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South Korean director Bong Joon-ho, currently in the spotlight for his new film Mickey 17, is facing criticism from Thai netizens, who accuse him of “racial discrimination” against Blackpink member Lisa, according to News1 and other outlets. YouTube channel BuzzFeed […]

A pilot with seven years of experience at South Korea’s Muan International Airport testified that he had never been informed about the existence of a concrete mound housing a localiser on the airport’s runway, nor had he been able to

A dog named Pudding, left alone after losing its family in the recent Jeju Air crash, has been rescued by an animal rights organisation in South Korea. The animal rights group, Care, said on Wednesday that it had rescued Pudding,

A suspected bird strike, identified as one of the causes of the Jeju Air crash on Sunday, has raised concerns about the adequacy of bird control operations at Muan International Airport in South Korea. At the time of the incident,

Former South Korean defence intelligence commander Noh Sang-won, who is accused of conspiring to plan martial law at what has now become known as the infamous “Lotteria meeting”, has also been found to be operating a fortunetelling business from his

By Baek Byung-yeul Distributors of much anticipated upcoming movies in South Korea, such as Harbin, starring Hyun Bin, and Bogota: City of the Lost, featuring Song Joong-ki, are aiming to capitalise on a potential box office recovery following the passage

“Tonight is about us. Nothing outside matters. It’s just me and you.” Performing for more than 20,000 fans at Seoul’s Gocheok Sky Dome, pop star Dua Lipa made it clear – the show must go on. The Seoul leg of

A curfew on Filipino carers working in South Korea’s capital will be lifted this month, the Seoul Metropolitan Government said, as revisions to a pilot programme’s pay system and regulations are also introduced. The move comes after a number of

Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon faces growing calls from labour activists to scrap the city’s Filipino nanny programme, one of the key policies he introduced to help alleviate South Korea’s fertility crisis. The nation’s two largest umbrella trade unions ― the

North Korea appears to be stepping up efforts to join the Brics bloc, a multinational group led by Russia and China, with its top diplomat notably skipping the UN General Assembly in favour of attending a Brics-related event. However, experts