When the leaders of China, Japan, and South Korea last met, in May 2024, observers viewed the meeting with a sense of relief. Japan and South Korea were emerging from one of the darkest periods in ...
It has been revealed that Japan has not fulfilled the promises it made at the time of the World Cultural Heritage ...
Tourists flock to the Kotoku-in Buddhist temple here to marvel at and shoot photos of the Great Buddha of Kamakura, one of ...
From Sanrio characters to starry-eyed idol singers, it’s no secret that kawaii (“cute”) culture is huge in Japan. Whole museums and theme parks have been dedicated to the concept of kawaii. Heck, it’s ...
Over brightly coloured jelly sodas at Kai Bai Bo, a Korean-themed café in Mexico City, Alejandra Chávez and Adriana Guzmán discuss their shared passion: BTS, South Korea’s global pop phenomenon. “It ...
With BTS poised to reunite, “Squid Game” returning and a Broadway show winning awards, the Korean cultural wave keeps on rolling. By Jin Yu Young Reporting from Seoul A Tony Award-winning play on ...
SEOUL, Dec. 1 (UPI) --In August 2012, I had the privilege of representing South Korea at the 5th Trilateral Tourism Ministers' Meeting held in Hangzhou, China. This gathering, which has since evolved ...
SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korean entertainment companies riding the Korean Wave, or Hallyu, are scrambling to widen their global reach as Asia's fourth-largest economy bets on cultural exports at a time ...