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And Democrats debate how much to focus on Donald Trump.

The Bank of Japan directly intervened in global currency markets overnight Thursday, the first such move since 1998, as officials moved to support the yen amid its two-decade lows against the U.S. dollar.

There was something puzzling about the young Western women staying at the youth hostels in Seoul, thought researcher Min Joo Lee. After visiting eight hostels and interviewing 123 women, mostly from North America and Europe, Lee came to the conclusion that many had been drawn to the country by what she calls "the Netflix effect."

After last week’s tumultuous cliffhanger, Oh Soo Jae (Seo Hyun Jin) is left to grapple with murder, accusations a plenty, and new heights of ingenuity from her enemies. But she isn’t dealing with all this alone. The past few episodes have gained Soo Jae just as many new friends as enemies, and they’re here to

Korean movie "Comfortable World of Sex" added to HanCinema database, Comfortable World of Sex, Ah Young, Kim Bin, Min Joo, Ri Yoon, So Jeong, Woo Yeol

Korean movie "Workplace Picnic Goal" added to HanCinema database, Workplace Picnic Goal, Ah Young, Kim Bin, Kim Eun-deok, Min Joo, So Jeong, Woo Yeol

Korean movie "Red Mother-in-law" added to HanCinema database, Red Mother-in-law, Hae Il, Ji Ah, Maeng Jin-sa, Min Joo, So Jeong, Woo Yeol

South Korea’s chicken joints have their wings clipped by coronavirus surge Min Joo Kim © Min Joo Kim/The Washington Post It is a Korean summer tradition to eat chicken boiled with rice, ginseng and other medicinal herbs. SEOUL —These should be the days of the chicken in Seoul. Following an adage — “Fight the heat with hot food” — South Koreans traditionally gather to eat steaming chicken with rice, ginseng and other medicinal herbs during Boknal, a midsummer ...

The U.S. and its Quad allies had said they would help manufacture Novavax and Johnson & Johnson vaccines for primary use in Southeast Asia, which has seen a resurgence of covid infections.

In South Korea’s ‘healing forest,’ the pandemic-stressed compete for the ultimate chill Min Joo Kim JEJU, South Korea —Organizers of South Koreas annual competition to be the best at doing nothing — seriously, nothing — needed just the right spot for the work-from-home parents, remote-learning students and others weary of the pandemic. So what could be better than a "healing forest" on the southern island of Jeju? The woodlands are known as a site for other ther...