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- Asia’s top models come together
- Jan 19, 2012
- Seoul Olympic Park for the 2012 Asia Model Festival Awards (AMFA)Models from 15 Asian nations came to Seoul Olympic Park for the 2012 Asia Model Festival Awards (AMFA) for two days from January 17 to 18. Hosted by the Korea Model Association, the award ceremony provides a chance ...
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- Korea undertakes English translation of historical arch...
- Jan 13, 2012
- Annals of the Joseon Dynasty (photo courtesy of the National Institute of Korean History) The centuries-old Annals of the Joseon Dynasty also known as the Joseon Wangjo Sillok, are set to be translated into English. The National Institute of Korean History has secured an annual ...
- Korean pansori opera makes waves in Germany
- Jan 11, 2012
- Kim Sang-sul, head of Marketing and Public Relations for the National Theatre of Korea, recently returned to Korea after heading the first European performance tour by the National Changgeuk Company in Wuppertal, Germany. In the following article, originally published at Gonggam ...
- Korean contemporary artists take center stage overseas
- Jan 11, 2012
- 2012 is packed with a mix of overseas exhibits featuring Korean artists currently active on the international art scene. Lee Bul, Haegue Yang, and Minouk Lim are joined by other emerging and established Korean artists to take part in a series of exhibitions held at some of the mo...
- Celebrating the newly recognized
- Jan 06, 2012
- UNESCO officially designated three forms of Korean traditional culture as items of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in late 2011. Each addition marked a special significance in Korean history: taekkyeon was the first time a martial art has been recognized by UNESCO; Julta...
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- Celebrating the new year
- Jan 04, 2012
- Bokjori bamboo strainers are made for good luck in GumeThe village of Gume, Gyeonggi-do Province, bustles busily with work around the end of the year. This small town is home to Korea's largest production base of jori bamboo strainers, a traditional craft with a 400-year history....
- New media art exhibit lights up Gimpo International Air...
- Dec 30, 2011
- A new media art exhibit has opened at Gimpo International Airport, transforming an ordinary building facade into the canvas for a display of bright lights. Entitled "Alice in Wonderland," the project uses multi-projection mapping technology to project beams onto the building's fa...
- K-Pop Calendar becomes worldwide sensation
- Dec 28, 2011
- In light of the ever-growing K-pop craze, a government-produced calendar featuring K-pop icons is causing a sensation among K-pop fans and youths around the globe. The 2012 K-Pop Photo Calendar, designed and distributed by the Korean Culture and Information Service (KOCIS), insta...
- Artists’ exhibitions go online
- Dec 23, 2011
- Korean contemporary artists, having established their presence at world-renowned auction houses such as Sotheby’s and Christie’s as well as international museums like the Guggenheim, are continuing to expand in new realms: this time into cyberspace. The virtual museum Korean Arti...
- Latest volume of the K-Culture series now available
- Dec 20, 2011
- Korea’s rising classical musicians have continuously brought triumphant news home throughout the year of 2011, scooping up prizes at some of the most prestigious classical music competitions. In the International Tchaikovsky Competition, Korea produced five prize winners this yea...
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