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 — ...

It is partly down to a 1993 government policy specifically designed to enhance South Korea’s global position by exporting cultural products. The idea was to increase the country’s "soft power ...

An Air Busan plane with 176 people on board became engulfed in fire just before takeoff in South Korea. All pf the passengers ...

New Year's celebrations vary throughout the world. Some celebrate the new year on January 1. Others take place later in the ...

Differing opinions on Yoon’s impeachment are driving kin apart. But a few parents and children are finding more common ground ...

According to Kim, South Korea’s leisure culture is marked by a yearning for ... referencing the neo-Confucian dynasty that shaped Korean history from the 14th to the late-19th century.

And just this year, South Korean author Han Kang received the Nobel Prize for ... or art history — and balance out the program’s heavy focus on modern history and culture to include the pre-modern and ...

The rate needed to sustain a population is 2.1. Newsweek reached out to the South Korean embassy in the U.S. with a written request for comment. Workplace culture that makes it difficult for new ...

Even if a strategic and comprehensive alliance can be made a reality, the big question is how to make that happen amid the ...

South Korean history is stained with the blood of students ... memorials, anniversaries and cultural works — films, literature and music — keep these scars fresh. When Yoon deployed soldiers ...

(AP video by Tian Macleod Ji) Police officers stand outside of the Seoul Western District Court after supporters of impeached ...

South Korean history is stained with the blood of students ... memorials, anniversaries and cultural works — films, literature and music — keep these scars fresh. When Yoon deployed soldiers ...