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28 Sept 2026

World No. 1 An Se-young swept China’s Chen Yufei to reach the women’s singles badminton final at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games, moving one victory away from an unprecedented second consecutive title in the event.

28 Sept 2026

Lee Young-do’s four-volume fantasy epic has won France’s 2026 Prix du livre Cultissime, adding momentum to a Korean series now licensed across more than 30 countries.

28 Sept 2026

South Korea received 15.05 million foreign visitors in the first eight months of 2026, reaching the milestone more than a month earlier than last year as tourism spending and regional arrivals also set new highs.

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