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New visas to attract K-culture talent, digital nomads

Samantha Liem is a Vietnamese teenager whose dream is to debut with a girl group in Korea one day.   She currently practices dance by following...

Travelers pay cancellation fees for nixing visits to Turkey

Travelers who canceled planned trips to Turkey in the wake of the Feb. 6 earthquake are facing a dilemma: go on their trips despite...

Korean rescue workers arrive in Turkey after earthquake

A team of 118 Korean disaster relief personnel arrived by a military transport aircraft in Turkey on Wednesday to join in search and rescue...

Korean celebrities donate to help victims of earthquake in Turkey, Syria

Korean celebrities are pitching in to help those affected by the 7.8 magnitude earthquake that hit southern Turkey and northern Syria on Monday. Entertainer Jang...

Korea sending emergency personnel, medicine and aid to Turkey

Korea will send a team of around 110 disaster relief personnel and emergency medical supplies by a military transport aircraft after a devastating earthquake...

Chinese commenters target any mention of Lunar New Year

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psOrYXQTxNE . Lunar New Year or Chinese New Year?K-pop stars Jang Won-young of IVE and Seohyun of Girls’ Generation have been bombarded by Chinese social media...

Number of English teachers entering Korea drops to third of pre-pandemic levels

A native English instructor teaches her students in Daegu, southern Korea. The number of English teachers coming to Korea for jobs dropped...

Lucky Charms meth gang kingpins U.S. extradition requested

    Korean prosecutors said Thursday they have requested the United States arrest and extradite two people who have allegedly trafficked drugs to Korea since 2021. According...

Underwear tycoon agrees to return to Korea

The former chairman of SBW Group, who was nabbed on a golf course in Thailand on Tuesday after eight months on the lam, could...

Three individuals accused of working with North Korean agents

Three South Koreans affiliated with the minor Progressive Party and a farmers' group in Jeju are under investigation for allegedly establishing an underground network...