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- Marine city sparkles at night
- Mar 23, 2015
- The beautiful nightscape over the dark ocean of Haeundae has recently become increasingly popular online, showing up on more and more people's social media profiles, such as Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. The high-rises in the Marine City neighborhood add to the glamorous ...
- An Indonesian girl expresses her passion for Korean cul...
- Mar 20, 2015
- One of our readers from Indonesia, Fitri Pratiwi, submitted an essay, telling us about various aspects of Korean society and what she loves about them. Please find excerpts of her essay below. I want to share a story about my love for Korea. It was already 10 years a...
- Come and be part of the ancestral rites at Jongmyo
- Mar 06, 2015
- A select group of people perform the royal ancestral rites, the Sangmangjeon, at the Jongmyo Shrine in Seoul on March 5. On March 5, the first full moon of the Lunar New Year, known as Jeongwol Daeboreum, the Jongmyo Shrine played host to a reenactment of a special set of royal a...
- ‘Video games become sport in Korea’: Libération
- Feb 25, 2015
- The French daily Libération recently reported on the video game industry boom in Korea that has helped launch the new trend of electronic sports, or "e-sports." In its February 20 article, “In Seoul, video games are a sport of clicks,” Eva John wrote that, “Such e-sports have slo...
- Korean picture books win Ragazzi awards
- Feb 24, 2015
- Five Korean picture books have won the 2015 Bologna Ragazzi award, often dubbed as the “Nobel Prize of picture books.” The list of 2015 Bologna Ragazzi award winners across four categories -- Fiction, Non Fiction, New Horizons and Opera Prima -- was announced on the offici...
- Exotic Korean restaurants engage London diners
- Feb 24, 2015
- Thanks to the increased popularity of Korean food, more and more chefs are using the East Asian cuisine to come up with new and unique recipes.Recently, JTBC, a cable TV channel, reported about a couple of eye-catching Korean restaurants in the heart of London. The reporter said ...
- Lunar New Year's 2015 spent with family
- Feb 23, 2015
- A child throws the yut sticks as he and his family play the game of yut against another family, in front of the National Folk Museum of Korea on Lunar New Year's Day, Seollal, February 19, 2015. The Lunar New Year's holiday officially lasted for five days, ushering in the yea...
- CNN reports on Korea's ancient fortress wall
- Feb 18, 2015
- CNN's Global Treasure show, a TV program that explores UNESCO World Heritage Sites across the world, recently shed light on Korea's Namhansanseong Fortress in Gwangju, Gyeonggi-do (Gyeonggi Province). CNN reported that some 26 new sites around the globe were newly chosen as UNESC...
- More than 30 mil. go home for Lunar New Year's Day
- Feb 17, 2015
- The greatest exodus from the capital and one of the country's biggest national holidays is just a day away. During the Seollal Lunar New Year's Day holiday, travelers who embark on their journey home, hoping to spend the five-day holiday with their loved ones, will face jam-packe...
- Celebrate Lunar New Year’s Day with heartfelt gifts
- Feb 16, 2015
- Seollal Lunar New Year’s Day, one of the biggest holidays in the country, is just around the corner. People spend time in their hometown with their parents, siblings and relatives, people who they haven’t seen for a long time. They exchange New Year’s greetings and words of bless...
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