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How can it be cultural appropriation for a Korean Chinese woman to wear a hanbok?

Over 70 million Koreans in both South and North Korea learn in school that Gojoseon, founded in 2,333 BC by Dangun, was the first kingdom on the Korean Peninsula. They are taught that from this point on, various early states like Buyeo, Okjeo, Dongye, Goguryeo, Baekje, Silla, Balhae and Goryeo flourished on the peninsula and in the now-Chinese territory of Manchuria, collectively shaping the early part of Korea&rsquo...

Fundraising for the 180-foot flagpole that flies a 40-foot-by-80-foot flag began in September 2002.

After over six years, China has partially removed its ban on South Korean cultural content, but hallyu in China may never return to its glory days.

South Korea-China relations at crossroads

Apple corrects map after VANKs protest over ownership of Mount Paektu

The Atlantic Rainforest of the Northeast Project plans to reforest 70 hectares (173 acres) in the states of Pernambuco and Alagoas by 2023. Monitoring in Pernambuco’s Serra do Urubu region has shown an increase in bird diversity, from 105 species recorded in 2005, to 287 in 2021. Despite the progress being made, the situation remains fragile, with seven bird species having gone extinct in the Atlantic Forest in recent decades, and a strong tradition of keeping birds in cages still persisting.

Anti-China sentiment emerges as new variable in presidential election

Appropriation of hanbok

What are you wearing to the Olympics?