Mar 16, 2016 PM EDT - Jesse L.
The unemployment rate among South Koreans between the ages of 15 and 19 is higher than ever, according to a new report Wednesday by Statistics Korea, the country's official data agency.
Mar 16, 2016 PM EDT - Jesse L.
Song Joong Ki, the 30-year-old star of Descendants Of The Sun," still wonder if he could have done a better job on the show, which he called "the best screenplay he's ever seen." The show is a huge ratings success.
Mar 16, 2016 PM EDT - Jesse L.
Ever since their debut as a sextet five years ago, the four-member South Korean girl group STELLAR has turned heads not just for their vocal talent, but their willingness to be daring when it comes to stage attire.
Mar 16, 2016 PM EDT - Jesse L.
North Korea's Supreme Court sentenced 21-year-old University of Virginia student Otto Warmbier to 15 years of hard labor for allegedly ripping a propaganda poster off the wall of a hotel staff room in Pyongyang.
Mar 15, 2016 PM EDT - Jesse L.
Fans who spent last night anxiously awaiting the midnight Korea Standard Time release of "The Velvet" the second EP by K-pop girl group Red Velvet were in for a rude shock.
Mar 15, 2016 PM EDT - Jesse L.
Kim Jong Un promised a new round of nuclear tests in a report on the state-run KCNA on Tuesday, ramping up claims that his country's military might is far beyond what international experts believe.
Mar 15, 2016 PM EDT - Jesse L.
Seth Rogan and Evan Goldberg's new animated feature film "Sausage Party," portraying the dark life of food, was the talk of the SXSW music, film and interactive media festival in Austin this week.
Mar 15, 2016 PM EDT - Jesse L.
Seo Kang Joon, star of the South Korean television drama "Cheese In The Trap" which aired its final episode on March 1, claims his character Baek In Ho's personality is not that different from his own.
Mar 15, 2016 PM EDT - Jesse L.
Go champion Lee Sedol may have only won game in his matchup against Google's AlphaGo computer playing system this week, but he refused to admit the game is more skilled than himself or other top players.
Mar 14, 2016 PM EDT - Jesse L.
Seven weeks after Incheon Airport came under fire for the mishandling of baggage for customers flying around the Korean New Year, the facility's management has promised a complete overhaul.
Mar 14, 2016 PM EDT - Jesse L.
Lee Sedol, world champion of the Chinese abstract strategy board game Go, may have lost his best-of-five tournament against Google's AlphaGo computer algorithm, but he has eliminated the possibility of a sweep.
Mar 14, 2016 PM EDT - Jesse L.
South Korea's travel agents have a message for local citizens considering traveling abroad--consider supporting tourism in your own country.
Mar 14, 2016 PM EDT - Jesse L.
The 19-year-old South Korean singer Lee Hi doesn't have to look far for role models; they're already either on her record label YG Entertainment or on her new album "Seoulite," released on Wednesday.
Mar 08, 2016 PM EST - Jesse L.
An unidentified woman in the Balkan nation of Macedonia, fatally injured a swan over the weekend after pulling it from the water by its wing in order to pose for a photograph.
Jan 13, 2016 AM EST - M.R. Aguilar
International rights group Amnesty International unveils accounts of people in Syria struggling with famine in the city of Madaya, trying to survive merely on boiled water and leaves.
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