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Arts
Tattoo artists in South Korea anticipate lifting of restrictions with mixed emotions
4:53
Foreign policy
In South Korea, it’s getting harder to push for human rights in North Korea
5:43
Sacred Nation
In South Korea, shamans are shunned — and revered 
5:45
Leaders
Supporters of impeached South Korean president rally for him to be reinstated
6:08
Conflict & Justice
‘Angst in the air’: South Koreans demonstrate for and against impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol
5:17
Out of Eden Walk
Out of Eden Walk: South Korea’s love motels
3:28
Music
Big Ocean breaks barriers as the first K-pop group whose members are hard of hearing
5:42
Seon Joo Oh cooks beef bulgogi during a recent cooking class in Hamilton High School's culinary room.
Food
Hundreds of Milwaukeeans have learned Korean cooking from this woman
"Timeless," by Tiger JK, feat RM.
Planet Hip Hop
‘Planet Hip Hop:’ The evolution of Korean rap
Members of the South Korean Confederation of Trade Unions wearing masks and costumes inspired by the Netflix original Korean series "Squid Game" attend a rally demanding job security in Seoul, South Korea
Arts, Culture & Media
Netflix hit ‘Squid Game’ exposes the growing resentment between rich and poor, psychiatrist says
Three people are shown from behind looking at a television that has a large missile with smoke and fire from its launch.
Military
Rival Koreas test missiles hours apart, raising tensions
Seven members of K-pop band BTS stand wearing black suits in front of a yellow background that says "BTS Butter"
Music
Dedicated BTS fans buy tickets to join virtual K-pop concert
Colorful booklets in Asian languages on 'How to Report a Hate Crime'
Justice
‘How to Report a Hate Crime’ booklets empower Asian Americans amid rise in discrimination
In this photo provided by the North Korean government, Kim Jong-un speaks in a conference with chief secretaries of the city and county party committees in Pyongyang, North Korea, Saturday, March 6, 2020. 
COVID-19
North Korea to reopen its borders for the coronavirus vaccine
Kim Ju-won (left) and Park Sun-min (right) say same-sex couples are excluded from incentives to start families. 
Lifestyle & Belief
South Korea’s baby boost for married couples excludes nontraditional families
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani is shown wearing a traditional white turban while sitting behind a microphone.
Conflict & Justice
Iran starts 20% uranium enrichment, seizes tanker in strait
 Baek Jae-wook is a teenager with an autistic spectrum disorder and earned barista certifications from the Jayeondo Cafe in Incheon.
South Korean activists renew call for deinstitutionalizing people with disabilities amid coronavirus
A group of police officers are shown carrying large weapons and wearing face masks while walking down the middle of a street.
Anti-terrorism police investigating knife attack in Paris
A worker dressed in white protective gear disinfects as a precaution against the coronavirus at a café in Goyang, South Korea, Aug. 25, 2020.  
To quell COVID-19 outbreak, South Korea bans seating at big cafés
A church with two steeples with green tips in the distance
COVID-19
South Koreans are blaming a controversial church for new COVID-19 outbreak
Hong Seo-yoon says travel is a great way to bring down barriers between people with disabilities and the nondisabled.
Lifestyle & Belief
Bringing down barriers for travelers with disabilities in Korea
Mayor Park Won-soon speaks during an event at Seoul City Hall in Seoul, South Korea, July 8, 2020.
Seoul mayor’s progressive legacy called into question after his death
Han (left), a North Korean defector who asked that her full name not be used, and Kim Eun-joo (right) hold a menu together while examining the selection of North Korean dishes offered by the pub.
What it’s like to visit a North Korea-themed pub as a defector in South Korea 
A woman and a man hold signs and candles lit up in the dark outside
Protest
How violent protests in South Korea became a thing of the past
Chemicals seized during Asia’s largest-ever drug bust in Myanmar. 
Global Politics
A massive Asian drug bust has stirred a fentanyl mystery
Kim Yo-jong is shown looking over her left shoulder
Top of The World
North Korea stops answering daily calls with South; Past epidemics underscore importance of mental health
Women wearing masks to prevent contracting Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) ride a subway train in Seoul, South Korea, on June 12, 2015.
COVID-19
Past epidemics underscore importance of mental health amid COVID-19
Protesters in Seoul rallied in support of the Black Lives Matter Movement on June 6,
Protest
America’s BLM protests find solidarity in South Korea
Quarantine worker spray disinfectants at a night club on the night spots in the Itaewon neighborhood, following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Seoul, South Korea, May 12, 2020.
South Korea’s coronavirus contact tracing puts LGBTQ community under surveillance, critics say
West End theaters stand on a sparsely populated street in London, March 13, 2020.
Culture
Is it curtains for London’s West End?
