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Wendy Teo

South Korea Correspondent

Wendy is the Straits Times’ correspondent in Seoul. She was formerly with The New Paper before joining the foreign service in 2008. After 15 years, she returned to journalism. She enjoys drawing stories from the people she talks to and hopes to visit North Korea one day.

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Beyond Botox: S. Korea’s traditional medicine gains ground among tourists, including S’poreans

The Seoul K-Medi centre opened in 2017 to virtually no foreign visitors, but that has changed in recent years after the centre began hosting familiarisation tours for people in the medical tourism industry.
The Seoul K-Medi centre opened in 2017 to virtually no foreign visitors, but that has changed in recent years after the centre began hosting familiarisation tours for people in the medical tourism industry.

Strait of Hormuz dilemma puts South Korea’s President Lee in choppy waters

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung has ruled out deploying troops or military assets in a way that could draw his country into the US-Iran war.
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung has ruled out deploying troops or military assets in a way that could draw his country into the US-Iran war.

Seoul risks being sidelined in Trump-Kim talks as US-South Korea alliance frays

North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un (left) and US President Donald Trump at their June 2019 meeting in the Demilitarised Zone between North and South Korea.
North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un (left) and US President Donald Trump at their June 2019 meeting in the Demilitarised Zone between North and South Korea.

S. Koreans’ views of US, under Trump, plunge to two-decade low: Pew survey

Anti-war protesters calling for a halt to the annual joint military exercises between South Korea and the US on Aug 17.
Anti-war protesters calling for a halt to the annual joint military exercises between South Korea and the US on Aug 17.

Wang Yi’s Seoul visit comes amid potential opening for Korean peace talks 

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung (right) meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi at the presidential office in Seoul, South Korea, on Aug 20.
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung (right) meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi at the presidential office in Seoul, South Korea, on Aug 20.

Trump orders US-S. Korea military drills trimmed as he seeks to re-engage Pyongyang

North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un and US President Donald Trump at their summit in 2019. Trump is scaling back the US’ current military exercise with South Korea, citing as a reason his “very good relationship” with Kim.
North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un and US President Donald Trump at their summit in 2019. Trump is scaling back the US’ current military exercise with South Korea, citing as a reason his “very good relationship” with Kim.

South Korea’s dog meat restaurants face their final ‘dog days’

Lee Deok-sung has run a dog meat stew shop for 45 years and says business has fallen to a third of what it used to be.
Lee Deok-sung has run a dog meat stew shop for 45 years and says business has fallen to a third of what it used to be.

How South Korea’s football-playing monks became the ‘Brazil of Sangha’

Beginner woodcarving. Woodcarving beginners start off by carving lines and shapes, before moving on to large-sized Hangul characters.
Beginner woodcarving. Woodcarving beginners start off by carving lines and shapes, before moving on to large-sized Hangul characters.

Why North Korea will keep backing Russia in the Ukraine war

North Korea is believed to have sent around 14,000 elite troops to support Russia’s war efforts, in exchange for a combination of financial, military and technological benefits.
North Korea is believed to have sent around 14,000 elite troops to support Russia’s war efforts, in exchange for a combination of financial, military and technological benefits.

South Korea’s hunt for 100,000 tech workers

25-year-old Indonesian student Maharani Bahar arrived in February to do her Masters degree at the Sungkyungkwan University and found it relatively easy to settle into life in South Korea.
25-year-old Indonesian student Maharani Bahar arrived in February to do her Masters degree at the Sungkyungkwan University and found it relatively easy to settle into life in South Korea.

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