SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Kim Da-hye, a 29-year-old South Korean, said that moving into a semi-basement apartment was her least-preferred option when she was looking for a new place to live. But after ...

Concerns raised over semi-basement homes in South Korea following the catastrophic rain flood on Monday have prompted officials to phase them out. Semi-basement homes, known as “banjiha” in Korean, ...

Seoul Housing and Communities Corporation (SH Corporation) has reduced 2,946 semi-basement housing units through purchases and relocation to above-ground housing from 2021 to the first half of this ...

Korea Land and Housing Corporation (LH) will raise the purchase price of semi-basement dwellings. Three years after casualties occurred due to flooding in semi-basement dwellings, LH has been buying ...

There are so many memorable scenes in the Academy Award-winning film, Parasite. But one of the most heart-wrenching moments occurred when the Kim family returned to their semi-basement apartment ...

A family of three drowned in their Banjiha house, a half-basement home shown in the Oscar-winning movie Parasite. As South Korea experiences unprecedented rainfall, many areas in the capital city of ...

"All I can do is pray that it doesn't rain much this summer." This was the wish of 82-year-old Park Kkotnim (pseudonym), whom I met in Sillim-dong, Gwanak-gu, Seoul on April 17. It was after the heavy ...

A few days have passed but Giang*, 23, is still dazed by the flooding that occurred on August 8 following record rainfall in the South Korean capital Seoul. She says: "This is the first time I have ...

The tragic death of three out of a family of four living in a semi-basement villa in Sillim-dong, Gwanak district of Seoul, from the heavy rainfall in the capital, again underscored the vulnerability ...

Natural woodwork, hardwood floors under carpeting, arched walkways, four bedrooms and a semi-finished basement enhance the floor plan of this two-story frame home. Listed for $145,000 by Link-Hellmuth ...