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Early election voting begins with record number of ballots cast in first hour Early voting for the June 3 presidential election began Thursday around the country, with polling stations seeing the highest-ever voter turnout in the first hour an early election voting period. As of 7 a.m., the first day of the two-day early voting period for the 21st presidential election, 1.21 percent of eligi..

Youn Yuh-jung owns it: 'I’ve been in this job too long' Andrew Ahn's 'The Wedding Banquet' remake brings together cross-cultural cast to explore complications of love and acceptance "Korean feels best," Youn Yuh-jung says with a sense of relief. "English is torture for me." The 78-year-old actress and her co-star Han Gi-chan have just endured a four-hour marathon of back-to-back intervie..

Once gritty industrial area, Seongsu now a K-fashion, beauty destination  With its repurposed factory buildings now home to trendy pop-up stores and fashion and beauty flagship stores, Seongsu is a must-visit destination for the style-conscious       Once an industrial district, Seongsu in Seoul has been drawing increasing international attention for K-fashion and beauty. The neighborhood, histo..

Rediscovering landscape painter Jeong Seon as 'magician of colors’  Co-organized by the Leeum Museum of Art and the Kansong Art Museum, 'Gyeomjae Jeong Seon' at the Hoam Museum of Art is the first major retrospective on the full spectrum of the Joseon master painter's art      Landscape paintings by Jeong Seon, a master painter of the Joseon era (1392–1910), collectively known as “Jingyeong land..

Changdeokgung main hall tours available in English in March  Online reservations for Injeongjeon tours open       Free guided tours of the royal hall Injeongjeon at Changdeokgung -- one of the five Joseon-era (1392-1910) palaces in Seoul -- will run for the entire month of March, according to the Korea Heritage Service. A 15-minute stop at Injeongjeon will be added to the existing tours of the p..