Born to a South Korean mother and a Black American soldier, she rose to a pioneering stardom in a country that has long discriminated against biracial children.
Category: South Korea
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China’s Exports Surge Are Drawing a Global Backlash
Increasing overseas sales of manufactured goods are helping China’s economy and creating employment, but countries from Europe to South Asia may lose jobs.
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How Regulations Fractured Apple’s App Store
As the App Store approaches its 16th anniversary, patchwork rules have turned what was a single store into different shops across many countries.
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Lee Hoyang, Prolific K-Pop Producer and Songwriter, Dies at 40
Professionally known as Shinsadong Tiger, he created the upbeat, catchy and danceable musical style that defined K-pop in the early 2010s.
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South Korea’s Antitrust Enforcers Aimed at Big Tech. Then Came the Backlash.
The government pledged to protect South Korean online platforms from marketplace giants, but online business circles are crying foul play.
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‘Cobweb’ Review: A Film Within a Director’s Cinematic Ego Trip
Kim Jee-woon toys with the absurdity of filmmaking itself in this story of a director compelled to take his cast and crew captive to shoot one more scene.
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Samsung’s Lee Jae-yong Acquitted in Stock, Accounting Fraud Case
Lee Jae-yong’s case had raised questions about the immense power that chaebol leaders wield and the legal system holding them to account in South Korea.
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The Quiet Luxury of South Korea’s Postpartum Care Centers
Some new mothers say postpartum care centers are the best part of childbirth in South Korea, where fewer people are deciding to have children because of high costs.
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Sharing an Airbnb With My Parents for Seven Weeks
Korea was my parents’ country. They wouldn’t need me there as they did in Canada … right?
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5 Must-See Festivals in Asia This Winter
Catch a mountain trout on a frozen South Korean river, witness a fiery pelting of devotees in Taiwan or find your cold-weather bliss in a Japanese snow maze.
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‘Parasite’ Actor Lee Sun-kyun Dies Amid Drug Use Allegations
Mr. Lee, a familiar face on Korean television and movie screens, had been under police investigation for months on suspicion of illegal drug use. He denied the accusations.