1. Rob Reiner and wife found dead in Los Angeles as son Nick is arrested in shocking case

2. From hashtags to homerooms, makeup becomes part of youth culture in Korea

1. Bondi who who disarmed gunman and shot twice identified as Ahmed al Ahmed

2. Korean Air warns of zero tolerance for emergency exit tampering

3. Japan’s last pandas set to leave as diplomatic tensions with China deepen

1. As presidential office prepares to return to Cheong Wa Dae, nearby neighborhoods feel both hope and unease

2. “Like reading an ancient script”: BBC highlights backlash over Korea’s exceptionally difficult English exam

3. More than 1,400 couples kiss under giant mistletoe in Washington, D.C., setting new world record

1. K-Pop Demon Hunters team makes Forbes’ “World’s 100 Most Powerful Women” list

2. Surging demand sends wintertime favorite yellowtail to record prices in Korea

3. New discovery suggests humans made fire 350,000 years earlier than previously thought

1. Tottenham gives Son Heung-min a hero’s welcome as he returns for an emotional farewell

2. Complaints grow as Coupang’s account deletion process proves slow and confusing

3. Italian cuisine becomes world’s first to be awarded UNESCO status

1. A wave of celebrity scandals forces major TV shows to halt production

2. Australia begins world-first social media ban today for children under 16

1. Park Chan-wook’s “No Other Choice” and Netflix’s “KPop Demon Hunters” score three Golden Globe nominations each

2. Oxford University teams up with composer Kim Hyung-seok to publish Korean children’s songbook

3. Korean professors choose “constant change” as the idiom that defined 2025

1. The Park Na-rae scandal: counter-lawsuits, cash transfers, and the ‘injection auntie’ controversy

2. Veteran actor Cho Jin-woong steps away from the spotlight after troubled past comes to light