No More Target Practice With Photos of North Korea’s Ruler

In an attempt to appease North-South Korean relations, the South Korean defense ministry has announced that it will order its army training units to cease using photographs of North Korea's ruling fam…

South Korean Man Kills Self by Crucifixion

Shortly after Easter weekend, a middle-aged South Korean killed himself. This isn't outright shocking, as suicide is fairly common, but the method through which he shuffled off this mortal coil is one…

Kiss Apple From South Korea: Better Breath, Better Kiss

In South Korea, a kiss apple works in the same secretive way as a breath mint quickly inserted in the mouth when no one is looking. The home of many pungent and heavily infused garlic dishes, a…

Toilet Shaped Home Converted into Toilet Museum

If you are visiting South Korea you are in luck, because now you can go and see the new Toilet Museum in Suwon, 24 miles south of Seoul. It may not be the word’s first museum dedicated to the humble…

South Korean Garlic Field Reveals $10 Million in Cash

The dark skills associated with money laundering are not always available to those who run illegal operations, and one family decided to hide their ill-gotten gains gleaned from an illegal Internet ga…

South Korean Government: ‘Wear Thick Underwear’

The government of South Korea has ordered all government employees to start wearing thick underwear—the high-tech thermal kind preferred—to stave off quickly rising energy consumption levels. …

Vaginal Steam Baths: Facials For Nowhere Near The Face

Known as chai-yok, this centuries old Korean treatment for the vaginal area is said to aid health and fertility. The claim is that vaginal steam baths reduce stress, fight infections, clear hemorrhoid…

Dog With Odd Eyes Cloned By Korean Researchers

At the request of a heartbroken Japanese dog owner, The Sooam Biotech Research Foundation (SBRF) has recently produced a pair of healthy puppies cloned from an odd-eyed dog, which died of cancer. …

Robots Teach English in South Korea

In a pilot project designed to bolster the burgeoning robot industry, 21 elementary schools in the southeastern city of Daegu have “hired” twenty-nine robots to teach English. Developed by …

Care for an Edible Dress? Mmmmmm… YUMMY!

Korean artist Sung Yeonju has designed a bunch of dresses constructed out of everyday food items like tomatoes, onions, and even bananas. Just fresh out of college, Sung, who graduated from the…

Korean K-Pop Groups Labeled ‘Too Sexy’

Swarms of uber-sexy and talented South Korean girl band groups have been popping up all over Asian lately. Known for their short shorts and tantalizing dance moves, these groups are now under fire by …

Welcome to South Korea’s Artificial Limb District

Unlike the red-light district in Amsterdam, which caters to men and women in search of sex, the Artificial Limb District of South Korea caters to men, women, and children in need of arms, legs, feet, …

Octopus-Head Lobbyists Go Head to Head With Seoul Mayor

Restaurant owners in South Korea are fuming because government officials in the capital city of Seoul have recommended that citizens limit their octopus-head consumption to no more than two a day. …

Korean Kia Cars: The POP Concept

The Korean carmaker, Kia, already has a positive reputation within the auto cosmos as producers of small gasoline-run cars that get good mileage due to their diminutive status. Well good things may…