Korea's Lotto draw 1235 produced nine first-place winners, each taking home approximately 3.09 billion won after matching the winning numbers 6, 7, 11, 15, 39, and 43.
BLACKPINK is celebrating their 10th debut anniversary with a museum-backed heritage merchandise collection inspired by Korean imperial history, in collaboration with MU:DS, the official goods brand of Korea's national museums.
Trot superstar Im Young-woong is set to appear on his first-ever magazine cover with Esquire Korea on August 7th, one day before his official ten-year debut anniversary — alongside a packed summer of variety shows and a three-night stadium concert.
Lee Hi's 2026 World Tour has been canceled just four days before its opening night in Singapore, with her label 808 HI RECORDINGS blaming tour organizer KINO WHITE TOURING KOREA INC. for failing to fulfill financial and contractual obligations.
South Korea is experiencing its most extreme heat wave in recorded history, with temperatures surpassing 42°C in the southeast and at least 16 deaths confirmed nationwide as of early August 2026.
Busan's August art calendar is overflowing, from the 10th Busan International Photo Festival exploring what it means to be human, to youth art fairs, traditional Korean craft exhibitions, and a massive international design showcase featuring artists from 34 countries.
South Korea's Haeran Ryu is competing at the 2026 Women's British Open at Royal Lytham and St Annes, navigating the classic links course's notorious bunkers and challenging greens across multiple rounds.
Kim Go-eun took top honors at the fifth Blue Dragon Series Awards as "The Legend of Kitchen Soldier" dominated the night, while a new U.S. bill dubbed the "FAKER Act" targets North Korea's global network of fraudulent IT workers funding the regime's weapons programs.
Korean deep-tech startup FLYTO is building a real-flight-data-driven simulation and verification platform for eVTOL and Advanced Air Mobility aircraft — and in just one year, they already have paying customers, seed funding, and global MOU partnerships to show for it.
South Korea's trade promotion agency KOTRA hosted the 2026 Korea-ASEAN Maritime Week in Bali, bringing together over 40 Korean marine equipment firms and Southeast Asian shipyards to forge partnerships in eco-friendly vessels, AI robotics, and offshore plant technology.
A white phosphorus leak at Osan Air Base in Pyeongtaek triggered a brief evacuation alert on July 28, resolved in under 40 minutes with no injuries — the same day U.S. lawmakers introduced a bipartisan resolution honoring Korean War veterans on the 73rd armistice anniversary.
From a rice chip hitting McDonald's menus nationwide to universities retooling foreign student programs as rural workforce pipelines, South Korea is deploying surprisingly creative strategies to fight regional population decline.