In South Korea, planes are grounded and parents pray as high school students hunker down for the grueling test. But this year, officials and students had to navigate a pandemic.
Author: CHOE SANG-HUN
New ‘BTS Law’ Is Passed in South Korea. An Army of Fans Rejoices.
The oldest member of BTS was saved at the last minute from having to join the military under the country’s conscription system.
Loose Screws Help Defector Give Korean Guards the Slip
South Korea said its sensors had malfunctioned, allowing a North Korean to defect undetected, in the military’s most embarrassing border security breach in years.
Cho Joo-bin Gets 40 Years in South Korean Prison for Sexual Exploitation
Cho Joo-bin was convicted of blackmailing young women into making sexually explicit video clips that he sold online.
Kimchi Making at Home Was Going Out of Style. Rural Towns to the Rescue.
Families that have grown weary of eating commercial kimchi in big cities have started making pilgrimages to the countryside where they can learn how to prepare it on their own.
She Helped South Korea in Its Time of Need. In the Pandemic, It Repaid Her.
Decades ago, a young American woman served an impoverished South Korea as a Peace Corps volunteer. Now the country is an economic powerhouse, and it decided to send her a token of its gratitude.
North Korea Tells Its People to Stop Smoking. But What About Kim Jong-un?
The country is expanding a national campaign against the habit, even as state news media continues to show Mr. Kim puffing away on the subway, at schools and at children’s hospitals.
South Korea Detains North Korean Who Crossed Demilitarized Zone
The man breached the Koreas’ heavily armed land border, triggering an extensive manhunt in the South, officials said.