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August 2026

Aug 18, 2026Society

Geoje’s record rain leaves one dead as recovery begins after more than 600 mm in a day

Aug 18, 2026Politics

Kim Min-seok takes over South Korea’s ruling Democratic Party after a preference-ballot win

Aug 18, 2026Culture

Sejong Center’s choose-your-price classical concert starts tonight

Aug 18, 2026Politics

Pentagon says it will implement Trump’s order to scale back U.S.-South Korea drills

Aug 18, 2026Culture

Busan International Photo Festival closes today with “Being Human”

Aug 18, 2026News

Samsung and SK hynix push first-half R&D spending to a record ₩33 trillion

Aug 18, 2026K-pop

Stray Kids score a ninth straight Billboard 200 No. 1

Aug 18, 2026Sports

South Korea finishes sixth at the U-17 women’s volleyball world championship

Aug 18, 2026News

Government weighs restoring ISA carryover and dropping the account-duration cap

Aug 18, 2026Sports

Gus Poyet misses the shortlist for South Korea’s interim football coach

Aug 18, 2026News

Monthly rent now accounts for four in ten Seoul apartment leases

Aug 17, 2026Economy

Korea is reaching a ₩2,000 trillion household-debt threshold as rates turn upward

Aug 16, 2026Politics

Lee puts a peace regime back at the center of Seoul’s North Korea policy

Aug 16, 2026Culture

WDF2026 brings global dance and K-dance to COEX and Yonsei this weekend

Aug 16, 2026Culture

Seodaemun’s Liberation Day festival continues around the former prison

Aug 16, 2026Life in Korea

Monday is the observed Liberation Day holiday

Aug 15, 2026Politics

Lee revives the four-year presidency debate, but the bigger proposal is about presidential power

Aug 15, 2026Culture

Gwangbokjeol brings the Liberation Day bell back to Bosingak

Aug 15, 2026Society

South Korea’s last legal boknal is ending an industry that had already begun to disappear

Aug 15, 2026Culture

Seoul POPCON opens at COEX as the definition of “pop culture” keeps expanding

Aug 15, 2026Culture

Universal Ballet’s Swan Lake opens at Seoul Arts Center

Aug 15, 2026Tech

Busan Indie Connect opens with hundreds of games and a bigger job than simply entertaining fans

Aug 15, 2026Culture

A new exhibition traces 60 years of how Seoul planned itself

Aug 15, 2026Business

Seoul’s jewelry and accessories show takes over COEX Magok

Aug 14, 2026Economy

Korea doubles down on housing supply as affordability pressure mounts

Aug 14, 2026Society

Record heat is becoming an economic crisis as well as a health emergency

Aug 14, 2026Culture

Hanbok Expo opens at DDP for a four-day run

Aug 14, 2026Economy

KOSPI is back in a bull market — barely two weeks after its rout

Aug 14, 2026Culture

Handarty Korea opens at COEX through Sunday

Aug 14, 2026Business

Incheon takes the world’s top spot for international passenger traffic