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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 months ago

Episode 5: The Coffee

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

5 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…

5 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…

5 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…

7 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…

7 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…

7 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…

7 months ago

K-Defense Exports: Why 30 NATO Ambassadors Visited Seoul

Thirty ambassadors don't fly to a factory floor on a whim. When the full North Atlantic Council — the supreme…

7 months ago

Korea’s Elice Group Secures Major Backing

The global AI boom runs on two things: algorithms and electricity. Software advances at a blistering pace. However, the physical…

7 months ago