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Korea busts record 1 ton of smuggled drugs in 1st half of 2026
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Korean customs authorities seized a record 1,007 kilograms of narcotics intended for the domestic market in 767 cases during the…
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AHOF Redraws the Grid: Inside Cosmopolitan Korea’s August Vision
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COVER STORY The room goes quiet before the flash even fires. That’s the first thing you notice on set with…
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what are your SM new boy group predictions?
Sm has been creating and soft launching their new boy group via SMTR25 for about two years now and they’re…
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Lots of groups will be touring in North America in second half, How many of it you will be attending? Do you have suggestions?
Now that the world cup has ended, a lot of Kpop groups are scheduled to tour NA now. IVE I…
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Martin and James Turn Paris Into a K-pop Fashion Signal
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Martin and James of CORTIS arrived at Saint Laurent’s Spring/Summer 2027 men’s show in Paris like a pair of living…
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AEN: A New Era of Now — Seven Voices, One Eternal Beginning
in FeedsThere’s a stillness to the first image that feels almost defiant. One chair, one figure folded into it backward, elbows…
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Thank You, Jesus. 🙏🏻 Now Looking to Carpool from LA to BLOOD NIGHT. 🥹
Hi everyone, Is anyone else attending ENHYPEN’s House of Blues BLOOD NIGHT event? I’ll be going on my own and…
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Alice Syndrome: The Deep End of Debut
in FeedsEvery debut era arrives with a promise. Most groups spend their first weeks chasing brightness — the widest smile, the…
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“Even prison will not save you”: unmarried young Korean women feared sexual enslavement in Imperial Japan’s wartime labor conscription, but officials said evaders would be imprisoned and then conscripted anyway (September 1944)
By early 1944, months before Japan formally promulgated the Women’s Labor Volunteer Corps Ordinance in August 1944, reports from colonial…
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RESCENE Is Rewriting the Rules — And the K-Pop Industry Is Taking Notes
in FeedsThe Scent Before the Scene There’s a moment before a song even starts — a breath, a static hush —…
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Korea, China in talks over possible visit by Chinese FM to Seoul: officials
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Korea and China are in close consultations over a possible visit by Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi to Seoul, officials…
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IRION Breaks the Fourth Wall — And Debuts Like They Never Needed a Script
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Hwang Ji Ah, WOOAH’s Nana, tripleS’s Kaede, and AISA turn a fictional idol drama into the realest debut of the…
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Gyeongju World faces renewed safety concerns after Ferris wheel cabin falls
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GYEONGJU — A major amusement ride accident at Gyeongju World, one of North Gyeongsang Province’s best-known theme parks, has reignited…
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Sana Rewrites the Rules of Radiance for Harper’s BAZAAR Korea x ALO
in FeedsInside TWICE’s brightest constant — where softness becomes strategy, and stillness becomes statement. Kpoppie Magazine · Digital Cover Story ·…
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Agoda fined $1.7 mil. for hidden fees, obscure refund policies
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Korea’s media and communications regulator said Monday that it fined Agoda, a global travel booking platform, 2.42 billion won ($1.7…
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shinan purple island
Located in Shinan County, Purple Island is a unique travel destination where everything from the house roofs and roads to…
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President to embark on trip to NATO summit, Mongolia
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President Lee Jae Myung will embark on a five-day, two-leg overseas trip next week, attending the NATO summit in Turkey…
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$445 taxi ride from Seoul to Incheon? Taiwanese tourist challenges excessive fare
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Allegations that a taxi driver overcharged a Taiwanese tourist nearly tenfold for a ride to Incheon International Airport sparked online…
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Naver Pay adds facial recognition service for faster airport departures
in NewsTravelers departing from Incheon International Airport can now clear key checkpoints with a face scan through the Naver Pay app,…
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Is it common for straight men in korea to follow girl groups and engage with content about them?
I’ve been to Korea and for the past 5 years been traveling a lot around east Asia. During this I’ve…
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Venezuela quake toll tops 900; search intensifies for hundreds trapped
in NewsLA GUAIRA/CARACAS — Desperate Venezuelans and rescue teams raced to find survivors Friday as the death toll from twin earthquakes…
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“No More Daesil” — And Yet, They’re Making More Money
“No More Daesil” — And Yet, They’re Making More Money For years, the bread and butter of Korean motels was…
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Has anyone had any experience with small talk in Korea?
Recently, I traveled to the United States and realized that, although cultural differences certainly exist, it feels like people in…
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To draw K-pop fans beyond Seoul, Korea leverages their ‘BIAS’
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For millions of global music fans, a “bias” is not a prejudice but a favorite K-pop artist. Korea’s tourism officials…
