Krazy, sexy, cool: the rise of Korean fashion Long known for its affordable, fast streetwear, South Korea is riding its pop culture influence to put its homegrown designers on the global fashion radar Daring. Decisive. Discerning. These are words that South Korean fashion insider Kim Eun-jeung (EJ Kim), who has helmed several fashion magazines in Seoul, uses to describe shoppers from her home country. ‘I think fashion is in our DNA,’ says Kim, who currently runs K-Style Lab, a pop-up store in Hong Kong introducing the latest Korean fashion labels. ‘I see customers from all kinds of backgrounds every day and I can say that Koreans usually choose items that are of the now.’ A walk through Seoul reveals the country’s fashion sense. Men, women and children wear carefully assembled outfits – bold yet balanced, colourful but tasteful, masculine mixed with feminine – often with all the right accessories, hairstyles and makeup to complement. Streetwear has long been South Korea’s strength, after all
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Teen spirit: Young athletes deliver Olympic gold, bronze for Korea MILAN — Teenage athletes shone for South Korea at the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics on Thursday. The 17-year-old snowboarder Choi Gaon delivered the gold medal in the women's halfpipe event at Livigno Snow Park in Livigno, north of Milan. Then about an hour later, Rim Jong-un, the 18-year-old short tracker, claimed the bronze medal in the men's 1,000-meter race at Milano Ice Skating Arena in Milan. Choi's was South Korea's first gold medal of this year's Olympics while Rim brought South Korea its first short track medal in Milan.
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President gives unification ministry rein on NK policy https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/foreignaffairs/northkorea/20251219/president-gives-unification-ministry-rein-on-nk-policy
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