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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 ...
Pakistan Today2d
Xi calls for China, S. Korea strategic cooperative partnership to be lifted to higher level
BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Tuesday that China and South Korea should lift their strategic cooperative ...
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South Korean Author Han Kang Awarded Nobel Prize for Literature
The Nobel Prize in literature was awarded to South Korean author Han Kang “for her intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life.” The Swedish ...
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 ...
Stars and Stripes7d
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, ...
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 ...
Bangkok Post6mon
Thailand-South Korea dual narratives
(Photo: Varuth Hirunyatheb) Thailand-South Korea relations are paradoxical. The countries share a dynamic that boasts both heroic achievements and glaring challenges. While their cultural and ...