A slew of Korean plus-size models are challenging beauty ideals and making their mark on social media in a country quickly earning credit as a top fashion capital. Yeom Yoon Hye, 22, and Bae Kyo Hyun, ...

In many Asian countries, though, fashion industries are still obsessed with thinness above all else. That’s especially true in South Korea, where the starting point for “plus-size,” or extra-large, is ...

Fashion models travel everywhere. They may be in Paris one day and in Tokyo the next ― if that is where they are offered a job. But as soon as models choose to come to Korea, they discover that the ...

Citing Allkpop, Dan Tri Newspaper reported that South Korean model Jo Ji Young, a close friend of Shin’s, announced the news on her Instagram account on Sunday. "Please send your deepest condolences ...