Although strings of all-time favorite winter festivals have been canceled in the wake of the pandemic – namely the Hwacheon Sancheoneo Ice Festival – other options remain. Similar festivals include the Pocheon Baek-un valley Dongjang-gun Nadeu-ri that kicked off Jan. 7 and is set to wrap up Feb. 6; Cheongpyeong Sulbing Festival running from Dec. 24 to Feb. 25; Paju Trout Festival from Jan.8 to Fe...

A 20-month-old baby girl in Daejeon was murdered in June after months of physical and sexual abuse, apparently from her stepfather, and neglect by her biological mother. The toddler’s body was found in a cooler at the stepfather’s house with severe bruises and scars apparently from the abuse. Her stepfather was reported to have beaten her for more than an hour on the day of her death just becaus...

Records show that clothes padded with cotton were made and sometimes paid to the government as a form of tax, she explained. Though quilting itself is not unique to Korea, the level of dedication and the extent to which nubi covered a piece of clothing were, in order to give the clothes a religious meaning. “As if a subject of religious belief, people used to believe that putting effort into cl...