ANANTI AT BUSAN COVE , a resort within the OSIRIA Tourist Complex in Gijang  (Courtesy of ANANTI AT BUSAN COVE ) Busan is the second largest city in Korea and has a thriving tourism industry. Haeundae Beach and Gwangalli Beach are two of the city’s most prominent tourist destinations. Their sandy beaches have long attracted a steady stream of travelers with their colorful night views and bustling restaurants and shops nearby.   Howeve

(Courtesy of shutterstock) “Trend Korea 2024,” an annual publication that describes what’s new in the country, introduced the neologism “dopa-ming .” A portmanteau, dopa-ming combines the hormone “dopamine” with gaming slang “farming,” or the practice of methodically collecting money, powerups and other items to improve a player’s in-game abilities. While “dopa-ming” basically means pleasure-seeking and

MU:DS merchandise available at the National Museum of Korea is so popular that new releases quickly sell out. (Courtesy of National Museum of Korea) Merchandise produced for the National Museum of Korea by its official Foundation has a snazzy new name: “MU:DS,” a portmanteau of “museum” and “goods.”   Over the past few years, museum artifacts that once sat quietly under pin lights have become essential items that frequently

Screenshots from the Netflix Original Series Squid Game 2 were recently made public. (Courtesy of Netflix)   Netflix viewers can look forward to Squid Game’s second season being released this year. Production for the highly anticipated season was announced in June 2022 and commenced in July 2023. Although an exact release date for this year’s second season hasn’t been confirmed yet, recent stills and footage shared by Netflix indicate that the

(Courtesy of Getty images Korea) On February 14, the Republic of Korea and Cuba established formal ambassadorial-level diplomatic relations. Korea’s sudden establishment of relations with Cuba after a 65-year hiatus made the U.N. member state Korea’s 193rd diplomatic partner.   The establishment of diplomatic relations with Cuba marks an important milestone in Korea’s diplomatic engagement with Latin America and the Caribbean, as well as t