The six South Koreans, who are still missing, include an 8-year-old boy. They were camping or fishing on the Imjin River, which flows from the North, enters South Korea...

After the melamine-tainted milk in China found its way to Korea, Seoul responded by improving their food labeling requirements for imported food.

Seoul, South Korea - It comes as absolutely no surprise to me that the truth is finally making its way to the public. After months of utter irrationality - socially,...

Outrageous. Sensational. Emotional. Absurd. Welcome to the world of Korean journalism. I was recently browsing article on the Korea Times when I came across this...

Korea Beat has translated a new story discussing the disturbing rise in the suicide rate in Korea. It reminded me of a few months ago when Japan underwent a suicide...

The battle rages on for possession of the neutrally named Liancourt Rocks, situated halfway between mainland Korea and Japan. Depending on who you talk to the rocks...

Dokdo. Takeshima. The Liancourt Rocks. This small group of islets, roughly situated between South Korea and Japan in the East Sea, has been a startling topic of...

July 11, 2008: A South Korean tourist was fatally shot this past Friday after wandering into a restricted area of the Kumgangsan Mountains tourism zone in North Korea....

A few months ago the new Korean administration discussed plans to fully integrate English Education into its curriculum. This would include teaching subjects such as...

The beef protests are a subject I’ve generally tried to avoid. They’ve been covered enough by people much more capable and knowledgeable than I. What unique...

An agreement was reached on April 18th between the Lee (South Korea) and Bush administrations to lift a six-year ban on American beef from the South Korean market. The...

I came across an interesting article today via the Marmot’s Hole. Apparently, American beef sold out within 6 hours of being distributed in several areas. R.J....

South Korea doesn’t keep statistics on its gay community so it’s difficult to officially tell if it’s growing or shrinking. History seems to suggest that it’s...

I surfed over to the Korean Beat today and saw an interesting article about an American who was injured, recently, at one of the many beef protests. Apparently he had...

Violent protests against the importation of US beef to South Korea continue to rock the nation’s capitol as thousands of anti-US protesters opposed to the deal...

South Korea has a young and vibrant, albeit occasionally misguided, democracy. By now you’ve probably heard one too many stories about the protests that have been...

I have the latest, breaking news from Seoul. Wait for it… Yes, more beef protests. President Lee Myung-bak, who has utterly caved into public pressure, sent Trade...

I can’t say exactly how the joke went, something about male teachers and how they either proved or disproved the existence of gay people in Korea. The translation...

I should probably be increasingly alarmed by the continued lack of professional journalistic standards that the Korean media so often displays. However, after coming...

A lot of time and effort has been spent trying to legitimately understand the domestic turmoil that is hampering Lee Myung-bak’s efforts to stabilize South Korea. ...