in the series. Photo: Netflix

Sweet Home actress Lee Si-young divorcing after 8 years of marriage

Korean star married businessman Cho Seong-hyun, 9 years her senior, in 2017 and a year later gave birth to a son. The separation is ‘mutual’.

17 Mar 2025 - 5:56PM

Korean actress Lee Si-young. Photo: Instagram/leesiyoung38

Books and literature

He made US$2.6 million and was only happy for 3 days. He explains why

Han Jung-soo achieved financial independence and retired in his 20s. But money ‘does not automatically lead to a happy ending’, he says.

17 Mar 2025 - 7:15AM

Sex and relationships

Sadness, fear, even disgust? How young Koreans view marriage and childbirth

A study finds young South Koreans overwhelmingly associate marriage, parenting and childbirth with negative emotions.

21 Mar 2025 - 9:37PM

K-pop, Mandopop, other Asian pop

G-Dragon’s back, and he’s rewriting the rules of K-pop with his success

G-Dragon’s triumphant comeback sees him topping charts and selling out concerts, proving his enduring appeal in spite of past challenges.

15 Mar 2025 - 5:15PMvideocam

South Korean rapper and singer G-Dragon at Paris Fashion Week in 2025. His comeback sees him topping single and album charts and selling out concerts. He has also made his TV variety show debut. Photo: AFP

‘Please, just stop’. Seo Yea-ji ‘fed up’ of Kim Soo-hyun dating rumours

Rumours linking Seo to Kim Soo-hyun emerged following allegations about a relationship between the actor and the late actress Kim Sae-ron.

17 Mar 2025 - 7:27AM

Seo Yea-ji in a still from K-drama series Eve. The Korean actress has denied rumours she dated actor Kim Soo-hyun. Photo: tvN

TV shows and streaming video

Meet ‘Daechi mom’, education-obsessed Korean helicopter parent

She wears Moncler, drives a Porsche and speaks English to her 4-year-old. Comedies about Korean tiger mums are a hit online and on TV.

11 Mar 2025 - 7:38AMvideocam

Season 2 of Study Group? K-drama’s director open to the idea

More episodes of the show – praised for its characters’ growth and portrayal of school violence – could be on the way, teases Lee Jang-hoon.

8 Mar 2025 - 11:15AMvideocam

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K-pop’s Taeil removed from NCT group after sexual assault indictment

The K-pop star has been dropped by SM Entertainment, which has determined that ‘it is no longer possible’ for him to continue his activities.

5 Mar 2025 - 9:52AM

Taeil has been dropped by SM Entertainment and removed from its NCT group after he was indicted for sexual assault. Photo: mo.on_air/Instagram

Seoul begins trials of water buses on Han River ahead of launch

The aluminium boats are light and fuel-efficient with low carbon emissions, and will run every 15 minutes, stopping at seven docks.

3 Mar 2025 - 1:15PM

Asian cinema: Korean films

Twice’s Dahyun aims to bring joy with You Are the Apple of My Eye role

The K-pop singer, who makes her acting debut in Korean remake of a Taiwanese romance, wants to ‘take on more roles and grow as an actress’.

3 Mar 2025 - 11:15AMvideocam

Parasite’s Choi Woo-shik on Netflix’s Melo Movie, looking forever young

The Korean actor talks about trying to shed his youthful persona, and leaning on co-star Park Bo-young while filming Melo Movie.

2 Mar 2025 - 7:16PMvideocam

Choi Woo-shik in a still from Melo Movie. The Korean actor talks about trying to shed his youthful persona and leaning on co-star Park Bo-young while filming. Photo: Netflix

K-pop, Mandopop, other Asian pop

Are Jennie’s songs too feminist? Blackpink singer draws Korean ire

Korean internet users are split over Jennie’s solo tracks ExtraL and Mantra. Some love them, some say they are too feminist, others too sexy.

1 Mar 2025 - 11:15AMvideocam

Jennie, bottom, performs with Doechii in the music video of the singer’s latest single, ExtraL. Photo: captured from the ExtraL music video

Food and Drinks

Peanut butter and apple? How about chilli paste? Korea goes nuts for spread

South Korea has fallen for peanut butter, having it on apples, in smoothies and coffee and even adding it to chilli paste and soybean paste.

28 Feb 2025 - 12:45PM

Han Ji-eun on When the Stars Gossip, Study Group and acting on stage

The Korean actress talks up space drama When the Stars Gossip’s ‘deep, philosophical themes’, and says making Study Group was ‘refreshing’.

28 Feb 2025 - 8:35AM

Melo Movie’s Park Bo-young on loving herself, chemistry with Choi Woo-shik

Actress known for playing lovable characters in Korean shows such as Strong Girl Bong-soon talks about taking on a new role in Melo Movie.

23 Feb 2025 - 6:15PMvideocam

Korean actress Park Bo-young, known for her characters on shows like Strong Girl Bong-soon, explains how it felt to take on a different role in Melo Movie. Photo: Netflix

He inherited a public bathhouse. Now he’s taking on the big spas

Lee Yung-hun aims to breathe fresh life into Korea’s declining bathhouses, making his a place to experience a sense of home and healing.

23 Feb 2025 - 1:15PM

Bongraetang owner Lee Yung-hun (right) and his father sit in their bathhouse in Busan’s Yeongdo district, in South Korea. Photo: Lee Yung-hun

Netflix K-drama Melo Movie’s Lee Jun-young emerges as breakout star

The actor, who was in D.P. and Mask Girl, captivated viewers in his new role as an aspiring composer alongside Choi Woo-shik and Jeon So-nee.

22 Feb 2025 - 4:15PMvideocam

Actor Lee Min-ho denies rumours he is dating 2NE1’s Park Bom

K-pop star began posting images of actor captioned “my husband” on social media last year, then said he had asked her to but ‘I’m single’.

21 Feb 2025 - 1:52PM

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