Meanwhile, in South Korea, a compact urban space with modern amenities is totally normal. Roughly 60% of all South Koreans live in apartments, compared to less than 20% of North Koreans.

Some 62.9 percent of Korea's housing consists of apartment buildings -- defined as multiunit housing five stories or higher -- as of 2020 according to the Architecture and Urban Research Institute.

Nearly half of all apartments in Seoul owned by foreigners are held by U.S. nationals, who show a preference for the city’s ...

In Korea, apartments make up roughly 64 percent of the housing stock in a country with a population of 51.77 million, according to 2023 data from the Statistics Research Institute.

SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea is a nation covered by apartments, so much so that, from above, it resembles a coast-to-coast game of dominoes. Apartment buildings snake around mountains ...

When Lydia R., who goes by @lydyagami on TikTok, decided to attend Ewha Womans University in Seoul, South Korea, she knew one of the first things on her to-do list would be finding an apartment ...

Two South Korean apartment buildings heavily occupied by members of a sect linked to most of the country's coronavirus cases have been quarantined after dozens of residents tested positive for the ...