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- ‘Masquerade’ well-received in global film industry
- Oct 10, 2012
- The Korean film Masquerade is in full gallop. In addition to having secured the top spot ever since its release on September 13, the movie also hit the eight-million-view...
- K-Pop World Festival: a first look
- Oct 10, 2012
- At the end of this month, K-pop fans around the world can tune in to watch the exciting final round of the second annual K-Pop World Festival. Held for the first time in ...
- Psy’s Gangnam Style arrives in Sweden
- Oct 03, 2012
- For the last few decades, ABBA has been an icon for Sweden. Thousands of young people were fascinated with ABBA and their songs are still easily found and loved today.Sur...
- “My one wish is to go to Korea”
- Sep 26, 2012
- Ahead of the 2012 K-Pop Latin America Competition that was held in Buenos Aires in August, major newspapers and magazines in Argentina featured stories on the growing pop...
- PSY: “Call me an international singer”
- Sep 25, 2012
- PSY, reborn as a global star through YouTube finished his tight three-week schedule and returned to Korea on September 25. “I thought I had already achieved five or even ...
- Kim Ki-duk's Pieta takes top honor in Venice
- Sep 17, 2012
- “The moment the Golden Lion winner was announced, the first person that came to my mind was my 15-year-old self, hauling a heavy box around Cheonggyecheon.” Director Kim ...
- Sharing culture through melody and rhythm
- Sep 11, 2012
- The growing international popularity of Korean pop star PSY, who became one of the summer’s most-talked-about stories since his music video went viral in July, has m...
- Korean music mystery revealed
- May 30, 2012
- (left) Pianist Son Yeol-eum won second prize at the 14th International Tchaikovsky Competition in June 2011; (right) Queen Fabiola of Belgium congratulates Soprano Hong H...
- Korea seeks more cultural exchanges with CIS countries
- May 27, 2012
- Scenes from “Arirang Party” (photo courtesy of KOCIS)Celebrations to mark the 20th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the Republic of Korea and three former Sovi...
- Home within home, Do-ho Suh
- May 26, 2012
- Do Ho Suh is widely considered Korea’s most representative contemporary artist after Nam June Paik (1932-2006) and U-Fan Lee (1936-present). He leads a nomadic existence,...
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