Culture of South Korea

Filmmaker Park Chan-wook, known for his ultra-violent thrillers that helped catapult South Korean cinema onto the global stage, is back with an altogether different work, a restrained yet deeply emotional love story.

The unprecedented Oscar haul for South Korean director Bong Joon-ho black comedy "Parasite" has shattered a 92-year-old glass ceiling and opened a new era for Korean and other foreign films on the global stage.

It was her children's intense wish to get hold of her phone that led the South Korean scientist Yuhyun Park to accept the inevitability of coping with the digital world.

SEOUL, Oct. 5 (Yonhap) -- Yonhap News Agency, South Korea's representative news wire service, has launched a new English-language news outlet on YouTube this week.

The channel, KOREA NOW, aims to offer a fresh look into the Korean Peninsula and South Korean popular culture, entertainment and lifestyle. It posts one to two clips every weekday. 
 

South Korean companies have announced major investments in the United States and plan to import more American shale gas. The countries' two leaders are preparing to hold summit talks in Washington on Friday.