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- Korean Wave
- The Korean wave refers to the phenomenon of Korean entertainment and popular culture rolling over the world with pop music, TV dramas, and movies. Also known as "Hallyu" in Korean, the term was first coined by the Chinese press in the late 1990s to describe the growing popularity...
- Seollal: Lunar New Year's Day
- Koreans celebrate New Year twice a year, one at the December 31 countdown and the other on the Lunar New Year holiday. Seollal, the Korean Lunar New Year, falls on the 15th day of the eighth month of the lunar calendar -- some time in late January to late February in the solar calendar. It is one of the two biggest hol...
- Financial crisis to opportunity
- Much like other countries, the Korean economy has also been affected by the global economic downturn. However, the Director of the IMF's regional Office for Asia and the Pacific predicts that Korea would recover quickly due to its improved economic fundamentals. Sustaining Korea's economic growth are key industries tha...
- Show us your feelings about Korea!
- What do international students studying in Korea think about Korea? The Korean Overseas Culture and Information Service (KOCIS), under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, held a UCC, photo, and essay contest titled "Show us your feelings about Korea" for international students studying in Korea. The contest w...
- A generous full moon welcome for Chuseok
- Chuseok is one of the two most important traditional holidays in Korea, along with the lunar New Year, "Seollal." Whether you call it "hangawi," using the indigenous Korean word, or Chuseok, from the Chinese characters "秋夕" meaning "autumn evening," the 15th day of the eighth lunar month is a time for celebrating the h...
- 'Seollal' or Lunar New Year's Day
- "Seollal" is what the Koreans call Lunar New Year's Day (sometimes referred to as Chinese New Year's Day in English-speaking countries). It is one of the two biggest festive days in Korea alongside "Chuseok," or the full-moon harvest festival, which falls on the 15th day of the eighth month of the lunar calendar. Earl...
- Ramsar Convention held in Changwon
- The 10th meeting of member nations of the Ramsar Convention, the international treaty for the conservation and sustainable use of natural wetlands, was held in Changwon, Gyeongsangnam-do, Korea, from Oct. 28 to Nov. 4, 2008. Since wetlands cover a broad spectrum of nature, from rivers and peat-land to dams or artificia...
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