COVER STORY - Professional baseball in Korea began with a slam — a grand slam, that is. Lee Jong-do’s grand slam on the opening day of the first professional baseball season in 1982 proved to be a good omen, as pro baseball would grow into the nation’s most popular sport. Today, fans turn out in droves to see the titans of Korea play ball.

COVER STORY - The power of music leaves us in awe. It’s no longer unusual to hear people on the opposite side of the planet hum along to K-pop songs. Korean music is spreading throughout Asia and around the world. As it leads the new Korean wave, just how far can K-pop go?

COVER STORY - Hanok, or traditional Korean houses, are a place where you can forget all of the stresses of the modern world. Designed to thstand the forces of the Korean climate, hanok are built with natural elements such as trees, soil, stone and paper.

COVER STORY - Since the late 1990s, Korea’s online gaming industry has grown as quickly as access to high-speed Internet. Today, gaming is a central part of Korean life. And in a country that has long had to rely on science and technology over natural resources, the gaming industry seems set to become even more relevant in Korea.