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- Historical text translated into Czech
- Dec 02, 2013
- Korean literature has been attracting more and more interest on the global stage. Korean authors have recently been invited to an increasing number of international book fairs. In addition, a growing number of non-Koreans have made an attempt at translating some Korean texts into...
- Korean-born diva sweeps Down Under
- Oct 30, 2013
- When a petite Asian woman with no makeup stood up in front of the judges, she didn’t receive much attention at first. When asked by judges, "What can we expect from you?" she answered, "Awesome singing," with a big, shy smile. She was right. The mood changed when she started sing...
- Novelist of 70’s Korean youth culture dies
- Sep 30, 2013
- Korean Choi In-ho (1945-2013) is not new for those who love Korean films and TV dramas as well as novels. Passing away at the age of 68, the writer is known as a leader of the youth culture of the 1970s. He initially began his literary career in 1963 when he was a second-gra...
- Soprano Sumi Jo: ‘Music is a God-given mission’
- Sep 23, 2013
- “I think music is a God-given mission for me,” the world-renowned Korean soprano Sumi Jo said of her life as a musician. The Korean soprano has long been labeled as “a coloratura soprano with a voice from above.” Born in Seoul in 1962, Jo graduated from Sunhwa Arts High School in...
- Minister Ryoo talks about trust-building process
- Sep 11, 2013
- Inter-Korean relations have entered into a phase of change under the Park Geun-hye Administration. Shifting away from traditional conflict, tension, and distrust, the two Koreas seem to be carefully and slowly building trust and taking steps forward for peace. The two sides recen...
- Korean pianist Kim Sun-wook debuts in Argentina
- Sep 03, 2013
- Korean pianist Kim Sun-wook has gained recognition on tour in Argentina. On August 23, Kim became the first Korean pianist to have a recital at the prestigious theater Teatro Colon. At the crowded auditorium filled with more than 2,400 music lovers, Kim delicately but charismatic...
- Kyung-Wha Chung: 60 legendary years as violinist
- Aug 28, 2013
- Showing an unusual musical sense already at three, a six-year-old prodigy got her hands on an instrument called a “violin” for the first time, and her genius for the violin kicked in. It was in 1957, a year stricken with the ashes and scars of the Korean War (1950-53), that the m...
- Snowpiercer producers describe the film ‘like magic’
- Aug 16, 2013
- The film Snowpiercer has attracted more than 7 million viewers in only 15 days since its opening. Benjamin Legrend (63) and Jean Marc Rochette (57), the writer and artist of the French comic Le Transperceneige on which the movie is based, visited the 16th Bucheon International Co...
- Lim, ‘something new created when different cultures mee...
- Aug 16, 2013
- “Classical music purifies human minds and makes us kind.” This is what permanent conductor Lim Hun-joung of the Bucheon Philharmonic Orchestra (Bucheon Phil) had to say when asked to define classical music. Permanent conductor Lim Hun-joung of Bucheon Phil (photo: Jeon Han)....
- Soap sculptor MeeKyoung Shin recognized in London
- Aug 07, 2013
- Back in 2012, when London heated up with Olympic fever, a large-scale equestrian sculpture was installed at Cavendish Square in the west end of London. A statue of the Duke of Cumberland was rebuilt in the same location from the original in 1770, which was removed in 1868, but ma...
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