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Residential buildings in Seoul. Some 120,000 cameras were hacked.

Hacking scheme targeted 120,000 home cameras for sexually exploitative footage

South Korean police say four suspects breached internet-connected surveillance cameras and sold sexually explicit material via an overseas-based website.

  • Frances Vinall and Elise Youn

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Bustling street scene at Sejong Village Food Street in Seoul.

We found the hidden must-eat hotspots of this Asian megacity

Go where few tourists dare on this tour of Seoul’s backstreet gourmet gems.

  • Rob McFarland
Korean beauty products can be surprisingly affordable, and effective.

No gatekeeping: An expert in K-beauty shares her best finds, starting from $12

Some of the ingredients, like salmon DNA, are weird, but many Korean products are also wonderful.

  • Stephanie Darling
The bike path alongside the Nakdong River.

If you’ve ever dreamed of cycling across a country, look no further

There might be smaller, more sensible countries to attempt this in, but here the food is better, the people friendlier, and you can enjoy a 600-kilometre bike path.

  • Paul Marshall
Rows of babies waiting for overseas adoption in 1984 at the Angel Babies’ Home orphanage in South Korea.

South Korea’s president has apologised to adoptees. They say his words are not enough

Lee Jae Myung has offered a “heartfelt apology and words of comfort”, but Australian adoptees say it must be matched by action to help families reunite.

  • Lisa Visentin
Busan Port, South Korea.

Port guide: Busan, South Korea

Beachy, buzzing, food-loving, laid-back and seemingly always sunny: this is the Sydney of South Korea, but more raucous and edgy.

  • Brian Johnston
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Seoul beauty scene

The latest painful beauty trend drawing ‘glow-up’ tourists to South Korea

Posts from swollen, punctured TikTokers suggest the latest hyped treatment is very painful, but women – including tourists – chase it anyway.

  • Lisa Visentin
Kim’s letters to Trump suggest a young, insecure man who is grateful for being taken seriously by the most powerful man in the world.

Rubbish balloons, K-pop and ghostly wailing: How life’s changing on Korean border

For Cho Yong-hae and his neighbours, ghostly wailing sounds blasting their village have finally stopped. But for the West, the problem is only growing louder.

  • Lisa Visentin and Sean Na

Kylie Jenner helped this gadget go viral. Now the firm’s founder is a billionaire

Endorsements from top-tier influencers reflect the growing mainstream appeal of K-beauty.

  • Yoojung Lee
Carissa Smith was adopted from South Korea as a baby and has embarked on a search for her birth parents.

Carissa used to look at the moon and wonder if her mother could see it too - she never found out

Carissa Smith finally made the journey to Seoul last year, seeking answers about who she was. But her hopes were dashed by a woman holding a manila folder, and hiding words with a ruler.

  • Lisa Visentin

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