In almost any Korean neighborhood, news of a new subway station is greeted with celebration. In western Seoul's Hongdae area, ...

A group of elementary school students wearing high-end luxury parkas was caught mocking and taunting an elderly man in an ...

It was a lazy Sunday morning, or afternoon, after a punk show the night before at Skunk Hell. I was getting breakfast with a U.S. Air Force friend at a waffle-and-ice cream stand near Hongdae ...

Myeongdong is famous in Seoul as a place where many couples gather on Christmas. In recent years, Shinsegae Department Store installed a large electronic billboard on the exterior wall of its main ...

Recently, South Korea suffered its worst Halloween nightmare when a catastrophic crowd crush on Oct. 29 claimed 158 lives, mostly young people simply out to have fun and enjoy the festivities. In ...

Seoul's bustling sprint slows down to a strut in Hongdae. A Sunday stroll from brunch to the craft market invariably features mini-dresses and zoom lenses moving in photo-shoot choreography. The ...

BIBI. Credits: Screengrab from BIBI Official YouTube. South Korean singer BIBI has released a visual for her new song ‘Hongdae R&B’. READ MORE: BIBI: “I have a long-ass plan to be a superstar and then ...

SEOUL, South Korea--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apple® today previewed Apple Hongdae, the seventh retail store in South Korea and the 100th Apple Store® location in the Asia-Pacific region. Located in the center ...

Excuse me! You probably have seen this viral TikTok trend where a Korean man goes up to a woman behind the camera and openly flirts with them. This phenomenon has been popularized now as the “Hongdae ...

If you’re on TikTok, you may have come across “Hongdae boys” or “Hongdae guys” recently. In a social media context, the term refers to a group of young South Korean men who prey on foreign women ...