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Koreans leadership winning international recognition
Jun 27, 2011
Ban Ki-moon, the eighth UN Secretary General, was reelected to lead the United Nations for the second term last week. The unanimous reelection of the former Korean foreign minister as head of the UN was met with applause on June 21 at the UN Assembly in New York, where 192 member...

Seoul offers business classes for non-Koreans
Jun 23, 2011
Seoul Global Center is running a free Korean-language "Business Start-up School" for foreign nationals residing in Korea at its headquarters in the Korea Press Center. The first lecture was on June 18 on "Founding and operating a company in Korea." A new lecture will be held ever...

Park Tae-hwan wins at Santa Clara International Grand P...
Jun 21, 2011
Park Tae-hwan (Photo: Yonhap News) Korean swimmer Park Tae-hwan racked up three wins at the 2011 Santa Clara International Invitational, which took place from June 16 to 19 at George F. Haines International Swim Center in Santa Clara, California.Finishing the 200-meter freestyle...

Journalist Juan Villoro visits Korea
Jun 17, 2011
The Korean Culture and Information Service invited Juan Villoro, a Mexican writer and journalist, to Korea from June 1st until June 13 for his first visit to the country.During his trip, Villoro published an article on Korean development in Reforma, a Mexico City newspaper, empha...

"Please Look After Mom" finds success in Europe
Jun 17, 2011
Shin Kyung-sook meets with local fans at a reception celebrating the release of the French translation of “Please Look After Mom” at the Korean Cultural Center in Paris on June 7. (Photo: Yonhap News)Korean author Shin Kyung-sook’s novel “Please Look After Mom” continues to capti...

Love without borders
Jun 09, 2011
Korea is proud to be a country that sends medical volunteers overseas, but in the past decade there has been a particularly sharp rise in the number of its nationals being dispatched to every corner of the world. Organizations running medical volunteer programs for the underprivi...

Superstar K opens its auditions internationally
Jun 09, 2011
The popular Korean music TV program “Superstar K” will be opening up its third season auditions to non-Koreans who want to try their hand at K-pop.  The program, which looks for undiscovered talents, is similar to programs like “Britain’s Got Talent” and “American Idol.”Orig...

“Window on Korea” now available in Cairo, Egypt
Jun 02, 2011
(Photos courtesy of the National Library of Korea)On May 24, a resource room dedicated to Korea-related materials was inaugurated at the National Library and Archives in Cairo, Egypt. The newest “Window on Korea,” established in close cooperation with the National Library of Kore...

IIAC recruits members for multicultural singing group
Jun 02, 2011
Incheon International Airport Corporation (IIAC) is recruiting choir members for a multicultural singing group. Hosted by the IIAC and the social enterprise group Noridan, members will be recruited through auditions and be brought on as regular, paid employees.The group will not ...

Kim Ki-duk takes "Un Certain Regard" prize at Cannes
May 26, 2011
Director Kim Ki-duk's movie "Arirang," received the top prize in the "Un Certain Regard" category at the 64th Cannes Film Festival in France. Son Tae-gyun also received third prize for his work "Ya-Gan-Bi-Hang (Fly by Night)"in the student film competition. Choung Byoung-gug, the...