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- Hanji metamorphoses lure New Yorkers
- Jul 11, 2012
- Recently, the metropolitan area of New York has been turned into the venue for a special multi-exposition dedicated to promoting Hanji, a traditional Korean mulberry pape...
- Book lovers gather in Seoul for SIBF
- Jun 26, 2012
- The Seoul International Book Fair 2012, the largest event of its kind in Korea, took place at COEX from June 20 to 24. With 2012 designated as Korea’s National Year of Re...
- London embraces Korean wave
- Jun 26, 2012
- Marking the 30-day countdown to the London Olympics 2012, supporters of Korea gathered on June 26 to take part in an outdoor campaign to publicize “All Eyes on Korea,” th...
- Korea’s poets: voices in translation
- Jun 17, 2012
- “I must have been chased by all the wind in the world and gotten wrecked / inside this body / My arms and legs dissolve in all directions / my head feels hazy.” Words in ...
- Korean modern arts and culture rediscovered
- Jun 08, 2012
- A series of exhibitions shedding light on the arts and culture of Korea’s modern era kicked off late May at two of Seoul’s most-frequented museums, revealing how Korean a...
- 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...
- 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,...
- “All Eyes on Korea” brings essence of Korean culture to...
- May 24, 2012
- London’s iconic double-decker bus helps to publicize the summer festival All Eyes On Korea, going on a city tour around Westminster Palace, Piccadilly Circus, and Trafalg...
- Ringing in Museum Week
- May 18, 2012
- A display at the National Museum of Korea (photo courtesy of the National Museum of Korea).For the next seven days, museums across Korea will be rolling out special event...
- Kim Yeon-su, a novelist who aspires to do something new
- May 03, 2012
- “Would you introduce yourself for the readers of KOREA?” Your reporter immediately poses a blunt question to the novelist, Kim Yeon-su. He looks fazed for a moment, but s...
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