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So I needed a new cell phone. But as a foreigner in Korea, I quickly found that my options were limited.  There are models galore, but complicated Korean …

So, Steve Yoo wants to be taken back into Korea, the country he abandoned 13 years ago to avoid military service. In an interview in Hong Kong late Tuesday …

Seoul Shakespeare Company will perform “Titus Andronicus” from this month as its annual full production, a play that bears striking echoes of modern …

A group of expat farmers will try their hand at making traditional Korean condiments from the very basics, going from seedlings to sauce, in a new yearlong …

The U.N. Committee on Eliminating Racial Discrimination has ruled that HIV testing of teachers on E-2 visas was discrimination. In an opinion released Tuesday, …

Seoul Fashion Week announced Wednesday that it had appointed veteran fashion designer Jung Ku-ho as its first director. Jung will oversee Korea’s biggest …

Beneath its ultramodern facade, Korea is a country with all the trappings of shamanism and Confucianism, a new book says. In “Contemporary Korean Culture: …

Koreans drink more coffee than they eat kimchi, it seems. The average Korean drinks 12.2 cups of coffee per week, which makes for about two cups a day, while …

The South Korean government warned of a possible overdose of nicotine for those who smoke electronic cigarettes Tuesday, while ordering a recall of 10 …

On each desk are two copies of a text, one in Korean and the other in English. A handful of students ― some Korean, some international ― pore carefully …