Featured United States 12 May 2026 Views of the United States Sink to Historical Low According to Hankook Research 한국 리서치’s regular quarterly survey released on April 21, Koreans’ approval of the United States has hit the lowest mark since the company began polling in 2018. On a scale of 0 to 100, with 50 being neutral, Koreans rated the US at 44.8,
Featured Society 11 May 2026 Runaway Wolf Captures Hearts Neukgu's return heralded local sports team victories.
Featured Society 4 May 2026 Seo Myeong-suk, 68, a Jeju-do Trailblazer Creator of Olle Trails in Jeju passed away.
Featured Society 5 March 2026 Why Seoul Keeps Growing Rural areas falling behind may brew a toxic stew of resentment.
Featured Bureaucracy 4 March 2026 Superstar YouTuber City Official Announces Retirement Kim Seon-tae grew the YouTube channel for a small town to a million subscribers.
Featured Business & Economy 17 February 2026 Koreans Warm Up to Nuclear Power: Data A reversal from the aftermath of the 2011 Fukushima disaster.
Featured Society 13 February 2026 The Dessert Storm: Dubai Chewy Cookie Becomes the Latest Craze The dessert craze has been an unexpected boon for South Korea’s small businesses.
Featured Bureaucracy 12 February 2026 Can Administrative Mergers Save Non-Seoul Regions? Mid-sized cities now want a merger with their surrounding provinces.
Featured Society 11 February 2026 Tourism Rebounds: Data Credit: Public domain. Tourism in South Korea has rebounded from the pandemic era. In a December 19-24 survey by Hankook Research 한국리서치, 71% of respondents said they planned to travel domestically in the first half of 2026, and 41% said they planned to travel internationally. Responses have been steadily rising
Featured North Korea 30 January 2026 North Korean Defectors Happy in the South: Data Steady increase in satisfaction and quality of life for North Koreans living in South Korea.
Featured Business & Economy 28 January 2026 Godfather of Korean Fried Chicken Passes Away Yun Jong-gye invented the sauced fried chicken and the pickled radish that are now universal.
Featured Society 23 January 2026 Lee Jae-myung Dabbles in Pseudo-History Fake ancient Korean empire supposedly stretched from western Europe to the Americas.
Featured Culture 19 January 2026 Son Heung-min, Sports Star of 2025: Survey The football star is the year's most popular star.
Featured Society 8 January 2026 Can Lee Jae-myung Stem the Tide of Migration to Seoul? Local Elections are less than six months away.
Featured Society 26 December 2025 Most Support Raising Retirement Age: Data Delayed mandatory retirement closes the gap until pensioners are eligible for the national pension.
Featured Media 19 December 2025 Student Newspaper Strikes a Defiant Tone Middle school-aged editors with hard-hitting journalism.
Featured Blue House 12 December 2025 Reckoning with the Truth of the Itaewon Disaster Photo: Prime Minister Kim Min-seok (far left) attends the memorial for the Itaewon disaster with leaders of major political parties. Credit: Yonhap News. Three years since the crowd crushing event in Itaewon 이태원 that killed 159, the South Korean government is reckoning with the true cause of the disaster. On
