That desire also comes at quite a cost, according to Kim. The monthly tuition fee per subject at a hagwon is around 1 million won ($810) for high schoolers and about 3 million won for academically struggling students with tutors -- nearly equivalent to annual tuition at international schools. “I’m the type of mom trying to find what my child can do, but that’s hard to do in this neighborhood sin...

Watching movies at theaters during the Seollal holiday is a rite of sorts for South Korean moviegoers, as more people spend time at home rather than traveling outside the city over the extended holiday period. It is also an important season for filmmakers and distributors, as the country's box office hits prove that films opening during the family holiday season record relatively higher ticket s...

Actress Kim Go-eun’s character in tvN’s “Little Women” is described as the typical Korean firstborn daughter. She is a strong realist who is willing to make sacrifices to support her family. She saves up money, not for her own sake but for her siblings. The burden of being the firstborn child in a family is a topic not only confined within South Korea. It is a subject studied by psychologists w...