So far, being typecast as a “hot Korean babe” has been working out incredibly well for Jinri Park. The 24-year-old model, radio disc jockey and now multimedia celebrity first made a splash posing in a bikini for FHM magazine a couple of years back.
On his TV show “Boys Over Flowers,” which catapulted him to fame not only in South Korea but also in Asia, Lee Min Ho played the leader of bullies who lorded it over an exclusive high school.
Constructing a hanok, Korea’s traditional house, is painstaking. It requires attention to details, a faithful adherence to Confucian tenets, and regard for natural aesthetics. But through the years, the hanok had situated itself at the forefront of promoting Korea’s heritage and cultural uniqueness.
In a cramped and tiny office in the South Korean capital, an 80-year-old man displays letters postmarked “Democratic People’s Republic of Korea” in pale red ink.
Academic excellence. Check. Good looks. Check. Culinary skills. Check. Single. Check.
It was in the mid-2000s when South Korean plastic surgeon Joo Kwon noticed a trickle of Chinese women walking into his clinic, even though he hadn’t advertised overseas.
What is often remembered in Incheon, South Korea, is the daring landing of Gen. Douglas MacArthur during the Korean conflict. Today, Incheon has been transformed from a rich marshland into what they call a “smart city,” with towering buildings and wide thoroughfares with bike and pedestrian lanes. The Land of the Morning Calm has come [...]
Mindful of soaring house prices, a South Korean matchmaking firm has launched a program to bring together women property owners with men unable to provide a marriage home.
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