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Jiwon Park
Reporter, Culture
Park Ji-won is a reporter with The Korea Times. She is currently based in Hong Kong, writing for both the South China Morning Post and The Korea Times, under an exchange programme. She has been in journalism for the past decade and covers culture and related issues.
Long queues and wait times leave many participants feeling frustrated as campaign ends in less than half an hour.
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Despite government initiatives to increase births, many mostly gender-related obstacles remain in South Korea.
The four Korean women of the award-winning Esmé Quartet make their Hong Kong debut this month. First violin Bae Won-hee talks about their tight bond and what they hope to achieve together.
From Jay Park and Super Junior’s Kyuhyun and Ryeowook to Yeri of Red Velvet and Twice’s Chaeyoung and Tzuyu, here are some of the K-pop idols born in the Year of the Rabbit.
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No plans for New Year’s? From eating out to staying in for some screen time to taking some ‘me time’, Post Lifestyle and Culture editors offer their top tips for the long weekend.
Jin of BTS is the first member of the K-pop group to begin his mandatory military service. Here is what lies ahead for the singer and for the group as a whole.
Cho Gue-sung is enjoying a meteoric rise in popularity after scoring twice in South Korea’s match against Ghana at the World Cup, even being called a ‘face genius’ by local media.
‘Finally things are returning to normal and artists are coming back to Hong Kong,’ 25-year-old fan says at AsiaWorld-Expo event.
Hong Kong’s pandemic restrictions were eased too late for overseas fans who might have come for shows.
Ronnie Wong, honorary secretary general of the Sports Federation and Olympic Committee of Hong Kong, rejects apology and explanation from organisers.
Japanese Shine Muscat grapes are expensive and very popular as a gift in Hong Kong, but now face competition from cheaper versions grown in China and South Korea.
‘I’mperfect’, from Hong Kong Youth Arts Foundation founder Lindsey McAlister, looks at body image issues in Hong Kong and social media’s effect on young people through the eyes of three teenagers.
Two of Hong Kong K-pop cover dance crew Chocomint HK’s Blackpink cover videos recently went viral. The women talk about their success and their ‘incredible’ love of K-pop.
Not only was Tony Leung, 60, named 2022’s Asian filmmaker of the year at the Busan International Film Festival, but fans queued for hours to buy his merchandise – many of them millennials and Gen Z.
After the ‘kimchi wars’ and sparring over hanfu and hanbok – Chinese and Korean traditional clothing – a row has sprung up over Hong Kong Dance Company’s description of work by a South Korean choreographer.
Show about a deadly game of survival picks up best dramatic actor and best drama series directing prizes to go with four Emmys awarded earlier – the first show in a foreign language to win a major Emmy award.
The Dutch music director of the New York Philharmonic and Hong Kong Philharmonic is to take on the same role with the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra after he leaves those posts in 2024.
