Author : Claire R. Peck

Former comedian Pyo In-bong has taken on a new role, making “bungeoppang” or fish-shaped pastries, near Seoul Station and serving them to homeless people. Thursday’s...

A Korean-language advertisement for apples from Bonghwa, a county in North Gyeongsang Province, has appeared on a digital billboard in the heart of New York...

Recently working with two organizations that are analyzing and indexing Chinese and Korean “jokbo,” I had an epiphany — actually two epiphanies. The first is...

In the age of online adoption listings and social media feeds, shelter pets face a surprisingly modern hurdle: dark fur simply doesn’t always capture well...

From 3.71 percent to 10.16 percent. When the Institute of Economics at Academia Sinica, Taiwan’s foremost national research institution, released its projection for the country’s...

Former Prime Minister Kim Min-seok won the ruling Democratic Party of Korea’s (DPK) primaries in Gwangju and Jeolla Province on Saturday, outpacing his two rivals...

There is a photograph familiar to anyone who studies the Korean independence movement. It shows an elderly man in round spectacles and hanbok, or traditional...

JAKARTA, Indonesia — A powerful magnitude 7.7 quake struck off the coast of Indonesia early Saturday, triggering a tsunami warning. There were no immediate reports...

NEW YORK — U.S. stocks are drifting near their record heights Friday following the latest report on the economy to come in surprisingly weak, this...

After Korea’s liberation from Japanese colonial rule, independence leader Kim Koo visited Seokguram Hermitage in Bukhansan National Park. At this location, where he took refuge...