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- Photo contest looks toward the future of Korea
- Jan 06, 2012
- Park Hyun-chan’s “Dockyard People” Choi In-suk’s “The Resplendence of Gyeongbokgung’s Dancheong”Park Hyun-chan’s “Dockyard People” (above) won the grand prize in the fourth annual “Korea and Koreans as Seen Through the Lens” photo contest. The photo captures the intersection of ...
- Year-end tax settlement for foreign nationals in Korea
- Jan 06, 2012
- The number of foreigners who file the year-end tax settlement in Korea has increased from 344,000 in 2008 to 403,000 as of 2010. Since there is a growing interest in the details of the year-end tax settlement among foreign workers in Korea, the National Tax Service has issued a g...
- 102-year-old woman survives cancer treatment
- Jan 02, 2012
- Cancer has been treated successfully in Korea. What surprised everyone was that the patient was over the age of 100. The 102-year-old Mrs. Mun Gwi-chun’s discharge from the hospital after her treatment was covered by several media channels. Mun, born in 1919, had been recently di...
- Culture in Translation
- Jan 02, 2012
- The sounds of gayageum (Korean traditional zither) fill the office cluttered with an astounding collection of books and tea sets. This is where Brother Anthony _ also known by his Korean name An Son-jae since his naturalization in 1994 _ translates some of Korea’s most beloved wo...
- Speaking in the language of art
- Jan 02, 2012
- It is no exaggeration to say that one is an internationally-acclaimed artist when his or her works have been collected by prestigious art museums around the world. The Solomon R Guggenheim Museum in New York is the latest addition to the list of major venues to have included work...
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- 2011 sports news in review
- Dec 29, 2011
- The July 6 announcement that Pyeongchang would host the 2018 Winter Olympics resounded across the globe, as the news from the International Olympic Committee in Durban, South Africa, reached excited bid-watchers in Korea. After several disappointing losses, to Canada in 2004 and ...
- Araon rescues stranded Russian ship
- Dec 27, 2011
- The Korean icebreaker Araon launched a rescue operation for the Russian fishing vessel Sparta which has been trapped in the Antarctic. The Araon approached the site of the stranded ship on Christmas Day and began transferring fuel in order to reduce the Sparta’s load so that the ...
- Media consumption in 2011
- Dec 26, 2011
- Korea’s media portals and think-tanks have joined in the flurry of year-end list-making, each offering their takes on the products, people, and events that defined Korea in 2011.The Samsung Economic Research Institute (SERI) released its annual survey of the top ten consumer favo...
- Learn Korean with free Korean comic book app
- Dec 26, 2011
- You can now read Korean comic books, known as manhwa, in your favorite mobile device, courtesy of a new online application now available in both English and Korean. Officially launched on November 30 by the Korea Creative Content Agency (KOCCA) to amuse those interested in Korean...
- Santa Claus comes to Korea
- Dec 23, 2011
- As Christmas approaches, sightings of Santa Claus have been reported all across the country as locals and foreigners get into the Christmas spirit. On Saturday, December 10, a horde of Santas flooded Sinchon and Hongdae in Seoul, as well as the subway between the two districts,...
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