South Korea

From performing pop songs on stage to singing Buddhist prayer songs on YouTube.

Run by Monk Hongseung, Doban is a hidden culinary gem tucked away in a basement in the Gangnam district of Seoul. Monk Hongseung serves ‘temple food’ that forbids all animal products and even garlic, green onion and chives. Her secret sauce? Soy!

Kim Ji-hun trained with 30 other trainees for what would later become the biggest K-pop band in the world, BTS. However, life had other plans for Ji-hun.

Seung-Woo Yang entered the universe of the Korean Yakuza in his teens. A personal tragedy made him start photographing the world, to cement his memories with his friends.

In this episode of Rainbow Guide to Life, K-pop star Holland speaks to us about his coming out story and normalising queer identities in South Korea.

"Hippos rescued from Pablo Escobar’s estate won’t stop having sex and pooping". There’s still enough weird news in the world to keep you distracted from pandemic perils.

Rev. Lee Dong-hwan was from a church in South Korea, for conducting a “blessing ceremony” at a Queer Culture Festival. VICE World News speaks with him to find out more.

The number of children born in South Korea, who were put up for international adoption reached its peak in the 1980s. Now this generation of Korean adoptees is returning.

The world is taking on some seriously strange obsessions -hijab wearing cats, warm woollens for your privates, death cafes in Thailand or million dollar pigeons.

VICE News explores the significance of the symbolic move by North Korea and what it means for the future of diplomacy between the neighboring countries.

From underground tattoo studios to specialist club nights, Grace meets the young South Koreans embracing alternative ideas of beauty and discovers the impact it has on their lives.

A growing number of people in China are pursuing webcam performance to make a living—with some live-streamers making as much $100,000 a month.