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1. Koreans may get year or two younger as incoming president Yoon seeks to ditch ‘Korean age’ 2. Food companies on high alert after kimchi feud resurfaces online 3. Manhole explosion in New York's Times Square sends terrified crowd running

1. Renowned nuclear fusion scientist donates 60 artworks to Korean War Veterans’ Digital Memorial 2. Pink Floyd reunite for Ukraine protest song 3. The Academy has spoken: Will Smith is banned from Oscars for 10 years over slap

1. Army tells S.Korea’s incoming president not to politicize BTS 2. Rosé sauce continues to excite Korean taste buds 3. Demand for vegetable garden boxes designed for home farming grows as food prices soar

1. Cabinet passes bills to allow single people to adopt 2. Forbes list: The cities with the most billionaires in 2022 3. Korea’s first locally manufactured TV set to be auctioned

1. Han river fountains flow once again as life in Seoul returns to normal   2. Scientists discover the one smell humans universally prefer over all others 3. "100-won breakfast project" provides quality meals for Incheon National University students

1. Zelensky gives moving speech about the power of music in war 2. Kakao to build large-scale K-pop performance venue in Seoul 3. Art Busan unveils world-class lineup for 2022 edition

1. Baseball season kicks off in S. Korea with stadiums returning to full capacity 2. Weeknd’s new MV, featuring Jung Ho-yeon, to drop this week 3. Ulju Mountain Film Festival kicks off 10-day run in Ulsan

1. HYBE, Pinkfong listed on TIME's 100 most influential companies 2. 'KPOP' musical set to debut on Broadway later this year 3. 'Crash Landing on You' stars get married

1. A group of Koryoin flees war in Ukraine, arrives home in S. Korea 2. Stray Kids react to ‘Oddinary’ reaching No. 1 on Billboard 200 3. Exhibition connecting sports and art to open in Seoul

1. Cyworld returns later this week with launch of cryptocurrency ‘DTR’ 2. Soaring cost of flour spells bad news for local bakeries and noodle restaurants 3. Legoland to open in Chuncheon on Children’s Day

1. Will Smith smacks Chris Rock on Oscar Stage after Jada Pinkett Smith joke 2. The finer moments of the 2022 Oscars: Coda’s history-making Oscar win, Youn Yuh-jung presents in sign language 3. BTS leaves for Las Vegas to attend Grammy Awards and to hold concerts

1. NFTs of Kim Whan-ki's landmark abstract artwork fetches 730 mil. won at Seoul auction 2. Cardi B to appear as guest shark on 'Baby Shark's Big Show' 3. Speed limit of 20 roads in Seoul, including the Hangang Bridge, to be raised from current 50km to 60 km per hour

1. Hanbok wearing custom to be named S.Korea’s intangible cultural asset 2. S.Korea defeats Iran 2-0 in World Cup qualifying match Thursday 3. Marking its 20th anniversary, Tongyeong International Music Festival returns this week

1. Books by award-winning illustrator Suzy Lee flying off the shelves 2. 52 Seoul schools remove regulations on students' underwear 3. Steven Spielberg’s ‘Squid Game’ comments derided as “ignorant,” spark online backlash

1. Cherry blossom street in Yeouido to welcome visitors this year but without festival 2. 'She's Gone' Miljenko Matijevic sings in Hanbok for peace between North and South Korea 3. The return of 'dumbphones'

1. David Beckham hands control of his Instagram account to Ukrainian doctor to highlight the difficulties during the Russian invasion 2. South Korea’s ‘November quintuplets’ are well and healthy four months into birth 3. Ewha University professor and students to kick off a series of peace concerts in front of Russian Embassy this week

1. Jeongseon Arirang Market welcomes visitors with a bounty of herbaceous spring greens 2. Where’s the groom? An unlikely sort of wedding in the Covid era 3. Ewha University professor and students to kick off a series of peace concerts in front of Russian Embassy this week

1. S. Korea eases travel restrictions for international tourists starting this month 2. British-Iranian charity worker released after 6 years' detention in Iran 3. ‘Pachinko’ receives rave reviews from foreign critics

1. Zelensky urges leaders to fight for the "right to die when the time comes" 2. 'Money Game' becomes first Korean webtoon adapted for U.S. reality show 3. Popularity of Korean content leads to more people wanting to learn Korean language

1. Russian journalist protests war in Ukraine during Channel One live TV broadcast 2. University in Seoul opens gender-neutral restroom 3. Coffee grounds now recyclable without permit 4. Mother reunites with her missing daughter after 43 years thanks to DNA analysis

1. Seoul Fashion Week to make YouTube fashion vertical debut in Asia’s first 2. BTS wins 10 awards at Japan Gold Disc Awards and sets two records 3. National Library transforms into ‘immersive space’ for visitors, not just to read but to experience

1. Two Korean novels in the running for 2022 International Booker Prize 2. BTS' Seoul concert shown, live, in 3,700 theaters in 75 countries 3. Atlanta community rallies together to remember Atlanta spa shooting victims ahead of anniversary 4. From 'Chunhyang' to 'Prince Hodong,' ballet and opera incorporate traditional Korean sounds