Thanks to K-Pop (“Gangnam Style,” anyone?), South Korea is quickly becoming a major arbiter of cool and style. The epicenter of that cool is in their capital, Seoul. The Seoul “look” features a ...

PANMUNJOM, Korea -- Soldiers from rival North and South Korea eye one another across a thin strip of no-man's land that -- just barely -- keeps their armies apart. The tension, they insist on both ...

PYONGYANG, North Korea – Pyongyang may be one of the few major cities left on Earth where you can't find a Starbucks. But it's brimming over with coffee shops. The small, dimly lit cafes have been ...

From diverse street food to unique street fashion, Japan and South Korea have become popular tourist destinations. While visiting both countries this past spring break, I enjoyed noticing some ...

In Suwon, the bustling provincial capital just south of Seoul, city officials are taking steps to make Korean streetscapes ...

North Korea appears to have removed anti-U.S. propaganda souvenirs from gift shops, according to reports from tour guides. Items criticizing the U.S. are no longer stocked at shops geared toward ...