Light those candles and turn on your hanguk equivalent of Barry White, South Korean workers! According to USA Today, the Korean Ministry of Health is cutting the power in its building today, in the hopes that their employees will go home and make babies and help reverse the country’s struggling birthrate.

The monthly “Family Day” event has been instituted because the Ministry’s average birth rate is clocking in below that of other employment sectors in…

By Michelle Woo   > Photographs by Eric Sueyoshi

Tim Yu stands over his daughter’s cage-like hospital bed, shielding her closed eyes from the artificial lights. Her cheeks are puffy from the medication. She squirms as if she’s having a bad dream. A plastic tube is connected from the chemotherapy drip all the way to a vein in her tiny leg. Numbers move up and down on the blood pressure monitor. Time passes slowly.

Behind the thin curtains are…

In the beginning, there was a fig leaf; now, it’s dirty boxers. But a Blacksocks underwear subscription ensures your man always has a fresh pair delivered to his door. Men can choose boxers or briefs made from fine cotton. Now that’s a gift for him—that’s really a gift for you. (Annual subscription starts at $87; www.blacksocks.com)

Johnny Walker again? Be original. Not only is Rosangel sugar-free, it’s infused with hibiscus flowers, known for their health and beauty benefits, and comes in this elegant rose blush bottle. It’ll almost make you forget that you’re drinking tequila. (Cuz you want to be classy when you’re downing shots.) ($36.99; www.rosangel.com)

Photographs by Tada Chae, Albert Chau, Na Young Ma and Eric Sueyoshi

LOS ANGELES — Rain had been threatening to fall all day on Dec. 16, and then it did, just as partygoers began to gather at Raleigh Studios on Melrose. Staff and volunteers were sent scrambling to prepare for the near-500 crowd expected. When the masses began arriving, the long line of cars waiting to valet was slow going. And the horse and carriage that was…