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Tue, May 30, 2023 | 13:34

Korean language education expands in Hong Kong

Korean language education expands in Hong Kong

Learning a foreign language is difficult and it takes a lot of time and energy to see certain visible outcomes. But a growing number of people in Hong Kong are learning Korean nowadays. Once a hobby restricted to K-pop fans, learning Korean is now more common, being included in the foreign language category for the university entrance exam as well as among regular school lang...

Park Ji-won | 2022-10-09 08:16

Belated Hangeul learners find life blossoms after literacy

Loan period extended for US-captured Joseon-era flag

Loan period extended for US-captured Joseon-era flag

The loan period for a rare Joseon-era flag, which had been captured by U.S. naval forces during the 1871 military action against the Joseon Kingdom and was returned to Korea on a lease, has been extended for another year.

Kwak Yeon-soo | 2022-09-29 16:52

[INTERVIEW] 'Digital transformation requires managerial skills'

INTERVIEW'Digital transformation requires managerial skills'

Over the last few decades, media organizations have been pursuing a so-called “red ocean strategy,” a business plan involving competition in an existing industry. The primary goal of this strategy is to beat the competition and exploit present demand. Food and media industries, for example, are considered to be the active followers of this strategy as there are a lot of small...

Kim Yoo-chul | 2022-09-29 08:20

Korean choreographer's work called 'Chinese dance' by Hong Kong troupe as 'kimchi wars' extend to the stage

Korean choreographer's work called 'Chinese dance' by Hong Kong troupe as 'kimchi wars' extend to the stage

The Hong Kong Dance Company (HKDC) has discovered to its cost that the “kimchi wars” can extend to dance, as it defends its latest program against South Korean claims of Chinese cultural imperialism. On Wednesday, one of the choreographers behind the company's “Myth of the Dancing Durumi” program, which runs until Sept. 18, demanded that the troupe remove the Chinese term “ch...

Park Ji-won | 2022-09-21 08:21

Korea's largest-ever art market opens in Seoul

Korea's largest-ever art market opens in Seoul

Two big international art fairs will kick off in Seoul on Friday, bringing together a combined 350 galleries from around the world.

2022-09-02 14:34

Shows to look out for during Frieze and Kiaf Seoul

Rare Joseon-era spherical sundial unveiled to public

Rare Joseon-era spherical sundial unveiled to public

The “Iryeongwongu,” a portable spherical sundial from the 1392-1910 Joseon Kingdom era, has been unveiled to the public after returning from the United States, the Cultural Heritage Administration (CHA) said Thursday. The CHA and the Overseas Korean Cultural Heritage Foundation purchased the rare relic at an auction in the U.S. in March.

Kwak Yeon-soo | 2022-08-18 17:16

Lee Kun-hee's art collection likely to be exhibited abroad in 2024 or 2025

Lee Kun-hee's art collection likely to be exhibited abroad in 2024 or 2025

The art collection of late former Samsung Chairman Lee Kun-hee will be exhibited abroad in 2024 or 2025 after stints in four cities here - Seoul, Gwangju, Daegu and Cheongju. Yoon Sung-yong, the new director-general of the National Museum of Korea (NMK), said the state-run museum will complete the registration for cultural heritage of Lee's private collection by the end of th...

Kwak Yeon-soo | 2022-08-11 16:45

[INTERVIEW] Everyone's story is worth being remembered: Moryham CEO

INTERVIEWEveryone's story is worth being remembered: Moryham CEO

Inside a warm orange-brownish brick building located near Myeong-dong, central Seoul, lies a white modern space, filled with pieces of equipment and materials for Moryham to turn the stories of people into an art piece with a twist of the traditional. Founded in 2019, Moryham offers a service that designs and makes a custom-made shadow box out of clients' personal belongings,...

Lee Gyu-lee | 2022-08-11 14:21

Works by disabled artists to go on display at Cheong Wa Dae

Works by disabled artists to go on display at Cheong Wa Dae

The culture ministry will hold a special exhibition of art pieces by disabled artists at the former residential compound of Cheong Wa Dae as the first program to be held under a plan to use the facility as an art center.

2022-08-10 17:52

Templestay, glimpse of millennium-old history of Korean Buddhists' road to self-cultivation

Templestay, glimpse of millennium-old history of Korean Buddhists' road to self-cultivation

GIMCHEON, North Gyeongsang Province - In the breezy morning of July 22, just hours after chanting mantras for a 4:30 a.m. “yebul” (daily Buddhist ceremonial service), 23 university students gathered in a circle for a teatime session, or “chadam,” with Ven. Inwol at Jikji Temple in Gimcheon, North Gyeongsang Province. In between sips of refreshing “maesil” (green plum) tea and...

Park Han-sol | 2022-08-03 08:36

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