Lee, a Korean board-certified plastic surgeon based in Beverly Hills, California. “So that was the first surgical area that was focused on in Korea that’s unique to East Asia, especially as a ...

Lee Kun-hee, president of the Korean Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and a practising surgeon in Seoul, said when ultra-competitiveness emerged in South Korea from the 2000s ...

A North Korean newspaper has reported a story about a burn victim who underwent extensive reconstructive surgery to improve ...

A plastic surgeon in Seoul's Gangnam District explains the obsession with plastic surgery. Drake Baer contributed reporting on an earlier version of this article. Watch more from the series ...

As plastic surgery becomes normalised in South Korea, platforms such as Gangnam Unni are helping bring in foreign visitors ...