South Korea’s homegrown space rocket Nuri is erected at the launch pad at Naro Space Center in Goheung, South Jeolla Province, Tuesday morning, waiting for its second launch trial in the afternoon. Nuri’s first attempt in October last year had ended in failure as it failed to put a dummy satellite into orbit.

If you are invited to a housewarming party in the States, you might bring food, snacks, or a bottle of wine. But housewarming parties in Korea known as jipdeuri have a different tradition. Koreans bring rolls of toilet paper or laundry detergent, the two most common jipdeuri gifts. The meaning behind giving toilet paper is that the giver is wishing the recipient continued success and good health, just as easily as the paper unravels from the roll. If you are worried your host might rece

The United States appears to have entered a new cold war with both China and Russia. And US leaders’ portrayal of the confrontation as one between democracy and authoritarianism fails the smell test, especially at a time when the same leaders are actively courting a systematic human-rights abuser like Saudi Arabia. Such hypocrisy suggests that it is at least partly global hegemony, not values, that is really at stake. For two decades after the fall of the Iron Curtain, the US was clearly

It has been almost one year since the ugly US departure from Kabul. Yet tens of thousands of Afghans who were promised special immigrant visas (SIVs) -- meant for those who worked for US soldiers and civilians -- remain trapped under terrifying Taliban rule. Even for those eligible for SIVs, it could take years -- if ever -- to be issued one, given the glacial pace of the process. Hunted by name by the Taliban, many applicants may be dead or imprisoned long before their number comes up. As the

Umbrellas and rain boots are on display at a discount chain in Seoul for customers preparing for the rainy season.

Russia’s growing engagement in Africa is gaining attention. The Wagner Group, a shady mercenary organization, is the centerpiece of this activity. Since 2015, it has become an important security player in at least a half-dozen countries across the continent. The Russian government denies any connection, but Wagner is widely believed to be close to Russian President Vladimir Putin and doing Russia’s bidding. The US government and European partners have been quick to condemn African g

South Korea is going full steam ahead in its bid to host the World Expo in 2030, with a delegation of top government and business leaders set to attend a presentation for the bid in Paris. Prime Minister Han Duck-soo is set to attend the general assembly at the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE), the organization overseeing the World Expos, on Tuesday, accompanied by more than 50 top officials. South Korea’s Busan is competing against Rome and Riyadh for the international festiv

전치사 중에 제일 많이 쓰이는 단어가 in , on, at이다. 지난 연재에서 on의 기본적인 의미와 표현들을 정리해 보았다. 오늘은 in을 공부해보자!  전치사 in의 용법 총정리   오늘의 표현:. – 이 문장은 오늘 암기하자! Watermelons are in season.( 수박이 제철이네요)  농수산물에는 가장 맛난 철, 즉 제철이란 게 있다. 그런데 ‘제철’을 영어로 표현하려면 어떤 단어도 떠오르지 않아 막막함을 느낄 수 있다. 계절을 뜻하는 단어는 season, 해당 철에 속한 상태는 be in season, 즉 ‘제철이다’라는 표현은 be in season이라고 할 수 있다. ‘수박은 여름이 제철이다.’ 라는 영어 표현은? Watermelons are in summer.이다. 그런데 그냥 ‘수박이 제철이다.’라고도 표현할 때는 구체적

Kimchi and pork are a match made in heaven. And this kimchijjigae recipe is a must if you have a ton of fermented kimchi that you need to use up. The diverse tastes in this stew — warm, comforting, hearty, savory, and almost tangy — really bring out the love in all who try it. Kimchijjigae with pork is a classic. For all Koreans, it brings a nostalgia of childhood. It is a staple of Korean home cooked meals and people make this stew on a regular basis. Considering how much kimchi

Although he was born in Jeongneung-dong in Seoul in 1606, Song Jun-gil came from an old Song family based in Eunjin-myeon in Nonsan, South Chungcheong Province, famous for its Eunjin Mireuk statues of Maitreya. He built the Dongchundang house in his clan village of Hoedeok, which has been called “the land of virtuous scholars” since the time of King Taejo of the Goryeo Kingdom, and devoted himself to learning rather than entering the government, and died there. Song has been reco

Just by looking at the Korean title of the movie “Missing Yoon Si-nae,” your mother might be interested in watching this film with you. Yoon Si-nae is the name of a popular ‘80s Korean singer. If you’re looking to spend some quality time at the cinema, the 107-minute-long film, which deals with a mother-daughter relationship while also looking at the two as individual human beings, is a solid choice. The protagonists in the new independent film “Missing Yoon&rdquo

In New York City, a woman opens her laptop to a bar graph showing the number of COVID-19 deaths nationwide each month in 2021 and fixes her gaze on April. She tells a researcher, “My mother is one of them.” The graph helps her see that her mother is “part of something bigger happening to the country,” she says. In the nation’s capital, a man kneels on a patch of grass near the Washington Monument to place a white flag in honor of his brother. He gestures to the fie