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- Homestays to spring up across Seoul
- Apr 08, 2013
- There is a saying “Kill two birds with one stone.” This metaphor is very suitable to describe a new plan announced by Seoul City. The city government announced a plan on March 28 to increase the number of homestays which allow foreign visitors to stay at a Korean home with a host...
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- Friends of Diplomats teach diplomats Korean language
- Apr 08, 2013
- Many people think of diplomacy as something official, for which they must wear nice suits and address each other in a formal manner, but a group of students are engaged in a more casual form of diplomacy, by teaching the Korean language to diplomats posted to Korea. The Friends o...
- Tree planting cultivates Korea’s hopes, future
- Apr 08, 2013
- President Park (center) plants a Korean fir at Korea National Arboretum on April 5, Korea’s designated Arbor Day (photo from Cheong Wa Dae). President Park Guen-hye emphasized the importance of planting trees in Korea, as citizens planted trees nationwide on April 5 t...
- U.S. veteran reunited with the girl he saved
- Apr 04, 2013
- On April 1 at Lotte Hotel in Songpa District, Seoul, U.S. Korean War veteran Richard Cadwallader is reunited with Kim Yeon-soon whom he helped six decades ago (photo: Jeon Han).An elderly American man said repeatedly, “Dreams come true,” as he hugged a woman with burn scars on he...
- The pine tree’s close ties to Koreans
- Apr 04, 2013
- The pine tree is a favorite for many Koreans, enjoying a popularity that can be traced to its close ties to the lives of the Korean people and its versatile uses. In the distant past, Koreans used to hang pine-tree branches over the entrances of their homes when a baby was born, ...
- Hanbok makes daily routines beautiful
- Apr 03, 2013
- Public servants Kim Yeong-sin (center) and Nam Hee-sue (right) help a local resident while dressed in Hanbok at Hyehwa-dong Office, Jongno District in Seoul, on April 2 (photo by Jeon Han).Hanbok is becoming more common in daily life these days. They are catching on at Jongno Dis...
- World views on Korea
- Mar 26, 2013
- With Korea starting a five-year term with a new president, the nation’s past, present, and future have been rising as a hot topic among the foreign press. In addition to Italy’s bimonthly magazine Pragmatica whose February issue shed light on Korea’s development history as seen f...
- Gwanghwamun street closes for car-free market
- Mar 20, 2013
- The southbound side of Sejongno, the main street running from Gyeongbokgung Palace to Gwanghwamun Station in downtown Seoul, was closed off to traffic on Sunday, March 17 for a special car-free street market (photo: Jon Dunbar). Pedestrians took over the street in front of Gwan...
- Arirang flash mob makes impression
- Mar 19, 2013
- A sense of impression and deep emotion often comes at unexpected moments and places. Many people who happened to be on the street of Ssamji-gil in Insa-dong, central Seoul, on the March 1st Movement Day may have had a chance to feel that kind of sensation when they heard popular ...
- Feel Korea at Junggok Market
- Mar 18, 2013
- Korea’s traditional markets are the best site for experiencing Koreans’ unique “jeong,” a special feeling of fondness, warmth, bonding, and attachment. Such traditional markets across the nation have similar, but unique characteristics of their own. These are something more than ...
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