On a recent trip to Korea, a beauty and lifestyle influencer allegedly encountered two men who made fatphobic comments toward her. Natalie Naploes (@naploes), a Singaporean content creator and college ...

No matter where you live, people make judgments based on how you look. Those judgments are a little different in different places, as one of our longtime colleagues discovered when she moved. NPR's ...

Elise Hu spent almost four years as NPR’s first Seoul, South Korea, bureau chief. During that time, Hu experienced what she calls an “endless assault of images of the ideal Korean beauty.” Hu explores ...

In the past decade, a quiet revolution in beauty has been unfolding—and it’s led by South Korea. What started as a niche fascination with flawless skin and innovative products has evolved into a ...

Below, Hu shares five key insights from her new book, Flawless: Lessons in Looks and Culture from the K-Beauty Capital. Listen to the audio version—read by Hu herself—in the Next Big Idea App. 1.

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--South Korea’s vibrant culture is captivating the world, thanks to the global rise of K-beauty, K-pop, Korean cuisine, and other cultural phenomena that have made significant ...

In June 2019, Sulli, a former member of the Korean girl group f(x), began hosting a talk show known as The Night of Malicious Comments, a show that featured Korean celebrities reading hate comments ...

"Flawless: Lessons in Looks and Culture from the K-Beauty Capital" looks at the South Korean beauty industry which is the third largest cosmetic... Elis Hu’s 'Flawless' examines the dark side of South ...