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Seoul city gov’t audits homestays as tourism booms
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For a decade, Seoul has nudged its residents to open their doors to foreigners, turning spare bedrooms and historic hanok,…
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[True Crime] The Ordinary 1980s Korean Housewife Who Poisoned Her Own Father and Sister Over Gambling Debts (South Korea’s Last Executed Female Serial Killer)
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TL;DR In the late 1980s, a 40-something housewife struggling with cabaret gambling debts poisoned five people, including her creditors and…
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Easy Spicy Whelk Salad Anyone Can Make (Golbaengi Muchim)- Korea Food
Easy Spicy Whelk Salad Anyone Can Make (Golbaengi Muchim) INTRODUCTION There are certain dishes in Korean cuisine that possess the…
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(4th LD) Lee, Brazil’s Lula agree to elevate bilateral ties to strategic partnership
SEOUL, Feb. 23 (Yonhap) — President Lee Jae Myung and Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva agreed to elevate…
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S.Korea steps in as won breaches 1,430 on escalating US-China tensions
(Courtesy of Yonhap) South Korea’s foreign exchange authorities delivered their first verbal intervention in one and a half years on…
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삼각김밥 & 현미밥 – help for brown rice in kimbap
Hello! I like to prepare 삼각김밥 for my work lunches but have been trying to switch to brown rice per…
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Lotte to launch 2-3 new high-end malls in Vietnam, building on West Lake Hanoi success
An aerial view of Lotte Mall West Lake Hanoi Lotte Shopping Co., South Korea’s leading retailer, plans to open two…
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Giving money to mom
Hi all, I’m a Korean-American currently living in the U.S. I spent about 15 years here and 10 years in…
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21-year-old Korean Kamikaze pilot Han Jeong-sil (한정실, 韓鼎實) delivering his last testament for radio broadcast before flying to die off Okinawa on June 6, 1945 (inset shows Kamikaze pilot 박동훈, 朴東薫 who died in March 1945)
In June 1945, as Imperial Japan was losing a brutal war against the United States, Korean support for the empire…
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Deal graveyard: S.Korean F&B franchises left without takers
Pizza Nara Chicken Gongju chain Korean food is making global waves, but back home, the story is different for food…
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Thinking about seaweed and soy sauce egg rice as a food kit — curious what you think
Hi! My team and I are working on launching an e-commerce brand centered around Korean roasted seaweed (gim) — a…
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LG Electronics eyes India IPO delay, says plan in flux
LG Electronics India’s call center staff consultants (Courtesy of LG Electronics) LG Electronics Inc. is mulling putting off an initial…
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LG Electronics set to debut on Indian stock market in early May
LG Group Chairman Koo Kwang-mo (third from left) inspects the air conditioner production line at its Noida plant, India in…
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Are we getting scammed? 5.5M KRW monthly budget for a 50m² apartment in Gangnam
Dear community, My husband and I are moving to Seoul upcoming March, and we’re currently searching for an apartment in…
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LG Electronics to venture into food waste disposer market
in NewsA food waste disposer LG Electronics is set to launch in 2025 LG Electronics Inc., the world’s largest home appliance…
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I associate this style of house with the 80’s. Is that right?
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Filipino caregivers come to Korea amid deepening demographic crisis
Women stand beside a sign about hiring domestic helpers to work overseas outside an office in Manila (Courtesy of AP…
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Korea’s food prices highest among OECD nations; utility bills at bottom
A consumer is buying fruits in a marketplace in Seoul South Korea’s food prices were found to be the highest…
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