Korea Explained

Korean Temple Stay: What Happens When You Spend 48 Hours as a Buddhist Monk There’s a moment at 4:47 a.m. […]

The Korean Wave: How K-Pop and K-Drama Conquered the World When I started my journalism career in the 1990s, the […]

Why Korean Companies Have Morning Exercises: A Window Into Corporate Culture I remember the first time I witnessed a Korean […]

Understanding Korean Funeral Customs: A Living Tradition in Modern Korea My first funeral as a young reporter was unlike anything […]

The DMZ: Standing on the Most Heavily Fortified Border in the World When I first stood at the edge of […]

A Lifetime of Korean Street Food: A Guide to 15 Must-Try Tastes There’s something about standing at a street pojangmacha—a […]

Korean Military Service: What Happens During 18 Months of Mandatory Duty When I was in my twenties, I served as […]

Nunchi: The Korean Social Superpower That No One Teaches But Everyone Learns There’s a word in Korean that doesn’t quite […]

Why Korean Parents Spend More on Education Than Any Country on Earth In my three decades covering education policy and […]

The Korean Skincare Routine: How a 10-Step Method Became a Global Obsession When I first arrived in Seoul in the […]