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Korean eyewear shops: Foreign tourists’ new pilgrimage as K-glasses catch on
A foreigner selects glasses at an eyewear shop in Seoul (Courtesy of Clipart Korea) When foreign travelers touch down in…
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Shinsegae’s Chung Yong-jin spotted meeting Donald Trump Jr. in Spain
Shinsegae Chairman Chung Yong-jin (left), Donald Trump Jr. (center) and Omeed Malik, who co-founded venture capital firm 1789 Capital with…
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Highway Reverie: Inside CLASS:y’s ‘Hitchhiking’ Concept Shoot—A High-Fashion Tale of Freedom, Cinematic Narrative, and Visual Rebellion
Photo Credits: K-Tigers CLASS:y, the genre-blurring K-pop ensemble celebrated for their aesthetic audacity, have delivered a cinematic visual feast in…
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With EXO’s comeback coming up, here’s my favourite comebacks and promotions for new comers.
To update those who don’t know or are just hearing of EXO or wanting to get into EXO, SM released…
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Are you pIanning to South Korea and is Gwangjan Market on your bucket list?
Are you planning a trip to Korea, and is Gwangjang Market on your bucket list? If so, take it off…
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How a Japanese artist depicted Korean envoys (Joseon Tongsinsa) visiting Japan.
The Joseon Tongsinsa were large-scale diplomatic and cultural exchange missions dispatched from Korea’s Joseon Dynasty to Japan. The term tongsinsa…
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Trump to hold bilateral summits with Lee, Xi in South Korea ahead of APEC Gyeongju
US President Donald Trump and South Korean President Lee Jae Myung hold their summit meeting in Washington, D.C. in August…
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Thinking of making a “Korea Starter Pack” for foreigners friends and collegues — what should be inside?
I’m thinking about creating a small “Korea Starter Pack” for foreigners who are either: • traveling in Korea, • have…
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Download files at PC방
Hi! I’ll be travelling to S.Korea next week and im planning to visit a PC Bang to download big files…
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S.Korea’s beauty devices on roll on highest foreign medical spending
5th PharmaResearch Global Symposium (Courtesy of PharmaResearch) Shares of South Korea’s beauty device makers are soaring as foreign visitors flock…
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Seoul hotel prices soar to record highs as tourist boom overwhelms supply
In Seoul, even a hotel room costing 1 million won ($705) a night is hard to come by. From five-star…
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Twice’s touring schedule is normal, it’s k-pop tours that are not.
Twice’s This is For World Tour is currently at 73 shows, across 4 continents and 19 countries. I have been…
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U.S. nonimmigrant visa issuance to Koreans drops sharply amid Trump’s second-term immigration crackdown
The first meeting of the “Visa Working Group” is held in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 30 to prevent a recurrence…
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Help Needed In Buying Chungking Express Merchandise
Hello Everyone, I’m a big movie geek and I’ve been looking for a Chungking Express merchandise for the longest time,…
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Imperial officials fanned out across rural Korea visiting townships one by one to indoctrinate villagers in Imperialist ideology in ‘Grassroots Penetration’ Campaign (March 1944)
For this post, I am examining two wartime propaganda articles to explore the hierarchical administrative structure that Imperial Japan used…
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TWICE vs Monsta X- Who Puts On The Better Concert?
This will be my first K-pop concert, so I really want it to feel worth the money, especially since I’ll…
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US confirms B-1 visa, ESTA use for Korean engineers after Georgia detention
South Korean and US officials discuss visa issuance for Koreans working in the US following the September detention of Korean…
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Libelante Lights Up Seoul on November 1 with ‘BRILLANTE’ Concert – Tickets on NOL Website Now Available for the Rising K-pop Vocal Quartet
Photo Credits: EMK Entertainment Libelante, the talented South Korean four-member vocal K-pop group, is set to captivate fans with their…
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ENHYPEN Walk The Line Tour Finale Seoul: Concert Dates, Ticket Info, and Fashion Buzz for KSPO DOME Event 2025
Photo Credits: BE:LIFT LAB ENHYPEN is set to make K-pop history in Seoul as they unveil the grand finale of…
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South Korea: foreigners’ hot destination for skincare, aesthetic surgery, beauty products
Visitors to CJ Olive Young’s booth at Cosmoprof North America 2025 in Las Vegas test beauty products and aesthetic devices…
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Hallabong Cream Bread from Jeju Island
I got this cream bread a few years ago on a trip with my mom, sister, and husband to Jeju…
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Seoul bustles with Chinese group tourists on first day of visa-free entry
Seoul’s Myeongdong street bustles with Chinese group tourists on Sept. 29, the first day of their visa-free entry (KED file…
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Seafood (shellfish) allergy
Hello! I am traveling to Gimcheon in a couple of weeks for work. I have a bad enough shellfish allergy…
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I wonder if foreign idols find the conservative culture in Korea very difficult to adjust to.
Korea has quite a conservative culture in general, at least from what I observed whilst travelling there. Great respect is…
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Itaewon solo dining out
Hello I arrive in itaewon in November and i have seen it could be difficult to find somewhere to eat…
