If you’re on TikTok, you may have come across “Hongdae boys” or “Hongdae guys” recently. In a social media context, the term refers to a group of young South Korean men who prey on foreign women ...

BIBI. Credits: Screengrab from BIBI Official YouTube. South Korean singer BIBI has released a visual for her new song ‘Hongdae R&B’. READ MORE: BIBI: “I have a long-ass plan to be a superstar and then ...

Cheap, quality accommodations sprout up in Seoul’s new tourist spot Seoul’s Hongdae community has no shortage of tourist charms: Urban arts, indie music, lively nightlife and unique cafes and ...

Lee Mi-joo, a singer and broadcaster, made a striking transformation into gyaru style, showing a different kind of charm. On the 28th, a video titled "Mi-joo becomes a K-gyaru girl (feat. gyaru makeup ...

I still remember my first taste of makgeolli, that white alcoholic drink made of fermented rice, late one night in winter 2004 as I descended the stairs of the punk club Skunk Hell near Hongik ...

It was a lazy Sunday morning, or afternoon, after a punk show the night before at Skunk Hell. I was getting breakfast with a U.S. Air Force friend at a waffle-and-ice cream stand near Hongdae ...

Seoul's bustling sprint slows down to a strut in Hongdae. A Sunday stroll from brunch to the craft market invariably features mini-dresses and zoom lenses moving in photo-shoot choreography. The ...

On the night of the 31st, three years after the Halloween disaster that claimed 159 lives, the Hongdae area in Seoul’s Mapo-gu was bustling with a crowd of 110,000 people. In contrast, the Itaewon ...