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Fri, May 14, 2021 | 22:01

Ups and downs of Seoul's Majang Meat Market

Majang Meat Market is well-known among locals as Seoul's best place to buy and eat fresh meat at a reasonable price. In recent years, it has emerged as a popular spot for TV personalities and YouTubers as “mukbang” or eating shows became popular. It is the largest meat market in the country with 2 million annual visitors. The market accounts for over 60 percent of meat, espec...

Park Ji-won | 2021-01-06 09:02

Koreans' trust in news media sinks amid pandemic

The year 2020, throughout which residents in Korea were inundated with daily updates about the changing number of COVID-19 cases, was a period of uncertainty and confusion. Although reliance on accurate information about the pandemic proved to be more crucial than ever, the public remains largely distrustful of news media, a poll showed Friday.

2021-01-05 09:00

Shrinking Korea: demographic catastrophe looming

Korea's population is predicted to drop by half to less than 25 million by 2060 accompanied by a growing number of elderly people, resulting in decreases in the number of those able to fill jobs and serve in the military, according to a forecast by the Korea Economic Research Institute. This was backed up by the latest census figures released by the Ministry of Interior and S...

Jun Ji-hye | 2021-01-04 16:40

Korean population falls for 1st time on record low births

As end to pandemic mask-wearing nears, Koreans scramble to arrange cosmetic surgery

When Ryu Han-na, a 20-year-old university student, got cosmetic surgery on her nose in mid-December, she had a simple reason: it might be the last chance to do so covertly before people start taking off masks this year as vaccines are distributed. Ryu, who has been attending her courses online throughout 2020, said the ability to recuperate at home and wear a mask in public w...

2021-01-04 09:20

Korean population falls for 1st time on record low births

South Korea's population fell year-on-year for the first time in 2020, census data showed Sunday, with a record low number of births getting surpassed by deaths to cause a natural decrease.

2021-01-03 14:04

Shrinking Korea: demographic catastrophe looming

Book sales increase amid pandemic

Amid the year-long pandemic and the everyday need for social distancing, demand for books has increased significantly across multiple platforms.

2021-01-01 16:18

Year of Ox highlights longstanding bovine-human relations

The year 2021 is the Year of the Ox in the Chinese Zodiac. Creatures of the bovine subfamily were among the earliest animals raised as livestock, first domesticated over 10,000 years ago. Bovines and humans have been influencing each other throughout history, including when the first modern vaccine against contagious diseases was invented.

Kwon Mee-yoo | 2020-12-31 11:16

Pandemic reshapes Korean wedding scenes

With the wedding aisle adorned with a load of white and pink flowers and fancy dining tables decorated for the occasion, 38-year-old Choi Yu-mi's wedding looked like a typically lavish Korean marriage ceremony, except that the wedding hall held only dozens of guests, not hundreds. Tables laden with flower decorations, instead of wedding dinnerware, were placed between each gu...

2020-12-31 09:26

When ethical lapses revealed, stars quit, politicians stay

When stars' ethical lapses are revealed, they apologize and drop out of TV shows or films they're shooting to take responsibility for their past misconduct. Sometime later - usually after a certain period of hiatus - they stage a comeback at least pretending they're sorry for their past actions.Yet these acts of repentance and taking of responsibility for past misconduct seem...

Kang Hyun-kyung | 2020-12-30 14:38

Cinema in 2021: Netflix-Disney Plus battle looming large

Amid almost all sectors of the arts and entertainment reeling from COVID-19, there's one outlier that has been thriving since the outbreak of the pandemic - streaming services. Netflix has seen a surge in subscriptions, thanks to the pandemic, stoking fears among some ill-prepared local film studios, concerned about what the dominance of Netflix means for the future of the pr...

Kang Hyun-kyung | 2020-12-29 09:01

Pandemic-driven paradigm shift underway in hallyu

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