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Fully Vaccinated To Reach 70% This Weekend: Korea Covid & Vaccine Updates
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Downward Trend Continues With Fewer Than 1,500 Cases: Korea Covid & Vaccine Updates
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[LIVE] Should Dog Meat Be Banned in South Korea?
Korea FM's first social audio episode, recorded live while simulcasting to Clubhouse, Kakao 음(mm) & Spoon! The following news stories were used to gu...
Cases Increase but Remain Under 1,000 for 2 Consecutive Days
The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency reports 809 local infections, and 31 infected international arrivals, for a total of 840 new cases.
Coronavirus Cases Plummet by 1/3 as Deaths Pass 1,000
The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency reports 672 local infections, and 43 infected international arrivals, for a total of 715 new cases.
Sharp Rise To 1,020 New Coronavirus Cases
Coronavirus cases rise sharply with additional infections from a Seoul prison and continued positive test results from medical facilities across South...
Michael Breen On His New Book, "The New Koreans"
Michael Breen is a writer & consultant who first came to South Korea as a correspondent in 1982. He's covered North & South Korea for several newspape...
Nearly Three Quarters Of Young Smokers Deterred By South Korean Cigarette Price Increase
Smoking habit data released in 2016 reports that despite recent price increases for a pack of cigarettes in South Korea, more than 20% of young smoker...
More North Korean Defectors Supporting Moon Jae-in, Shifting View On Pyongyang
The Nikkei Asian Review recently published a piece on rather surprising Moon Jae-in supporters leading up to the special election he won to replace fo...
Otto Warmbier's DPRK Travel Company 'Young Pioneer Tours'
ConsumerAffairs.com writer Amy Martyn recently wrote a piece titled "Booze, bribes and propaganda: The company that promises 'safe' travel in North Ko...
Q&A With "The New Koreans" Author Michael Breen At The "Seoul Book & Culture Club"
Barry Welsh's "Seoul Book and Culture Club" recently played host to author Michael Breen, who discussed his newly released book "The New Koreans". To...
Teacher Pay vs Work Hours - Which Is Better For South Korean Teachers?
A 2016 education report from The Economist asks if higher wages or less working hours make a better teacher. While South Korea has one of the highest...
Young South Koreans Turning Away From Religion
Seoul-based reporter Steven Borowiec recently wrote an article for Aljazeera English titled "Why young South Koreans are turning away from religion"....
Peace Activist Yoh Kawanaka On Improving South Korea-Japan Relations
Recently, Seoul-based think tank The Asia Institute held a peace march in the capital. The event was open to the public, & peace activist Yoh Kawanaka...
Asia Institute's "Korea Peace March" This Sunday, May 14th In Seoul
The Asia Institute is a Seoul-based think tank that addresses global issues with a focus on Asia, committed to presenting a balanced perspective that...
President Trump "Seriously Undermining" South Korea-U.S. Alliance
Recently a column appeared on NKNews.org that directly made light of how US President Donald Trump has influenced what’s going on here on the Korean P...
Running The Pyongyang Marathon As A Foreigner
Recently, over 1,000 foreign runners participated in the Pyongyang, North Korea Mangyongdae Prize International Marathon. Held every year since 1981,...
Does Eating Too Much White Rice Cause Diabetes?
Last year, the head of Singapore's Health Promotion Board announced new plans to fight diabetes that focus on educating the public on the health risks...
The Glass Zoo: Women In South Korean, US Journalism
Earlier this month, a panel discussion titled “The Glass Zoo: Women in Journalism” was jointly organized by media start-ups Korea Exposé & Mediati, mo...
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US Aircraft Carrier Finally En Route To Korea, College Grad Unemployment Rate All Time High [Korean News Update]
A US aircraft carrier & other vessels appear to finally be on their way to the Korean Peninsula, a human rights group is calling on China to not force...
