Topic: Sforza

'A face lift once a month': Growing pressure to conform amid the rise of Korea's 'K-Beauty'

In the last ten years, South Korea has established itself as a powerhouse of beauty and cosmetics. But, behind the innovative creams, serums, and treatments that have allowed so-called K-beauty to conquer the world, Korean society has also felt the impacts, and people now face rising social pressure to conform to new beauty standards. France 24’s Christina Yoon, Mélodie Sforza and Jan Camezind Broomby sent this report from Seoul.

30 Sept 2026, 10:55 UTC

World

Japanese Kamikazes: the testimony of a survivor of World War II

In the last months of World War II, thousands of young Japanese pilots were ordered to launch their explosive-loaded aircraft against the Allied ships. The Kamikaze missions were presented as an act of sacrifice by Japan, but they also left a deep mark of death and controversy. Decades later, one of the last surviving pilots remembers that experience in an interview with our reporter Mélodie Sforza.

21 Sept 2026, 18:34 UTC