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[2024 Recap] From K-pop to Nobel Prize: South Korea Emerges as Cultural Powerhouse
Known for her innovative compositions, Jin’s achievement exemplified ... mainstream popularity akin to 'Gangnam Style.'” ...
The New York Times8mon
A Woman Won South Korea’s First Literature Nobel. That Says a Lot.
But while her victory was widely celebrated as a crowning cultural achievement for South Korea, what Ms. Han and these female writers represent is a form of rebellion against South Korean culture ...
Yonhap News Agency on MSN2d
(LEAD) Lee calls on S. Korea, Japan to join hands for future ahead of 60th anniv. of ties
President Lee Jae-myung on Monday called for South Korea and Japan to join hands for a better future, casting the two ...
Stars and Stripes12d
Gaming, kimchi and K-Pop: Discover South Korea’s creative soul at Cheonan festival
A cultural experience in South korea, the Cheonan K-Culture Expo, kicked off June 4, 2025, with sensory immersion in music, ...
South Korea faces a reckoning: Political dysfunction, moral drift and the path to unification
South Korea's transformation from colonial subjugation and a war-ravaged state into one of the world's leading economies and ...
Project Syndicate2mon
South Korea’s Flourishing Culture and Teetering Democracy
President Yoon Suk-yeol’s failed attempt to declare martial law and the subsequent impeachment battle underscored the fragility of South Korea’s young democracy. Despite the country's economic and ...