As temperatures rose in Seoul & the rest of the country this summer, so did public drinking & reports of intoxication & altercations with police. Korea FM’s Chance Dorland spoke with Korea Times writer Hong Dam-young about her coverage of the rise &...

The announcement earlier this year by Yuhan-Kimberly, South Korea's leading company in the domestic sanitary pad market, that it would increase the price of its pads by up to 20 percent has resulted in a social media backlash against the company & the...

Earlier this year, more than 100 sinkholes were discovered in Seoul, & with an additional 246-kilometer section of the capital yet to be scanned, that number could rise to as many as 300 or more. Korea FM’s Chance Dorland spoke with David Weary, a...

A 50 year old Chinese man visiting Jeju Island recently stabbed & killed a South Korean woman while she prayed at a cathedral. The murder shocked the ROK & also triggered an online petition demanding the end of visa waivers for Chinese tourists on...

This week, South Korea experienced two strong earthquakes centered near Gyeongju city, including a magnitude-5.8 quake that was the largest ever recorded in the ROK. Before these events, due to seismic activity earlier this year in Japan, as well as...

Recently, popular news website Korea Exposé, which brands itself as "showing Korea as it really is," published two pieces related to South Korean feminism & "Megalia," the controversial online community that has divided Korean netizens as to what are...

Despite an ongoing fight from tobacco companies, the South Korean government says starting in December, health-warning text & images must be included on the upper part of all cigarette packaging for sale in the ROK. Canada was the first country to...

Seoul-based NGO Teach North Korean Refugees recently held its 4th English speech contest for North Korean defectors here in the capital. TNKR’s 3rd speech contest was held earlier this year, & during that event, Korea FM’s Chance Dorland had the...

This spring, South Korea's National Police Agency began conducting a nationwide survey to gather opinions for how to punish drunk drivers & if the country's blood alcohol limit for drunk driving should be lowered from .05 to .03 percent. Such changes...

Lonely Planet, the world's largest travel guide book publisher, has named Jeonju, South Korea the 3rd best Asian travel destination of 2016. To learn how cities make their way into these & other rankings put out by the company each year, & to gauge...