Reporting from Seoul — For more than 46 years, they’ve been inseparable, this quirky barber and his ramshackle excuse for a shop. People who know them both say it’s hard to tell which is more ...

For most of Lee Deok-hun’s life, she has stood in front of a mirror, a comb and scissors in hand, providing haircuts to her customers. She is Korea’s first female barber and one of the oldest working ...

SEOUL — Lee Duk-hoon’s humble storefront in a hilly neighborhood in Seoul is called Sae Eeyongwon — “New Barbershop.” Little about the place is new. The shop opened in 1975. Lee is 85; her barber’s ...

A strong aroma of rosemary greets customers and Rockabilly music plays in the shop. A barber concentrates on shaving a customer in his 50s, without chitchatting in the customary manner of others in ...