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Ghosts and goblins are everywhere in Korean folktales, causing havoc for people through their antics. Equally common are the shamans who act as intermediaries, helping offer solutions to life's supernatural…

For many years, South Korea has been a homogeneous country. But with more foreigners coming to live in Korea, that is starting to change. In fact, the Korea Institute for…

As Seoul has grown, it has become more and more international. The city has been making an effort to attract more foreign visitors, whether as tourists, students or workers. This…

  With the recent retirement by Yi So-yeon, South Korea’s remaining astronaut, many have turned attention to Korea, wondering whether there is a future for its space program. According to Daniel Pinkston of the…

By Sang Kim and Jenna Gibson With a cold snap freezing South Korea this week, we collected a list of 10 useful winter-related Korean words that could help you get through the season. Check out the list and please leave any useful words that we didn’t include in the comments below!        …

By Jenna Gibson With Korea’s rock-bottom birthrate continuing to decline with no sign of stopping, you would think that Korean society would be doing everything possible to encourage people to have more babies. But a new trend may be doing the exact opposite. In the last few years, Korea has seen a proliferation of so-called…

By Hwan Kang Massive protests erupted in South Korea prior to President Donald Trump’s visit to South Korea organized by both opponents and supporters of the U.S. president. Of note, the Korean supporters of Trump called for the deployment of nuclear weapons in South Korea, even though it had already been ruled out by the…

By Paul Sung “War,” as Director of the MIT Security Studies Program Barry Posen stated, “is a blunt instrument. It is enormously cruel.” The Korean War was certainly a cruel conflict that claimed the lives of hundreds of thousands. Many soldiers accomplished valiant feats during this extraordinary time, but very few of them received the…

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