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- Gwangju Music Festival, a feast for your ears
- Sep 13, 2013
- The first weekend of September, a variety of musical genres rang out loud in Gwangju. The two-day Gwangju World Music Festival 2013 was hosted on September 6 and 7 in around the city where the Asian Culture Complex is currently under construction. The fourth annual music festival...
- Turkey enchanted by beauty of Hanbok
- Sep 12, 2013
- The crisp fall night of September 11 in Turkey, Istanbul, was filled with exclamations and enthusiastic responses to traditional Korean clothes known as Hanbok. As part of a special cultural program of the Istanbul-Gyeongju World Culture Expo 2013, the Korea-Turkey traditional fa...
- K-Fashion catches New Yorkers’ attention
- Sep 12, 2013
- Concept Korea S/S 2014 introduced New York to Korean fashion and designers recently. Among the 800 guests who attended the September 9 event at the Lincoln Center, which was held as part of the New York Fashion Week, were the creator of New York Fashion Week Fern Mallis, the fash...
- Paik Kun-woo: Schubert a poet on the piano
- Sep 12, 2013
- Two words always pop up whenever Korean pianist Paik Kun-woo is brought up in conversation: diligence and perseverance. He is the most-recognized Korean pianist, well known to have mastered the complete works by the world’s greatest composers such as Scriabin, Liszt, Mussorgsky, ...
- Literacy programs in India, Chad, win Sejong prizes
- Sep 11, 2013
- September 8 was proclaimed International Literacy Day by UNESCO in 1965. In celebration of the day, UNESCO Headquarters played host to a variety of events on September 9, one of which was the UNESCO King Sejong Literacy Prize awards ceremony.Inspired by the spirit of Sejong the G...
- Grand prize goes to Israeli drama at 2013 SIDA
- Sep 10, 2013
- The grand prize was picked up by the Israeli drama series Prisoners of War at the Seoul International Drama Awards 2013 (SIDA) on September 5. Held at the National Theater of Korea, the international drama awards ceremony announced the winners for 2013 out of 225 drama works from...
- Gwangju Design Biennale shows creations from everyday l...
- Sep 10, 2013
- Gwangju is having a festival of designs that can be seen in everyday life. The theme “Anything, Something” (Gesigi, Mesigi) of the fifth Gwangju Design Biennale is intended to show that anybody can be a designer and present practical designs that can be utilized in real life. “We...
- Asian ministers gather to make Asian culture flourish
- Sep 10, 2013
- Culture ministers representing Southeast Asian nations gathered together in Korea on September 6 to give their opinions about how to help Asian culture flourish. The 1st Korea-Southeast Asian Culture Ministers Meeting held in Gwangju, Jeollanam-do (South Jeolla Province) brought ...
- President promotes Korea-Vietnam cultural exchanges
- Sep 09, 2013
- President Park Geun-hye attended a fashion show presented by both Korean and Vietnamese designers on Hanbok and ao dai -- the traditional costumes of the two countries -- on September 8.President Park grabbed the eyes of the audience as she appeared on the runway while wearing a ...
- President Park visits Russia’s Hermitage Museum
- Sep 09, 2013
- President Park Geun-hye visited the State Hermitage Museum on September 7 during her stay in St. Petersburg, Russia, for the G20 Summit which took place on September 5 and 6. Guided by museum director Boris Borisovich Piotrovski, President Park looked around at the artwork on d...
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