A teacher gives an online class at school, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Seoul, South Korea, April 9, 2020. 
Education
South Korean high school seniors are eager to return to the classroom
An image of a Korean music star wearing a yellow shirt
Music
Move over K-pop: Korean youth turn to old-time trot music
A woman feeds her child as they prepare to watch a movie from their car at a temporary made drive-in theater while keeping social distancing following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Seoul, South Korea, March 27, 2020.
COVID-19
South Korean movie fans watch the big screen from behind their windshields  
Arrivals at Incheon International Airport are directed by staff in protective gear.
COVID-19
South Korea flattened the curve. Now what?
A girl wearing a protective face mask to prevent contracting the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) rides a toy kick scooter at a park in Seoul, South Korea, April 3, 2020.
COVID-19
South Korea’s delivery workers face ‘unbearable’ pressures amid COVID-19
A woman walks past a TV broadcasting file footage for a news report on North Korea firing an unidentified projectile, in Seoul, South Korea, March 9, 2020.
COVID-19
North Korea still officially claims zero coronavirus cases  
People wearing masks stand in a line to buy face masks in front of a drug store amid the rise in confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus disease of COVID-19 in Daegu, South Korea, March 3, 2020.
COVID-19
Is South Korea’s approach to containing coronavirus a model for the rest of the world?
A man is shown wearing a face mask on a television broadcast with the TV hanging on the wall and several people watching it.
COVID-19
South Korea seeks murder charges, US has second death as coronavirus kills more than 3,000 worldwide
The cast of "Parasite" accepts the award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture during the 26th Screen Actors Guild Awards in Los Angeles,  Jan. 19, 2020.  
Arts, Culture & Media
Oscar-nominated ‘Parasite’ speaks to a growing divide in South Korea
A man wears a black shiny outfit and performs with backup dancers
Music
The 7 global music trends from the past decade
American man wearing dark blue suit speaks at podium standing next to Korean man wearing dark blue suit.
Military
North Korea threats loom over tension between the US and South Korea
Seo Ji-hye and Cho Sung-won watch as their two-year-old son, Han-sol, plays with a toy train in his bedroom in Seoul.
Lifestyle & Belief
Seoul’s subsidized housing gives newlyweds a new lease on the future
Rows of military men in white and black uniforms line up perfectly in front of a gray airplane
Military
South Korea wants to draft more men for its shrinking military — and punish those who dodge
US President Donald Trump, left, greets South Korean President Moon Jae-in during a joint news conference at the presidential Blue House on June 30, 2019 in Seoul, South Korea.
Global Politics
Charging South Korea more for US troops would ‘turn us into mercenaries,’ expert says
A North Korean soldier keeps watch toward the south through a binocular telescope
Conflict & Justice
South Korea just repatriated two North Korean fishermen. Why?
tattooist
Culture
South Korea has a burgeoning tattoo scene. But most tattoo parlors are illegal.
A South Korean soldier walks past a TV broadcasting a news report
Military
North Korea’s nuclear test could be leverage for upcoming talks
karaoke
Lifestyle
Why are so many Korean karaoke joints going silent?
Man stands in 7-Eleven in work vest
Protest
South Korea’s ‘No Japan’ boycott is new. But the wounds are old.
Two men talk over lunch.
Jobs
South Korea’s new ‘blind hiring’ law bans personal interview questions
a 65 year old south korean model on the catwalk
Arts, Culture & Media
‘Don’t ask my age’: Aging South Koreans begin a new chapter on the catwalk, YouTube
ruined homes in seoul during the korean war
History
Scenes from Seoul unearthed in unpublished collection of Korean war-era photos
Two cats put their heads together in a snuggle.
Lifestyle & Belief
It’s meow or never: Seoul’s street cats fight for love
Police control crowd in protest with signs with Korean letters.
Global Politics
South Korean aid to North Korea could be a game changer — if North Korea accepts it
black and white photo of three women and a man standing on stage
Immigration Rewind
60 years before BTS, the Kim Sisters were America’s original K-pop stars
Two young Japanese women are shown with there arms in the air and dancing.
Music
K-pop stardom lures Japanese youth to Korea despite diplomatic chill
A group of protesters wear yellow scarves and hold blue signs.
Global Politics
Some South Koreans say Trump-Kim summit is ‘all political theater’
A man is shown wearing a construction hard hat walking past a banner illustration depicting North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and US President Donald Trump
Global Politics
Trump won’t rush North Korea on denuclearization; peace deal possible
Four black and white photos of a Korean baby in a row, with a file folder above.
Global Nation First Person
30 years later, this Korean adoptee finds ‘home’ again
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un
Conflict & Justice
Report says North Korea still has functioning, undeclared missile bases