An curved arrow pointing right. South Korea is the plastic surgery capital of the world — to such an extent that parents will often pay for their children to have double eyelid surgery before ...

according to the International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery. With almost 9 procedures per 1,000 people in 2021, South Korea is the global capital of aesthetic surgery, researcher Statista ...

More and more foreigners are looking to South Korea for cosmetic surgery -- and some are seeking to take advantage.

A plastic surgeon has warned against a popular ... become one of the most popular requests from patients in China and South Korea, according to one of her colleagues in China.

A team of researchers in South Korea has developed a bio-catalyst capable of breaking down PET plastic with unprecedented efficiency. Led by Professor Kim Kyung-jin of Kyungpook National ...

SEOUL, South Korea--South Korea’s main opposition leader is recovering well from surgery after being stabbed in the neck earlier this week, his doctor said Thursday, as a local court issued an ...

A record 600,000 people traveled to South Korea for medical procedures in 2023, with roughly half of those visiting dermatology and plastic surgery clinics. On today's Big Take Asia Podcast ...

Negotiators gathered in Busan, South Korea, on Monday in a final push to create a treaty to address the global crisis of plastic pollution. It’s the fifth time the world’s nations convene to ...