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Sat, October 19, 2019 | 18:30

Retro is new modern

For millennnials there is a charm in operating unfamiliar objects from the 1980s. The older generation is familiar with and nostalgic about the objects, but the same items are a source of wonder for the digital generation who grew up online.

Jung Hae-myoung | 2019-03-29 17:50

Singers living in the shadow of K-pop

K-pop singers and producers have been lauded for triggering global fandom for Korean music. But at the same time, they are also criticized for their one-size-fits-all type of music.

Kang Hyun-kyung | 2019-03-28 15:17

Counterculture in music: Old-style trot music goes viral

Counterculture in music: Old-style trot music goes viral

Videos of several competitors on TV Chosun's hit show “Ms. Trot for Tomorrow” that searches for a trot diamond in the rough have captured hundreds of thousands of views on YouTube.

Kang Hyun-kyung | 2019-03-28 15:14

Singers living in the shadow of K-pop

Korea's population likely to peak in 2028

South Korea's statistics agency forecast Thursday that the country's population is likely to peak at 51.94 million in 2028 before declining to 39.29 million in 2067. The demographic outlook came as deaths are set to outnumber births in Asia's fourth-largest economy beginning in 2019.

2019-03-28 14:43

International journalists gather in Seoul for annual conference

The World Journalists Conference kicked off Monday with 70 journalists from 50 countries arriving in Korea for the week-long event. The conference is being hosted by the Journalists Association of Korea in collaboration with the Korea Press Foundation, the Seoul Metropolitan Government and the culture, sports and tourism and foreign affairs ministries

Anna J. Park | 2019-03-26 16:54

'Alchemist of color' presents art works

Artist Hong Jung-hee is presenting her solo exhibition “Becoming” at 2Gil29 Gallery in southern Seoul five years after she showcased her works at the Museum of Art Seoul National University.

2019-03-26 14:46

Charisma incarnate - women save men

In the recent local box-office hit “Extreme Job,” drug lord Lee Moo-bae (played by Shin Ha-kyun) has a female body guard Sun-hee. The tall, tight-lipped woman in a black suit with her hair pulled up in a ponytail dispatches all the henchmen of a rival drug ring with decisive action.

Park Jin-hai | 2019-03-20 17:36

International marriages in Korea rise sharply

International marriages in Korea increased sharply in 2018, the latest government data show. According to Statistic Korea's data revealed Wednesday, there were 22,698 marriages between a Korean national and a foreigner last year, up 8.9 percent from 2017. The rise was the sharpest in 13 years.

Jung Min-ho | 2019-03-20 14:30

[INTERVIEW] Japan's past hangs over granddaughter of fighter

"All his life, Hong Beom-do wanted nothing but liberation from Japan's colonial rule,” Kim Alla, 77, the only surviving granddaughter of the freedom fighter, said during an interview with The Korea Times at her home in a small town in Russia. Hong, who led resistance fighters against the Japanese army, is one of Korea's most celebrated independence activists who fought for li...

Kwak Yeon-soo | 2019-03-17 16:32

Filipino reality show hosts discover real, raw Korea

As a student who spent her whole adolescence - from six grade to university - in the Philippines, any news or updates on the Southeast Asian country interest me as if I were a Filipina. When I heard that some of my teen idols were coming to Korea to shoot an episode of a reality show, I could not hide my excitement.

2019-03-15 16:22

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