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Colour and Ruins: 10 Solo Presentations at Frieze Seoul 2025
Frieze
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There are numerous solo presentations across all sections of Frieze Seoul 2025. They range from career-spanning retrospectives of historically important artists to brand new works and installations by emerging talents. They also reflect the scope...
Crypto Culture Surges: Survey Finds Majority Of South Koreans Have Traded Digital Currency
Bitcoinist
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July 1, 2025
According to a survey by Hana Bank’s Hana Financial Research Institute, half of adults in their 20s through 50s have tried crypto, and more than a quarter still hold them. The study finds that 51% of people in that age range have some experience...
As Squid Game ends, South Koreans return to the reality that inspired it
BBC
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June 30, 2025
Koh Ewe, Juna Moon and Rachel LeeBBC News Reporting fromSingapore and Seoul ShareSave A giant killer doll, among other motifs of Squid Game, were part of a parade celebrating the show's final seasonWarning: This article contains spoilers. Millions...
South Korean man’s wrongful spy charges overturned – 58 years after execution
The Straits Times
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June 25, 2025
SEOUL – A man executed after wrongfully being convicted of spying for North Korea has been posthumously exonerated by a South Korean court, in a retrial held more than half a century after his death. Court officials said on June 25 that the...
LA Army Veteran with Purple Heart Self-Deports to South Korea Under Threat of Deportation
Military.com
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June 30, 2025
An Army veteran who grew up in Van Nuys and was awarded a Purple Heart self-deported to South Korea last week as he was threatened with being detained and deported by federal immigration forces. On Monday, veteran Sae Joon Park, who legally...
Squid Game’s Massive Success Boosts South Korea’s ‘Hallyu’: What Is It? Explained
News18
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June 30, 2025
Last Updated:June 30, 2025, 20:27 IST South Korea’s ‘Hallyu’ explained: Squid Game, BTS to K-Dramas, K-Beauty and K-Pop, the world’s interest in all things Korean has led to Hallyu — a cultural wave Today, culture is one of South Korea’s largest...
UN Human Rights Council Extends LGBTQ Rights Expert’s Mandate
Out South Florida
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The U.N. Human Rights Council on July 7 extended the mandate of the United Nations’ independent LGBTQ rights expert for another three years. The resolution passed with 29 countries (Albania, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Chile, Colombia,...
historic industrial chimney becomes roaming sculpture by team B/O in south korea
Design Boom
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June 30, 2025
Team B/O reimagines Janghang smokestack as moving sculpture In the quiet town of Janghang, Chungcheongnam-do, South Korea, an unlikely transformation is unfolding. The old chimney of the Janghang Smelter — a major copper refining facility...
South Korea’s dog meat ban: The fate of half a million dogs
The Economic Times
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June 25, 2025
South Korea’s sweeping new law banning the dog meat industry, passed unanimously in January 2024, is being hailed as a landmark for animal welfare and a profound cultural shift. By 2027, breeding, slaughtering, selling, and serving dogs for meat...
Fact Check: Did Netflix Announce ‘Squid Game’ Cinematic Universe After South Korean Series Ended With Cate Blanchett Cameo? Here’s Truth Behind Viral Pic (SPOILER ALERT)
Latestly
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June 30, 2025
The third and final season of Netflix’s immensely popular South Korean series Squid Game concluded on June 27, with all six episodes now available on the platform. Created by Hwang Dong-hyuk, Squid Game was initially intended as a one-season...
South Korea bans dog meat industry, fate of over 5 lakh dogs remains uncertain
Mint
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June 25, 2025
South Korea’s landmark decision to ban the dog meat industry is being hailed as a major win for animal rights and a reflection of evolving societal values. The sweeping legislation, passed unanimously in January 2024, will make breeding,...
Dogs, Dervishes, Dendrochronology: Im Youngzoo Wins the Frieze Seoul Artist Award
Frieze
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What links dogs and dance? The work of Im Youngzoo considers that question. The South Korean artist has been named as the recipient of the 2025 Frieze Seoul Artist Award. Supported by Bvlgari for the third year, the award is an opportunity for a...
In rare gesture, Seoul returns six North Koreans with 'strong desire' to go back
Firstpost
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July 9, 2025
South Korea has returned six North Koreans who accidentally crossed into its waters earlier this year, marking the first such repatriation under new president Lee Jae-myung. The group had expressed a desire to return home, Seoul’s Ministry of...
South Korea: Rival Parties Clash During Confirmation Hearing For PM Nominee
MENAFN
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June 25, 2025
(MENAFN- IANS) Seoul, June 25 (IANS) South Korean rival political parties clashed on Wednesday as they disagreed over the eligibility of Prime Minister nominee Kim Min-seok during the second and final day of his confirmation hearings.The main...
South Korea: Human Rights Issues for New Government
Human Rights Watch
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June 24, 2025
(Seoul) – South Korea’s new government should adopt measures to address human rights problems in the country and abroad, Human Rights Watch said today in a letter to President Lee Jae-myung. It is critically important for the government to bolster...
Parliamentary committee passes bill to switch AI-driven textbooks into 'education materials'
Yonhap News Agency
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July 10, 2025
By Yi Wonju SEOUL, July 10 (Yonhap) -- A parliamentary committee on Thursday passed a bill that classifies artificial intelligence (AI)-generated educational resources as "education materials" rather than official textbooks, rolling back the...
South Korea banned dog meat. So what happens to the dogs?
BBC
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Gavin ButlerBBC News Reporting fromSingapore Hyunjung KimBBC News Reporting fromSeoul ShareSave Watch: BBC follows a dog meat farm rescue operation in South Korea When he isn't preaching the word of God, Reverend Joo Yeong-bong is raising dogs for...
South Korea’s first lady problem: plagiarism, privilege and Kim Keon-hee
South China Morning Post
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June 25, 2025
When a top private university revoked the master’s degree of South Korea’s former first lady for plagiarism this week, it was more than just another routine academic scandal – it was a signal that the days of unchecked privilege for political...
With Chanel funding, Korean artists to create video series for Frieze Seoul
Korea Herald
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July 10, 2025
Luxury fashion house, Frieze Seoul collaborate to create 'Now & Next,' exploring practices of different generations of Korean artists Chanel and Frieze announced on Thursday the artists for the fourth edition of “Now & Next,” a video series...
Left Alone, Loved Deeply: Inside South Korea’s Rising Pet Culture
The Korea Bizwire
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June 29, 2025
Pet Ownership Rises in Korea, Along with Time Alone and Costs (Image supported by ChatGPT) SEOUL, June 29 (Korea Bizwire) — In a quiet apartment in Seoul, a small Maltese curls up on a cushion by the window, waiting. It’s a familiar scene repeated...