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Foreigners are aging alongside locals in South Korea, a country with more senior citizens than young adults. According to Statistics Korea on Friday, the senior foreign resident population is expected to constitute more than 10 percent of the overall foreign demographic in 11 years. The number of seniors, aged 65 and older, among foreign residents is projected to rise from 95,000 in 2022 to 204,000 by 2030. This figu...

Jeong-In Hwang, the executive chef of San Ho Won in San Francisco, reflects on celebrations of Seollal — the three-day Lunar New Year festival in Korea — and how he has kept those traditions close to his heart.

For Koreans, Lunar New Year — or “Seollal” — is one of the year’s biggest holidays. Many return to their family homes to pray for their ancestors, share a meal,

Jeong-In Hwang, the executive chef of San Ho Won in San Francisco, reflects on celebrations of Seollal — the three-day Lunar New Year festival in Korea — and how he has kept those traditions close to his heart.

The first K-pop high school outside of South Korea is set to open in Singapore next year, as part of the genre's increasing internationalism.

"RuPaul’s Drag Race" star Kim Chi and Kung Food’s Jon Kung delve into culture, cooking, and queer food on their new podcast, "1 for the Table"

Japan has set itself on a diplomatic collision course with South Korea by applying for UNESCO world heritage status for gold and silver mines on an island off its west coast, which used forced labor from Korea. The dispute over the mines on Sado Island is expected to further sour relations between the countries as the US is pressing them to present a united front against North Korea’s nuclear program. The mines are among dozens of industrial sites that played a key role in Japan’s modernizat...

Seoul furious at Japanese bid for Unesco listing for Sado gold mine complex, which used slave labour in the 1940s

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