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- Gangnam plans new Hallyu Star Street
- Nov 14, 2012
- The buildings at the corner of Cheongdam Intersection will receive a new digital facade. Gangnam has long been ground zero for Korean pop culture, with its luxury boutique shops, entertainment companies, and plastic surgery clinics. But ever since “Gangnam Style” by Korean rapp...
- Arirang to be inscribed as intangible cultural heritage
- Nov 12, 2012
- Korea’s traditional folk song “Arirang” is highly likely to be added to UNESCO’s list of intangible cultural heritage in early December, as recently recommended by a subsidiary body of the UN organization’s intangible assets review committee. A subpanel of the UNESCO Intergo...
- Slow Food pioneer Carlo Petrini praises Korea’s “slow l...
- Nov 09, 2012
- Widespread images of a fast-moving, swiftly developing Korea may cause many to associate the country with "speed." But for those in the know, one of the most attractive merits of life in Korea is the opportunity to appreciate life’s pleasures at an unhurried pace. In the city o...
- Juvenile Offender wins awards at Tokyo Film Festival
- Nov 07, 2012
- Poster of Juvenile Offender (photo courtesy of TimeStory)The Korean film Juvenile Offender won two awards at the 25th Tokyo International Film Festival which wrapped up on October 28. Directed by Kang Yi-kwan and starring Seo Young-joo, the film won awards for Best Actor and Spec...
- Healthy and tasty kimchi
- Nov 07, 2012
- Few Koreans would ever want a meal without kimchi. Repulsive to many foreigners at first, but incredibly addictive after a few tastes, kimchi is rich in lactic acid bacteria. Kimchi undergoes two rounds of fermentation, by which it becomes full of more than 200 types of healthy l...
- Korea in the spotlight from culture to economy
- Nov 07, 2012
- Psy's huge success with hit song "Gangnam Style" seems to have brought the world's attention to his home country. The world's interest not only lies in K-pop and Korean films but also in its resilient economy. In the last few weeks, media outlets around the world reported on vari...
- Spanish media highlights Korea's oldest metal print boo...
- Nov 07, 2012
- New light has been cast on Korea's jikji, the world's oldest extant movable metal type print book. On October 17, El Cultural.es, the online edition of influential Spanish newspaper El Mundo, published an interview with author Francisco de Paula Martinez VelaI on his book Typogra...
- K-Pop dance, music classes for overseas visitors
- Nov 06, 2012
- If you’re interested in K-pop culture, come and experience it to the fullest by learning to dance and sing to the music. You’ll find it fun and surprisingly educational.K-pop music isn’t just for ardent K-pop fans. Anyone can enjoy the catchy songs and dynamic dance moves of K-po...
- Korea's Templestay program celebrates ten years
- Nov 05, 2012
- In 2002, ahead of the Korea/Japan FIFA World Cup, a program offering an authentic experience of traditional Korean culture was introduced to the public. Ten years later, Korea’s Templestay program is one of the most popular travel and tourism programs for locals and visitors alik...
- Cultural assets bring new attention to Gangwondo
- Nov 05, 2012
- Chuncheon National Museum has brought renewed attention to the regional culture assets of Gangwon-do (Gangwon Province). Chuncheon Museum unveiled the special exhibition "The Great Cultural Treasures of Gangwon Province" on October 30 in a celebration of the tenth anniversary of ...
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