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Ambassadors visit DMZ

Do Jong-hwan, the minister of culture, sports and tourism, led a group of Seoul-based foreign diplomats on a visit to the Demilitarized Zone on Friday. The visit, according to the Culture Ministry, ...

Sept 7, 2018
Culture
Photographer Yoo Byung-Chang to hold exhibition on Jeju Jusangjeolli

Former Herald Media CEO Yoo Byung-chang is holding his second exhibition as a professional photographer in Seoul next week, themed on the Jeju Island landmark Jusangjeolli. The exhibition, named “Th...

Sept 7, 2018
Culture
Gyeongbokgung tour reenacts typical night inside Joseon palace

For commoners in the Joseon era, what went on within the confines of the royal palace and the lavish lifestyle of the royal family was a source of mystery and wonder. The ongoing biannual Gyeongbokg...

Sept 5, 2018
Culture
BIAF rebrands itself as Korea’s 1st Oscars-qualifying festival

In Korea, people are considered adults when they turn 20. In the same way, the Buchon International Animation Festival is doubly special this year as it enters a new phase with its 20th edition, sai...

Sept 5, 2018
Culture
[Herald Interview] ‘Matilda’ to bring onstage unpredictable imagination, humor of Roald Dahl

“Matilda,” a 1988 novel about a neglected but brilliant girl in Buckinghamshire, is not an easy piece to adapt into a musical. Yet the show has grown beyond expectations set upon its original Royal S...

Sept 3, 2018
Culture
[Herald Interview] MMCA director Bartomeu Mari looks back on 3-year term, looks ahead to coming years

Nearing the end of his three-year tenure as the director of the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea, Bartomeu Mari is still thinking of ways to improve the nation’s public museum. ...

Sept 2, 2018
Culture
[Herald Interview] ‘Korea should remember its roots to sustain prosperity’

In 1991, Indian filmmaker, art historian and photographer Benoy K. Behl became the first person to take pictures of Buddhist paintings inside the Ajanta Caves, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in the Mah...

Aug 30, 2018
Culture
[Eye Plus] Time travel through Korea’s schools

To better understand the nation’s everlasting belief in the power of education, a small museum inside the hanok village of Bukchon, northern Seoul, offers a trip to South Korea’s schools of the past....

Aug 30, 2018
Culture
World’s cultural pioneers taste best of Korea for inspiration, sharing

Following the success of the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Games, global interest in South Korea has continued to surge, ranging from K-pop and TV dramas to language, food and fashion. At the forefront of...

Aug 29, 2018
Culture
[Feature] Job seekers wrestling with photoshopped profiles

Navigating the way to becoming a ‘hirable face’ in the Korean industry

Aug 29, 2018
Culture
Website helps spread accurate information on Korea

A state-run website that corrects inaccurate information about Korea has improved its services to better aid users. Korea Culture and Information Korea said Tuesday it recently upgraded the Fact: Ko...

Aug 29, 2018
Culture
Seoul's largest multicultural festival to open this weekend

Seoul citizens will have a rare opportunity to enjoy cultural performances and traditional foods from dozens of countries at the city's largest multicultural festival this weekend, municipal official...

Aug 29, 2018
Culture
Performance recast into painting: Ma Liuming holds solo exhibition in Seoul

Chinese performance artist and painter Ma Liuming is holding a solo exhibition at Hakgojae Gallery in Seoul until Sept. 16. Titled “Sediment of Performance,” Ma’s latest exhibition features paintin...

Aug 20, 2018
Culture
South Korean city throws hat in the ring as ‘Yoga City’

South Korean city of Miryang is bending over backward to become a city of yoga. The city government of Miryang said Sunday it will host a global-scale yoga therapy conference and festive yoga-relate...

Aug 19, 2018
Culture
National Folk Museum of Korea to bring ‘mobile museums’ to Asian Games

The National Folk Museum of Korea will operate mobile museums at the 18th Asian Games Jakarta-Palembang 2018, which run from Aug. 18 through Sept. 2. Also called “Korean culture boxes,“ mobile museu...

Aug 17, 2018
Culture

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