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Royal books return home from Japan
Dec 09, 2011
Royal books of the Joseon Dynasty which were looted by the Japanese during the colonial period were returned to Korea. A total of 1,200 books are being returned including a collection of royal protocols called ‘Uigwe.” Some key figures including Kim Chan, the administrator of the...

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Hanbok's beauty takes center stage in France
Dec 06, 2011
Actress and former Miss Korea Honey Lee (right), modeled the traditional apparel of a Joseon Dynasty queen on November 29 for the Hanbok fashion show held during France-Korea Week 2011. Co-hosted by the Presidential Council on Nation Branding, the Ministry of Knowledge Economy, a...

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Five months to go for the Expo in Yeosu
Dec 06, 2011
As the opening of the Yeosu Expo 2012 is scheduled for May 12 in 2012, Yeosu in Jeollanam-do (South Jeolla Province) is busy preparing for the big event. It has been about a year since construction started and the venue of the event has gone through huge changes. Unprecedented in...

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Music education unites Korea's youths
Dec 05, 2011
Music education programs have been springing up around the country, positively transforming the lives of underprivileged youths.The Green Umbrella Dream Orchestra, founded last October in Mokpo, Jeollanam-do (South Jeolla Province) under the direction of the Green Umbrella Childr...

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Car-free zone expands in downtown Seoul
Dec 01, 2011
Insadong is now car-free seven days a week, from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Pedestrians can now have safer access to the streets of downtown districts Insadong and Samcheong-dong. The car-free zone of the area is expanding not only in size, but also hours. As of November 26, the Jongno-...

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Three Korean cultural assets added to UNESCO’s Intangib...
Nov 29, 2011
UNESCO has proclaimed three Korean cultural assets to be freshly added to the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, on November 28. Taekkyeon (left), traditional tightrope walking (center) and mosi weaving (right) were inscribed on the 201...

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Korea and Japan come together in the mosh pit
Nov 29, 2011
Japanese ska band RollingsPunks and skinheads from around the world descended on Seoul last Saturday for the seventh Korea/Japan Oi Punk Festival. The festival, which has been running since 2004, saw a variety of Korean and Japanese punk bands performing to a packed basement room...

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New York office workers dine on free Korean lunch
Nov 28, 2011
The Korean restaurant Kang Suh participated in the Free Lunch promotion (photo provided by the Korean Food Foundation). Proving that there is such a thing as a free lunch, the Korean Food Foundation has been providing free Korean lunches for lucky office workers around New Yo...

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International artists reimagine Seoul’s urban history
Nov 25, 2011
Seoul Art Space Geumcheon was a printing factory before it was renovated and reopened as an international residency studio (Photo Courtesy of Seoul Art Space Geumcheon).  The latest exhibition at Seoul Art Space Geumcheon will offer visitors fresh perspec...

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K-pop fever aims for global expansion
Nov 21, 2011
The songs of Girls' Generation echo in ANZ Stadium in Sydney, Australia. More than 20,000 audience members chant the lyrics while waving their Taegeuk-patterned fans. The 2011 K-Pop Music Fest in Sydney took place on November 12 at the ANZ Stadium, the same venue of the 2000 Syd...