Seoul’s Hongdae neighborhood is filled with coffee shops dedicated to celebrating the birthdays of K-pop idols. Fans share ...

The reactions surrounding the Jamsil voting rights rally reminded me of the song “What’s Wrong With My Age.” As citizens gathered to protest the shortage of ballots, online comments mocked, “The ...

Starting in March, e-scooters will be banned in two major areas of Seoul: the bustling "Red Road" in the Hongdae area in Mapo-gu and the Banpo hagwon hub in Seocho-gu. These locations will serve as ...

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 ...

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 ...

It was a lazy Sunday morning, or afternoon, after a punk show the night before at Skunk Hell. I was getting breakfast with a U.S. Air Force friend at a waffle-and-ice cream stand near Hongdae ...

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 ...

A Korean guy in a black leather jacket walks up to a foreign woman in Hongdae. In a thick accent, he asks, “Are you open-minded?” The meme version renders it as “Are you open mindeu?” to match his ...

I still remember my first taste of makgeolli, that white alcoholic drink made of fermented rice, late one night in winter 2004 as I descended the stairs of the punk club Skunk Hell near Hongik ...