A run of Shakespeare’s King Lear inspired a restaurant in the National Theatre of Korea to create a meal with dishes symbolising the main characters. The play has ended, but the menu is still going.

South Korean chef Kim Do-yun has a passion for noodles, and wants to share it with others. He has made creating varieties free from additives, and that preserve a natural fragrance, his mission.

Sometimes called an ‘idol of classical music’, South Korean violinist Danny Koo wants to make his style and genre of music more accessible to the public – and so far, he is succeeding.

Hollywood directors Ang Lee, the Coen brothers and Martin Scorsese were among fans of Kim Yong-man’s video rental store in a New York laundry, stocked with eclectic titles. A documentary tells its story.

As Netflix reality show Physical 100 season 2 wraps, final winner Amotti says ‘Winning didn’t feel real’, while its creator talks ‘completely new formats’ and international dimension to season 3.

Ko Young-ok, South Korea’s first ‘full-time’ food stylist for K-dramas and films, recalls a mad dash around Macau for a scene in K-drama Princess Hours, and reveals the advice she gives her students.

Jang Da-ah, the older sister of Jang Won-young of IVE, has a debut lead role in K-drama Pyramid Game, which sees a class take part in a monthly voting game that allows those ranked higher to bully those below them.

Top chefs from across Asia shared their experiences with fermented foods – from kimchi and fish sauce to preserved pickles and rice – during the Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants 2024 programme.

Members of Day6, a K-pop rock band who will be in Hong Kong for this month’s KCON, talk about their new album and seeing their old songs chart while the band was on hiatus for their military service.

Rebellions, a fabless AI chip company co-founded by five South Korean engineers, is viewed as the country’s best hope to rival Nvidia in AI inference.

An Apple Music Classical ambassador, Son Yeol-sum has teamed with Bulgarian-born violinist Svetlin Roussev on an album, Love Music. Son talks about bridging the gap between classical music and today’s audiences.

The rise of K-pop fan platforms like Dear U Bubble and Weverse encourage direct communication with artists, which helps fans feel closer to them – but it has had an impact on fan activities, and it has not all been good.

The Birth of Korea portrays South Korea’s first president, Syngman Rhee, as good, contrary to popular belief. The biopic is a box-office hit, but has reignited culture wars between right- and left- wing groups.

Netflix crime thriller K-drama A Killer Paradox follows a student who kills criminals. But rather than a vigilante story, director Lee Chang-hee and star Choi Woo-shik say it explores moral ambiguity.

Kingdom actress Kim Hye-jun, known for her work in dark thrillers, turned down Disney+ show A Shop for Killers at first, as she feared being typecast. Co-star Lee Dong-wook’s casting made her rethink.

Some people have expressed concerns that the Baidu search features on the Galaxy S24 series are not as good as Google’s version.

Keeping advanced production at home allows companies to take advantage of better cost-efficiency and a more stable labour supply, analysts say.

President Yoon Suk-yeol says the North has a history of carrying out ‘provocations’ before important polls in South Korea.

Korean boy band Enhypen thrill 32,000 fans – known as Engenes – over three nights at the Galaxy Arena in Macau, belting out their hits in three-hour performances as part of their ongoing Fate world tour.

Kimchi is Korea’s favourite side dish, and is finding new fans overseas. Now AI quality control is being tested to speed up production and ensure that kimchi for export is of consistent quality.

K-pop stars like EXO’s Baekhyun and Blackpink’s Jennie are blazing new trails with independent labels while at the same time balancing their group commitments with previous agencies. A music critic explains why.

The company’s new cloud division in Korea is eyeing the local IT and entertainment industry, according to Huawei Korea CEO Wang Balian.

Oh Hyun-ji uses the plucked zither – a traditional Korean instrument – to cover K-pop songs like BTS’ Idol and IVE’s I Am, as well as other pop tunes and soundtracks, in popular videos on TikTok and YouTube.

Lean into Year of the Dragon festivities this year in South Korea by visiting a few of its 1,261 places with dragon in their names. We take a look at four of them.

J-pop diva Crystal Kay reflects on how growing up with an African-American father and a Korean-Japanese mother influenced her life, music and career.

Major K-pop labels are creating non-Korean groups to appeal to audiences from different countries and increase K-pop’s 2 per cent share of global music and streaming sales.

Noh Sang-hyun’s supporting role in Pachinko opened up his acting career. He talks about taking on his first lead role in Soundcheck #2 and how the director gave him creative freedom.

Korean war refugees who fled to Busan invented a cold wheat noodle dish based on one eaten in North Korea. Today it represents a piece of the home to which they cannot return.

Dutch artist behind giant inflatable animals says they change viewers’ perspectives of the places they occupy, such as Hong Kong’s Victoria Harbour or a lake in Seoul, South Korea.