Young Koreans Challenging Politicians & Their Role In South Korean Society
Former South Korean President Park Geun-hye’s presidential career began & ended with firsts, & while countless pieces have been written on the protest...
"March For Science" Taking Place Saturday, April 22nd In Busan & Seoul
This Saturday, April 22nd the “March For Science” will take place around the world as “the first step of a global movement to defend the vital role sc...
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China warns “No Winner” In North Korean Conflict, Vice President Pence Coming To Seoul, ROK Exports To China Increase [Korean News Update]
China warns there will be “no winner” in an armed North Korean conflict that could start “at any moment”, Vice President Mike Pence will arrive in Seo...
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Tensions Rising On Korean Peninsula, Overseas Voting Increase, Park Geun-hye Indictment Near [Korean News Update]
Tensions on the Korean Peninsula are rising with the arrival of a US aircraft carrier, overseas voting is up, ex-president Park Geun-hye could soon be...
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Korean Air Pollution At 2 Year High, ROK Tests New Missile, Expat Alleges Police Discrimination [Korean News Update]
The concentration of fine dust particles in South Korea’s air is the worst since 2015, the ROK has test fired a new long range ballistic missile, a Bu...
Colombian Accuses Busan Police Of Discrimination After Costco Assault
Colombian Leo Mendoza has lived in South Korea for 16 years. He's married to Korean & is a well known member of the Busan community for his work with...
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Park Arrested, Sewol Arrives At Port, Seoul Air Worst Ever [Korean News Update]
Former South Korean President Park Geun-hye has been arrested, the salvaged Sewol ferry has arrived at port, Seoul’s air quality is the worst ever rec...
Seoul "Asia's Unlikely Expat Haven"
Seoul-based reporter Jason Strother recently wrote for the BBC that "while not an obvious choice for the jet-setting expat, South Korea’s high-energy...
Korean News Update - Wednesday, March 29
Bones found on the Sewol ferry are not those of missing victims, the European Parliament says South Korea hasn’t abided by standards related to freedo...
Korean News Update - Monday, March 27
The Sewol Ferry has been raised and will arrive at a port on the South Korean mainland later this week, satellite images have captured vehicle movemen...
Fulbright Korea’s Black Culture & History Festival
In June of 2016, American English teachers & Fulbright English Teaching Assistants from around South Korea gathered at the Seoul Global Cultural Cente...
Korean News Update - Friday, March 17
Former President Park Geun-hye says she will honor prosecutors’ request to answer questions regarding the scandal that removed her from office, animal...
South Korea Stacking Olympic Hockey Team With North American Players
To prepare for the upcoming 2018 Pyeongchang winter olympics, South Korea is investing in both infrastructure & athletes, with one sport in particular...
Korean News Update - Monday, March 13
Several journalists have been attacked by pro-Park Geun-hye supporters in the aftermath of the ruling that removed her from power, after vacating the...
Korean News Update - Friday, March 10
South Korea’s Constitutional Court has permanently removed President Park Geun-hye from office over a corruption scandal, triggering an automatic pres...
South Koreans "Undisputed Asian Masters Of Chicken"
It's no secret that South Korea has an obsession with fried chicken & beer, but last year's article from Canadian expat & Vice writer Dave Hazzan brin...
Tuesday, March 7 Korean News Update
North Korea says US bases in Japan were the target of its most recent ballistic missile test, China is trying to punish South Korea’s economy for THAA...
Korean News Update - Thursday, March 2
The de facto head of Samsung has been indicted on bribery & embezzlement connected to the Park Geun-hye corruption scandal, North Korea wants custody...
Monday, Feb 27 Korean News Update
President Park Geun-hye will not appear at the final hearing for her impeachment following protests by hundreds of thousands in Seoul over the weekend...
Solitary Sage: Korea's "Go-un" Choi Chi-won Book By Professor David Mason
Last year, the Asia Institute invited the public to attend a free lecture by the author of the first English language book written about one of Korea'...