With its late-night food stalls, indie boutiques, strong queer history and social media virality, here’s why this corner of Seoul is the coolest place to be right now Five years is a long time in a ...

The "Freedom250 Commemorative Fireworks and Drone Show" lights up the Han River Park in Yeouido, Yeongdeungpo District, Seoul, on Nov. 4. Organized by the U.S. Embassy in Seoul to mark the 250th ...

Kiaf SEOUL 2026, organized by the Galleries Association of Korea, returns to COEX from September 2–6, 2026, marking the fair’s 25th anniversary. Since its founding in 2002, Kiaf has served as Korea's ...

For its 25th edition, Korea's largest art fair returns to COEX with 175 galleries from 18 countries, and a new creative director at the helm. Kiaf Seoul 2025 ...

President Lee Jae Myung’s Democratic Party had hoped to consolidate its influence and extend his political momentum. By Choe Sang-Hun Reporting from Seoul The governing center-left party of South ...

When I meet Patrick Lee, director of art behemoth Frieze Seoul, the first café he proposes we try has vanished, its façade demolished. “This café was just here,” he says, disoriented but not at all ...

From generative AI to geopolitical tensions, the seismic shifts that are roiling the world are also having a significant impact on beauty. The result: Another challenging year for many of beauty’s ...

The city wants to redevelop a shantytown in Gangnam district, where hundreds are defying eviction, fighting for a right to own a home in an area notorious for the exorbitant cost of housing. seoul ...

From battlefronts in Ukraine to the destruction in Gaza, 2025 was marked by conflict, political upheaval and extreme weather across the globe. The year saw Trump’s meetings on the world stage, the ...

Our staff's favorite songs from the past year of hits and deeper cuts. On the charts, 2025 was a year that often felt like flipping TV channels to find a new episode to watch and coming across nothing ...

A multilayered political thriller, a dark-comedy salute to radical resistance, a ping-pong picaresque and a bluesy vampire tale set in Jim Crow Mississippi are among THR film reviewers’ favorites of ...