Culture
Written: 2016-05-29 12:56:05 / Updated: 2016-05-29 15:01:07
A nonprofit private organization has been launched in order to promote the beauty of the Korean alphabet, known as Hangeul, around the world.
Hangeul ...
Culture
Written: 2016-05-27 18:20:35 / Updated: 2016-05-27 18:52:06
A major entertainment agency and an education firm that operates academies have joined hands to build an international K-pop school with an aim ...
Culture
Written: 2016-05-24 14:00:03 / Updated: 2016-05-27 10:13:06
Anchor: A new report finds that South Koreans’ view about supporting their parents has greatly shifted in some ten years time. The report by the Korea ...
Culture
Written: 2016-05-23 14:18:21 / Updated: 2016-05-23 14:28:23
South Korea and Japan’s Maitreyas in meditation, both wearing peaceful smiles, have faced each other for the first time for a special museum exhibit.
The ...
Culture
Written: 2016-05-23 10:54:20 / Updated: 2016-05-23 11:15:48
A South Korean violinmaker based in Italy has swept the top awards at an international competition considered to be one of the world’s most prestigious.
According ...
Culture
Written: 2016-05-20 13:52:20 / Updated: 2016-05-20 16:39:50
The Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs said Friday that 51 family members of 22 U.S. soldiers who were killed or went missing during the Korean ...
Culture
Written: 2016-05-19 14:32:08 / Updated: 2016-05-19 14:59:12
The Justice Ministry announced that a ceremony will be held on Friday to mark the 9th Together Day, aimed at promoting harmony among Koreans and expatriates ...
Culture
Written: 2016-05-18 16:00:54 / Updated: 2016-05-18 16:06:47
Two elderly Korean victims of Japan’s wartime sexual slavery died on Tuesday.
Lee Soo-dan died of a chronic disease at an old people’s home ...
Culture
Written: 2016-05-17 13:57:04 / Updated: 2016-05-17 14:06:39
This year's Man Booker International Prize laureate Han Kang was born in the southern city of Gwangju in November 1970 and moved to Seoul at the age ...
Culture
Written: 2016-05-17 13:56:47 / Updated: 2016-05-17 14:07:08
As the translator of Han Kang’s novel "The Vegetarian," a 28-year-old British woman will equally share the honor and prize money worth 50-thousand ...