Hollywood, Broadway, and Seoul: Musicals Take Off in South Korea
In a country known for its melodramatic soap operas and glitzy pop groups, Western heart-on-sleeve musicals have proven to be a natural fit for Korean entertainment preferences.
Five K-pop Tropes that Need to Go
As a fan of anything, especially something like k-pop that’s still relatively niche in the United States, it can be very frustrating to read news articles about the genre.
More than North Korean Diplomats Fled to the South in 2016
In 2016, while Thae Yong-ho’s defection from North Korea’s London embassy was widely covered, a total of 1,418 North Korean refugees entered South Korea.
Five Questions for the Future of Samsung
With the arrest of Lee Jae-yong on charges of bribery, embezzlement, perjury, and the illegal transfer of funds abroad, Samsung faces a period of uncertainty at a critical time for South Korea’s leading chaebol.
What Donald Trump’s Foreign Policy Means for South Korea
President Donald Trump’s foreign policy has three big implications for South Korean policy planning.
Pokémon Go and the Potential of Augmented Reality Games In South Korea
While Niantic Labs launched Pokémon Go in many countries in North America and Europe, it did not fully launch in South Korea until January 23, 2017, despite the popularity of gaming there.
The South Korean Constitutional Court’s Impeachment Timeline
The Constitutional Court, which began hearings for her impeachment last December, must either uphold or disapprove of the National Assembly’s impeachment motion.
Grasping for Entertainment: The Rise of Claw Machines in South Korea
Recently, the number of claw machines around downtown Seoul have greatly increased, especially in busy nightlife areas such as Sinchon, Hongdae and Gangnam.
What Does New Trade Data Portend for U.S.-Korea Trade Relations?
While the overall U.S. trade deficit in merchandise goods with the world increased by $1.9 billion or 0.4 percent, the bilateral trade deficit between the U.S. and South Korea declined by $647 million or 2.3 percent.
Is Korea Ready to Move Past its Love-Hate Relationship with Chaebols?
As the Choi Soon-sil scandal has unfolded over the past several months the Korean public’s dissatisfaction with major Korean conglomerates known as chaebols has become second only to Park Geun-hye herself.