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- Lunar New Year holidays filled with delightful events
- Feb 07, 2013
- The Lunar New Year holiday is full of delights and surprises as families and relatives reunite for delicious foods and play traditional games together. To add more fun, the museums and palaces of downtown Seoul will hold various events during the holidays that fall between Februa...
- Beauty of Hangeul as art form explored in exhibition
- Feb 07, 2013
- Over five centuries have passed since Hangeul was created, but only in the last few years have artists from various fields started exploring its potential as a motif for producing artwork. As it turns out, there seem to be unlimited possibilities in artistic expression inspired b...
- Korean fermented paste creates distinct flavor
- Feb 06, 2013
- Korean and European flavors came together at Madrid Fusion, one of the world’s largest culinary events. Twenty original recipes seasoned with Korean fermented sauces ganjang (soy sauce), doenjang (fermented soybean paste), and gochujang (red pepper paste) were served to 8,000 cul...
- Blueprint for K-pop's future presented at the 2013 GCEF
- Feb 05, 2013
- Culture experts discuss how to develop Hallyu into a global movement at the 2013 Global Culture Exchange Forum (GCEF) held at Korea Press Center on January 31 (photo courtesy of the Korea Foundation for International Culture Exchange). Behind the rising popularity of Korean pop s...
- Overseas cultural centers shed light on cross-cultural ...
- Feb 04, 2013
- Thanks to the rising interest in Korean culture worldwide, the roles and responsibilities of overseas Korean Cultural Centers (KCC) have expanded. What they do is to bridge two nations by enhancing cultural exchanges, thereby helping to make Korean culture more easily accessible ...
- Global association for Hallyu studies to form
- Jan 31, 2013
- The term Hallyu was first coined by the China Youth Daily in 1999 to describe the growing popularity of Korean entertainment and popular culture in China. Now, its meaning extends to include the phenomenon of Korean culture rolling out with its cultural productions. With an aim t...
- Korean indie film Jiseul won a Grand Jury Prize at Sund...
- Jan 31, 2013
- The black-and-white film Jiseul won the World Cinema Dramatic Grand Jury Prize for Dramatic Feature at the Sundance Film Festival. This is the first time that a Korean film has won a Grand Jury Prize at the prestigious independent film festival held in Park City, Utah. Repatriati...
- "Top Three" theaters emerge as the best attraction
- Jan 29, 2013
- Star-studded concerts are not the only place where Hallyu happens. You can feel it at culture and arts theaters, too. There is a steady rise in the number of foreign tourists hitting culture and arts theaters in Korea to enjoy the unique traditional musical styles of Korea. Korea...
- Koreans seen as skilled at managing crises
- Jan 29, 2013
- Korean people tend to show inner strength in times of crisis, said a recent article in Hong Kong newspaper Ta Kung Pao.For an example, the Hong Kong newspaper mentioned the economic situation in Korea during the 1997 Asian financial crisis. It reported that the general consensus ...
- The beauty of Hanbok in modern times
- Jan 28, 2013
- Models walk the catwalk dressed in the new style of Hanbok created by promising young designers (photo: Jeon Han).There’s an old saying in Korea, “Fine feathers make fine birds.” That means clothes make people look good. Our ancestors were believed to have put emphasis on clothes...
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