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Asia's premier K-content festival, the 'Busan One Asia Festival' will kick off its three-day extravaganza on June 11 in the southern port city.

Now in its 9th year, BOF has grown beyond a K-pop event into a global cultural exchange platform attracting young people worldwide.

The flagship K-pop concert will be held indoors for the first time this year, at BEXCO, with an initial lineup featuring popular boybands WayV and NCT DREAM.

The highly acclaimed 'Park Concert' will return this year as a free event at Hwamyeong Ecological Park.

The festival will also showcase K-beauty, K-art, and K-food programs, offering attendees a deep dive into Korea's vibrant cultural landscape.

A retirement ceremony for eight Jeju haenyeos, or female divers, has been held aboard a yacht in the island's waters, their lifelong workplace.

Ranging in age from 79 to 95, their combined years of diving total 528.

Kim Ok-sun, one of the retirees, tearfully reflected on her journey, saying that it's hard to describe all the hardships while working tirelessly to support her children.

The ceremony is part of ongoing efforts to preserve the fading Jeju haenyeo culture.

Haenyeo culture is recognized as a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, and remains a strong symbol of female empowerment.

The 28th 'Yeongdeok Snow Crab Festival' will take place from March 14 to 17 at Haeparang Park in Gyeongsangbuk-do Province.

Yeongdeok snow crabs are among the finest in Korea, known for their sweet, tender meat.

This year's festival will offer a range of activities, including snow crab fishing and pot trapping experiences.

It also features specialty dishes such as snow crab kimbap, snow crab tteokbokki, and sea cucumber bibimbap.

Established in 1998 the event has grown steadily to become one of Korea's most celebrated food festivals.

That's all from me. Keep it tuned to the Kulture Wave.