1+ hour, 59+ min ago   (420+ words) Since 2014, Andong has visited illiterate adults in towns and villages to present the customized Mobile Korean Language Delivery Class. They started with three classes only, but now they run 26 classes. So far, 3,151 adult students have graduated. In 2025, 308 seniors received diverse…...

2+ hour, 44+ min ago   (485+ words) President Lee Jae Myung speaks in a meeting at the presidential office in Seoul, Jan. 30. Yonhap What if political leaders are impatient with criticism of themselves or the policies their administration is pursuing? What if they take criticism personally and…...

4+ hour, 19+ min ago   (672+ words) WASHINGTON, DC " US President Donald Trump rose to power partly by positioning himself as a foil to global elites. But last week, he attended the World Economic Forum (WEF) " the quintessential gathering of the world's wealthiest and most powerful people…...

5+ hour, 56+ min ago   (132+ words) Anders Riel M'ller / Courtesy of Anders Riel M'ller I am one of the 56 overseas adoptees whose case the TRC2 confirmed as a human rights violation last May in Korea. For decades, I lived with the knowledge that my separation from my…...

7+ hour, 16+ min ago   (650+ words) Greek filmmaker Liron Shalit holds his camera equipment in central Seoul's Euljiro area, Jan. 28. Courtesy of Bereket Alemayehu Greek filmmaker Liron Shalit's documentary "Living Euljiro" explores the hidden losses faced by people in central Seoul's Euljiro area, who were about…...

19+ hour, 59+ min ago   (379+ words) A government hospital in Seoul / Courtesy of Robert Neff Collection "Laughing Through History" is a column that explores the roots of Korean humor through the joke book "Kkalkkal Useum," originally published in 1916. The joke benefits from a bit of background…...

21+ hour, 56+ min ago   (318+ words) Recently, I watched a BBC television program on YouTube (Secret Ink," February 2025) about the business of tattooing in Korea. I wasn't aware that the practice was illegal, stigmatized and a site of cultural contestation as well as gender discrimination. I…...

23+ hour, 29+ min ago   (183+ words) A digital wall of shame targeting parents who fail to pay child support has resurfaced in Korea, reigniting a national debate over whether public shaming is a legitimate tool of justice or an unlawful invasion of privacy. Despite a recent…...

2+ day, 6+ hour ago   (543+ words) Protesters convene on the Bishop Whipple Federal Building to oppose ICE detentions almost week after Alex Pretti was killed by ICE agents in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on Friday. AFP-Yonhap The fatal shootings by federal agents of citizens Alex Pretti on Saturday…...

2+ day, 10+ hour ago   (787+ words) The idea of cooperation among middle powers has circulated for years, often more in theory than in practice. But Moon Chung-in, a James Laney distinguished professor at Yonsei University, said the conversation is now entering a more urgent phase. Speaking…...