Neil That’s right. Over half the world’s population eats rice as the staple food, especially in Asia. But rice is a very ‘thirsty’ crop which needs lots of water to grow, and this is becoming a ...

More than half of all adults and a third of children, teenagers and young adults around the world are predicted to be overweight or obese by 2050. The findings come from a new study of global data, ...

South Korea's Air Force has apologised for the incident, which is under investigation. Families of those killed in the Jeju Air crash have been smeared as "fake victims" and "scammers".

For a city with a relatively small Korean population — the entire state is home to around 20,000 Korean Americans — Portland’s Korean food scene is thriving. Full-scale restaurants and food carts from ...

Houston’s Spring Branch neighborhood has long been known as a hotbed for Korean cuisine due to its large expat community. The city’s Korean food scene has expanded even further in recent years, ...

To children, it sounds like howling wolves. Since the middle of last year, the quaint South Korean village of Dagsanri, on the island of Ganghwado, has been blasted with an array of eerie and ...

SEOUL: South Korea's fertility rate rose in 2024 for the first time in nine years, supported by an increase in marriages, preliminary data showed on Wednesday (Feb 26), in a sign that the country ...

South Korea’s fertility rate rose in 2024 for the first time in nine years, supported by an increase in marriages, preliminary data showed on Wednesday, in a sign that the country’s ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. South Korea’s impeached president defended his martial law decree as a desperate bid to promote public ...

South Korea’s birthrate, the lowest in the world, rose in 2024 for the first time in nine years, as policy efforts to incentivise companies and Koreans to embrace parenthood started to pay off.

Four people, including two Chinese nationals, were killed and six injured after a bridge collapsed at an expressway construction site in South Korea on Tuesday, authorities said. Local media aired ...