Any Korean telenovela or K-pop fan would love a chance to visit, take pictures, and get into that Joseon Dynasty feels. Good news is, you can do this here in the Philippines. Bad news though, you have to wait until the lockdowns in the metro and the nearby provinces are lifted. Once travel is...
The Bureau of Immigration (BI) has deported a South Korean fugitive wanted in his own country for operating an illegal online gambling site on the Internet. (Photo by Simon Hattinga Verschure/ Unsplash) BI Commissioner Jaime Morente said that 44-year-old Park Junyoung has been flown to Incheon,...
Monsta X’s Shownu (Twitter, Monsta X’s fan cafe) K-pop boy band Monsta X’s leader Shownu, 29, enlisted in the military on July 22 to fulfill his duty as a Korean citizen. Shownu entered the Korea Army Training Center in Nonsan at about 2 p.m. sporting short hair and wearing a face mask due to...
Why standardizing food can be a good thing. And no, it’s not an attack on lola’s cooking ADOBO DEBATE The hot question of the week, 'Should the quintessential Philippine stew and other Pinoy dishes be standardized?' When I first read the news that the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI)...
The Korean community in the Philippines with the help of barangay leaders and volunteers got together and held a community pantry at the Manila Korea Town in Malate Saturday. The Korean Embassy in the Philippines is supporting Manila Korea Town’s commitment to build a community of “bayanihan”...
Monsta X’s Shownu (Instagram) K-pop boy band Monsta X’s leader Shownu, 29, will be enlisting in the military this month and will serve in the alternative service due to his health condition. Starship Entertainment, Monsta X’s agency, and Shownu both made announcements regarding the...
Fully vaccinated travelers from the Philippines will still be required to undergo 14-day quarantine when they arrive in South Korea due to concerns about the Delta variant of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Korea’s Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasure Headquarters announced Tuesday that...
(Clockwise from left) Oli London today, with a Jimin standee in 2018 and their own version of the Korean flag (Twitter, Instagram) British Oli London, who became an internet sensation for undergoing multiple plastic surgeries to look like K-pop idol group BTS’ Jimin, has come out as non-binary...
The South Korean government expressed its condolences to the family of former President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III, who passed away on June 24 at age 61. In a statement, the Korean Embassy in the Philippines said, “The government of the Republic of Korea conveys its deepest condolences to...
The BTS Meal and BTS (Instagram / McDonald’s Korea / McDonald’s Philippines) The BTS Meal, a collaboration between K-pop superstars BTS and McDonald’s, has sold more than one million sets in nearly a month in South Korea. McDonald’s Korea told Korean media that the BTS Meal has racked up...
Minister Hwang Hee of Korea’s Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (left) and BTS (MCST / Big Hit Music) K-pop superstars BTS will be recommended if they file an application to postpone their military service until age 30. The so-called “BTS Military Service Act” took effect in South...
Kim Dong-jun (Instagram) Korean actor Kim Dong-jun, 29, who debuted in K-pop boy band ZE:A in 2010, has revealed that he will be enlisting in the military next month. On June 23, his agency Major9 told Korean media, “Kim Dong-jun will enlist as an active duty soldier on July 12." Dong-jun...
