South Korea

So you think they can break-dance?
Forget the Bronx and South Central. If you want to find the best hip-hop dancers in the world look farther east, to South Korea.
That woman is a total space cadet (in a good way)
Thanks to a last-minute switch, South Korea's first citizen astronaut will be female.
Quote of the day
"It's a girl" is no longer a lament in South Korea.
SpongeBob and the proper role of the State
Cheaper labor isn't the only reason South Korea is a cartoon powerhouse.
Mommy money
A famed figure of motherhood will be the first woman to appear on South Korean currency.
Girls just want to be born
South Korea flips a switch: The son is no longer No. 1.
"Dragon Wars": Made in South Korea
A globalization goodie: Either the best, or worst, Korean fantasy epic set in modern Los Angeles, ever.
Offshoring -- where it stops, nobody knows
Production moving overseas, good jobs disappearing, national angst upwelling... South Korea sings the grownup globalization blues
$300 for your daughter's hand in marriage
A bride shortage in South Korea causes men to seek matches abroad.
Destination: North and South Korea
The "black hole" of Asia and its estranged brother to the south are revealed in books from a political refugee, an American mountain man and a war veteran.
Slave labor and the North Korean bomb
South Korea exploits the North ... in a good cause?
South Korean women can't get no satisfaction
Where in the world is good sex? Eli Lilly does a survey.
South Korean farmers: The WTO's most lethal enemy
Is the price of rice in South Korea worth suicide and despair?
A spiral of destruction
An expert in North Korea's military power says even a small spark could quickly lead to a rain of artillery shells, a chemical attack -- even nuclear war.
The menace and mystery of North Korea
The government of Kim Jong Il is threatening to build more nuclear bombs, and its rhetoric is growing ever more impatient. The problem is that nobody knows what Kim really wants.
Moonies rally against "free sex"
Waving signs declaring, "One man, one wife," students take to the streets of Seoul to promote chastity.
Take-home test
Gov. Bush says he has been reading a biography of former Secretary of State Dean Acheson. Here's a reading comprehension exam for the GOP front-runner.
Korea's no-man's-land
Rolf Potts describes a visit to Korea's DMZ, one of the planet's oddest tourist attractions, where visitors can pick up everything from propaganda to perfume.
Letter from Pusan: The party's over
Rolf Potts describes the heady rise and wistful fall of expat life in South Korea.
Will the Asian crisis end Silicon Valley's boom?
Student protests bloom
In a letter from South Korea, expat American teacher Rolf Potts takes a close look at one of the students' annual spring rituals -- political protests.

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