Jeju-do, Korea’s largest island, has long been the country’s favorite domestic holiday destination thanks to its beautiful beaches, lush countryside, and seaside hotels designed for rest [...] Three main components are associated with Jeju: rocks, wind, and haenyeo, the female divers of Jeju-do.

"As I was studying the second law of thermodynamics which is related to entropy, I found out that energy flows in the direction of order to disorder [...] When I was trying to find a way to express this concept in my work, I ran into a BBC article in which a journalist explained that the BBC film archive was attacked by fungus. It was a disaster because many of the films were damaged but when I saw the images of films eaten by fungus I thought they were very beautiful."

Z-Works—co-run by Ogawa himself and colleague, Tatsuya Takahashi—is the innovative startup for Ogawa’s products. Though having been established just less than two years ago, the organization seeks to enhance daily living without depriving users of their humanity

By establishing a three-way network between authors, writers, and publishing company, novels-in-the-making are sent through a feedback chain, leaving no published novel left unread or discarded. Freelance authors upload their stories a chapter at a time and if readers want to read more, they will pay cyber-money (“coins”) for the next chapter to be uploaded.

[Estrelladew] is a very powerful brand in a sense that working women are increasing here in South Korea, who also balance their working life as well as their home life and would be in need of Estrelladew homecare products.

Changez, a young Pakistani Princeton graduate, is admitted to New York’s prestigious valuation firm where he immediately becomes the star player. Young, passionate, and eager to take on the world, Changez is thrilled with the life he has made for himself in America. Everything is picture-perfect; just as it should be, until the morning of September 11, 2001.

Through the unexplained faces of the models, one can only discover that it is in the ordinary that youngsters have found the particular.

While WhatsApp is still linked to a talkative way to converse, Asian messaging applications allow people to talk using only stickers.

That progress is largely thanks to the performance of its chaebols: massive family run conglomerates. But now businesses are being criticised for holding South Korea back. Many people I spoke to said it's time for change.
BBC News

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Yonhap News Agency

Korea Exposé

To address security problems on the Korean Peninsula, Moon said after taking the oath, "I'll fly to Washington, Beijing and Tokyo soon if necessary. And I'll go to Pyongyang if conditions are met. I'll do everything I can for peace on the peninsula."
The Korea Times

Korea JoongAng Daily

South Korea has joined the ranks of the world’s most polluted countries.

Weeks ago, Hong was just another minority party representative—an unpopular party at that—unlikely to receive a double-digit percentage of the votes. Yesterday’s election, however, clearly revealed otherwise with Hong outrunning Moon’s likely centrist opponent, Ahn Cheol-su (People’s Party) by a substantial margin.

The Guardian

The pressure to score well on the exam has been blamed as the cause of teenage depression and suicide rates that are among the highest in the world.