A newly enacted law on artificial intelligence (AI) has formed the basis for the national development of AI. The Ministry of Science and ICT on Dec. 26 said the National Assembly in a plenary session ...

Darcy Paquet, an American movie critic who has lived in Korea for close to 20 years, wears many hats in the Korean film industry: critic, lecturer, author, translator, artistic director and part-time ...

People going on blind or ordinary dates can now do so with government support. They can get married in public museums or parks, and pay just KRW 10,000 in rent per month for their new home after ...

Jeungpyeon is one of the rice cake varieties and is known for its bubbly texture inside, like bread. It is a round-shaped rice cake made from non-glutinous rice powder, rice wine garnished with ...

Asan Medical Center, Samsung Medical Center and Seoul National University Hospital are among the world's top 10 specialized hospitals for cancer treatment. The U.S. magazine Newsweek on Sept. 18 said ...

One of the Jeju treasures is the traditional figure of the haenyeo female divers of the island (해녀). For centuries, female divers played a key role in the economy of the island by harvesting shellfish ...

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 ...

Traditional Korean medicine (hanyak) dates back to ancient times. A myth says a tiger and a bear, wanting to reincarnate as humans, decided to eat garlic and absinthe, which were described as ...

Cosmetics exports set a record high last year. The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety on Jan. 6 said such shipments in 2024 reached USD 10.2 billion. Such products surpassed USD 1 billion in exports for ...

K-pop is the most cited reason for visiting Korea by social and online media users from the top 20 countries that send tourists to the country. The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and Korea ...

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 ...

K-pop album exports this year have exceeded a record-high KRW 300 billion. The Korea Customs Service on Nov. 27 released data on exports and imports saying exports of music albums between January and ...