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The Other KFC: Korean Fried Chicken History, From a 1960 Rotisserie to a 30,000-Won Bird

Open a delivery app in Seoul tonight and order a Kyochon combo. The listed price is 26,000 won. Then add…

1 week ago

Korea Fishing Industry: 7 Million Anglers, No Winners

ARTICLE BODY Just after four in the morning, the parking lot at an Incheon pier is already full. Men in…

3 weeks ago

Korea Kidult Economy 2026: How a Country That Stopped Having Babies Started Buying Toys

It is a Saturday afternoon on Changsin-dong's stationery-and-toy street in central Seoul, and the crowd is not what you would…

4 weeks ago

Episode 5: The Coffee

It. Is. Everywhere.   Despite not being an avid coffee drinker, it is clear the Koreans are. Every street and…

2 months ago

Episode 3: The Doors

In South Korea, it is quite common for stores to use sliding automatic doors. If anything, it is rarer to…

2 months ago

Korea C-commerce 2026: How AliExpress and Temu Are Rewriting Retail

It is a little after 9 p.m. in a Mapo-gu apartment, and the doorbell rings for the second time that…

2 months ago

Korea Pop-Up Industry 2026: The Startups Behind the Boom

On a cold Saturday morning in early March, a line stretched from the front door of a converted warehouse on…

4 months ago

K-Startup AI League: Korea Puts $360,000 on the Table for AI Founders

South Korea's government just raised the stakes — literally. The prize for winning the country's biggest startup competition has jumped…

4 months ago

Korea Military Tech Talent: The Hidden Startup Engine

Every year, thousands of South Korea's brightest young engineers face a choice that does not exist anywhere else in the…

4 months ago

Korean AI Startups: 3 Hidden Giants to Watch

When people talk about Korean AI startups in 2026, two names come up every time. One is Upstage, Korea's first…

4 months ago