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The Seoul-based designer fusing historical dress with high-tech craft

Fashion

Mahoro Seward

The Seoul-based designer fusing historical dress with high-tech craft
Inspired by antiquarian garments like pourpoints and whalebone corsets, Juntae Kim’s clothes speak straight to the here and now.
The Korean designer crafting clothes from hair

Fashion

MAKOTO KIKUCHI

The Korean designer crafting clothes from hair
Seoul-based KIMHĒKIM gets to the root of his AW22 collection and reflects on his experience at Balenciaga.
The explicit films of South Korean director Im Sang-soo

Film

James Balmont

The explicit films of South Korean director Im Sang-soo
5 must-watch (and sex-heavy) movies starring your fave actors from ‘Minari’, ‘Parasite’, ‘Squid Game’, ‘The Handmaiden’ and ‘Oldboy’.
Why is everyone obsessed with Squid Game right now?

News

Jenna Mahale

Why is everyone obsessed with Squid Game right now?
The gory South Korean thriller is about to become Netflix’s most popular series of all time.
Powerful photos that explore male intimacy in South Korea

Photography

MAKOTO KIKUCHI

Powerful photos that explore male intimacy in South Korea
How photographer Lindsay Ryklief’s new series ‘Boys of Seoul’ helped him come to terms with his own identity.
The students and stans saving K-pop idols from deepfake porn

Music

Kelly Nguyen

The students and stans saving K-pop idols from deepfake porn
When Momoland’s Nancy was targeted, South Korean students asked their government to step in. Then these groups took matters into their own hands.
A new wave of Korean filmmakers are tackling sexual violence through cinema

Film

Katie Goh

A new wave of Korean filmmakers are tackling sexual violence through cinema
At 2020’s London Korean Film Festival, a new generation of female creators are embracing tough topics and dismantling patriarchy in the industry.
The Korean artist painting pleasure, voyeurism and strange desires

Art

Jenna Mahale

The Korean artist painting pleasure, voyeurism and strange desires
GaHee Park’s latest works showcase domestic ritual like you’ve never seen it before.
Woo Won-Jae is the dark prince of Korean hip-hop

Music

Qiuzi Zhang

Woo Won-Jae is the dark prince of Korean hip-hop
The AOMG-signed South Korean rapper breaks all the rules on his debut album ‘BLACK OUT’.
This book splits open the world of K-beauty in contemporary Seoul

Culture

Jenna Mahale

This book splits open the world of K-beauty in contemporary Seoul
We speak to author Frances Cha about her debut novel, ‘If I Had Your Face’, a story which follows four women as they navigate wealth, desire and the practical realities of plastic surgery.

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