Have you ever heard of The Elevator Game? It’s one of Korea’s spookiest urban legends. If played correctly, it’s said to transport you to another eerie dimension. This urban legend has gained a lot of ...

The Five Royal Palaces in Seoul are Gyeongbokgung Palace, Changdeokgung Palace, Changgyeonggung Palace, Deoksugung Palace and Gyeonghuigung Palace. Gyeongbokgung Palace is arguably the most beautiful ...

The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE) of the Republic of Korea announced on January 1, 2025, that Korea’s annual exports for the year of 2024 amounted to an all-time high USD 683.8 ...

Across East Asia and elsewhere in the world, most families' main staple is rice, and in Korea it's joined with the triumvirate of the Korean kitchen: soy sauce, hot pepper paste and brown bean paste.

Domestic output and exports of cosmetics last year both set record highs. The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety on May 27 said its analysis of national cosmetics production, exports and imports last ...

Following the transition from expansionary fiscal policies to a sound fiscal approach during the 2023 budget planning, the 2024 budget proposal focuses on improving the fundamentals of fiscal ...

Described as the son of the heavens, Jumong was the founding king of Goguryeo, which eventually became the largest dynasty in Korean history. Also known as the Holy King of the East, mythological ...

The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE) announced today that the accumulated foreign direct investments (FDIs) pledged to Korea through January–September in 2024 (Q1–Q3) rose 5.2 percent ...

The Ministry of Science and ICT (Minister Yoo Sang-im, hereinafter referred to as "MSIT") announced the Action Plan for the Establishment of the National AI Computing Center (including the ...

The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) on July 2 unanimously raised Korea's status from a developing economy to a developed one, reclassifying the nation from Group A (Asian ...

The Bukcheong lion dance has been handed down through the generations in the region of Bukcheong in South Hamgyeong Province, in what is now North Korea. Originally, this lion dance was performed as ...

The launch of the K-Humanoid Alliance seeks to make the nation a global superpower in humanoid robots by 2030 through active government support. The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy on April 10 ...