South Korea Culture & Creative Industries

Korea Develops Hanbok Work Uniforms for Chefs and Food Service Workers

Korea's KCDF is developing more than 45 types of hanbok work uniforms for chefs and food service workers in 2026, selecting three designers through an...

Korea's Essential Drugs Vanish as Low Prices Drive Makers Out

Korea's essential drugs face repeated supply halts—307 cases in five years—as low prices drive makers out, while the Drug Safety Ministry took direct ...

307 Supply Disruptions in 5 Years: Korea's "Essential Drugs" Fall Short

Korea's national essential medicines faced 307 supply disruptions over five years, with 81 reports in 2025 alone, exposing structural flaws in the dru...

Korea's Literary Stars Gather for Translation Institute's Global Forum

LTI Korea will host its Global Literature Forum July 1-3 at Seoul's Koreana Hotel, gathering 33 writers, translators and researchers including Na Tae-...

Colin Farrell Explores Humanity Behind Detective in 'Sugar' Season 2

Colin Farrell reflects on playing John Sugar in Apple TV+ "Sugar" Season 2, exploring the detective's humanity and the role of Korean immigrant brothe...

Bucheon Art Center Lines Up Classical Stars for Second Half

Bucheon Art Center unveils its second-half lineup featuring pianist Cho Seong-jin, Son Yeol-eum, Sunwoo Yekwon and more, spanning classical, organ, ja...

Seasonal Rains Sweep Nation Ahead of Weekend, Jeju to See Over 250mm

Seasonal rains will spread nationwide on Friday starting from Jeju Island, which could see over 250mm in mountainous areas, with daytime highs of 25 t...

How Showbox Captured Half of Korea's Box Office With 52.3% Audience Share

Showbox captured 52.3% of Korea's box office audience share in 2024, the first single distributor to top 50% since COVID-19, with four of the year's t...

Goerne, Sunwoo Bring 'Winterreise' to Summer Stage in Seoul

A World Map in 300 Pieces: "Can This Be Art Too?"

The MMCA exhibition "This Is (Not) Conceptual Art" presents some 140 works by 28 Korean artists, exploring Korean conceptual art from the 1970s throug...

Korea Tops 9 of 10 Clinical Fields in Asia-Pacific Hospital Rankings

Korean hospitals topped 9 of 10 clinical fields in Newsweek's 2026 Asia-Pacific Best Hospitals rankings, with Seoul Asan Medical Center leading 5 fiel...

Showbox Hits Four Straight Box-Office Home Runs, Tops 50% Market Share

Showbox topped 50% audience share for the first time since the pandemic, with four of this year's top five box-office hits, including "The Man Who Liv...

Essential Medicine Supply Disrupted 307 Times in Five Years

App-Based Rewards Draw 3 Million Koreans Chasing Pocket-Money Jackpots

"App-tech" rewards apps have drawn 3.04 million Koreans, who accumulated 15.55 billion points over 26 months through walking, missions and games, with...

Doctors' Group Slams Plan to Cover Hair Loss Drugs Under National Insurance

The Korean Medical Association criticized the government's plan to cover hair loss drugs for ages 20-34 under national health insurance, saying funds ...

Sedaily's Oh Su-kyung Wins Editors' Association Monthly Award

Seoul Economic Daily deputy editor Oh Su-kyung won the culture and sports category of the 296th Monthly Editing Award for "Billionaires Seeking to Con...

Korea Unveils Reporting Guidelines on Gender-Based Violence Cases

Korea's Ministry of Gender Equality and Family and the Journalists Association of Korea released draft reporting guidelines on gender-based violence c...

US Coachella Tops Global Festival Ranking; Korea's Waterbomb Seoul 16th

Yanolja Research's new Global Festival Attractiveness Index ranks US Coachella first among 560 festivals worldwide. Korea's Waterbomb Seoul placed 16t...

Korea, France Culture Ministers Hail September 'Lumiere Summit' as Industry Milestone

Korea's Culture Minister Choi Hwi-young met French counterpart Catherine Pegard in Paris, reaffirming the September "Lumiere Summit" as a milestone fo...