Amid a global economic downturn caused by three years of COVID-19 and high interest rates and inflation, the laughter of local merchants in Mapo-gu is drawing public attention. Seoul’s Mapo-gu ...

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 ...

The area around Hongdae Ipgu Station and Hapjeong Station on Subway Line 2 is set to be reborn as a hub for youth culture and tourism. If foreign lodging facilities, performance venues, and spaces for ...

Seoul police on Wednesday corrected an earlier statement about an assault on a Taiwanese YouTuber in the Hongdae neighborhood after initially saying a Chinese man was responsible. Police confirmed the ...

Perfect World Games' new urban fantasy RPG, 'Neverness to Everness' (NTE), has met its fans in the real world. On April 29, Perfect World Games hosted an offline pop-up event, 'Anomaly Management ...

Comedian Yoon Hyung-bin, who has transformed into a producer, is presenting 'K-Pop Week in Hongdae' centered around small theaters. Yoon's group announced on the 8th, "'K-Pop Week in Hongdae' will be ...

In a press release, Apple celebrated the fact that this is not only the company’s seventh store in South Korea, but also the 100th store in the Asia-Pacific region. “Apple Hongdae will offer an ...

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 ...