On December 2, WalkintoKorea has had the chance to interview Chairman Kwon Joong-soon of Daejeon Metropolitan City Council, a kind, wonderful gentleman. Chairman Kwon ranked first in the integrity evaluation of the metropolitan city council last year organized by the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights

Soccer star Son Heung-min of the English Premier League's (EPL) Tottenham Hotspur is this year's Korean athlete of the year.Gallup Korea on Dec. 13 announced the results of a survey conducted from Nov. 5-28 on 1,700 people age 13 or older nationwide, with the overwhelming majority of 72.8% (each vot

Canon Korea Co., Ltd., a total imaging solution company announced that it will hold collaboration events with Hyung-won Kang, a photojournalist of Canon Gallery, and host a YouTube live seminar to commemorate the launch of the high-speed full-frame mirrorless EOS R3.Photojournalist Hyungwon Kang was

Cha Seung-hoon is a professional gamer and member of the national esports team.He played the game "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds" at the Esports Championships East Asia and Game Culture Festival 2021 from Sept. 10-12 at the handball stadium of Olympic Park in Seoul's Songpa-gu District.The first esp

BTS is the first Asian act to win the top honor of the American Music Awards (AMAs)' Artist of the Year.At Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, the K-pop phenomenon on Nov. 21 also earned the AMA for Favorite Pop Duo/Group for the third straight year and that for Favorite Pop Song for "Butter."The grou

Smartphones and computers are daily necessities for Generation Z children of Homometabus. Children meet friends and exchange learning information within the Digital Metaverse. It became their territory and became their home of life. Now, we have to evolve children into human beings with tools that f

The government on Nov. 1 started the first phase of its four-week "gradual return to daily life" after 70% of the population were fully vaccinated against COVID-19.Streets regained vitality as restrictions on business hours and the number of people per private gathering at multipurpose facilities we

*‘Ottchil’ means natural lacquer in Korean.Lee Ki-sang is a natural lacquer craftsman who is active in the Daejeon Viewers Media Center production team and the Sumitdeul Village Broadcasting in Jeongnim-dong, Daejeon.He has studied crafts, culture, and history, materials, and efficacy related to tra

Ko Jin-young has earned Korea's 200th title on the Ladies' Professional Golf Association (LPGA) Tour of the U.S.On Oct. 24, she shot an eight-under 64 with eight birdies and no bogey in the fourth round at the BMW Ladies Championship held at LPGA International Busan (par 72) in Gijang-gun County, Bu

The number of students taking Korean studies courses worldwide has broken the 40,000 mark.The Korea Foundation on Oct. 18 said that over the past decade, it set up and supported 2,070 courses on Korean studies at 220 universities in 55 countries, with about 40,000 students taking the courses.The fou

Recently, WalkintoKorea has got the chance to interviewed Mr. Yang Dong-ki, the 12th president of the Daejeon Tourism Association.Chairman Yang Dong-ki graduated from the Department of Tourism at Sejong University, a prestigious department of tourism that produced a lot of tourism talent, and has ru

Yang Hyang-ja is the Chairman of the World Food and Culture Institute. Under the mission of spreading Korean cuisine to the world, she also became one of the co-chairs of the WTCO (World Top Chefs Organization). She recently shared a few words about Korean cuisine as well as future plans to contribu

"Korean Tank" Choi Kyoung-ju, 51, has written a new chapter in Korean men's golf.More commonly known as K.J. Choi, the golfer on Sept. 26 won the PGA Tour Champions event Pure Insurance Championship (combined prize money of USD 2.2 million) at Pebble Beach Golf Links (par 72) in Monterey, California

BTS and British rock band Coldplay on Sept. 24 at 1 p.m. Korean Standard Time (KST) dropped their new collaborative song "My Universe."The song's lyric video was released on Coldplay's official YouTube channel. The release date of the official music video is to be announced later.According to Coldpl

Daejeon Culture Broadcasting Corporation and Hanwha Group have selected the winners of the 2021 Hanbit Grand Prize to find hidden workers in various fields in the community and promote them widely.Seong Nak-won, president of the Daejeon Film Association, was selected as the winner of the 2021 Hanbit

K-pop sensation BTS on Sept. 20 delivered a message of hope to youths worldwide amid the COVID-19 pandemic in a speech at the 76th United Nations General Assembly.At the opening ceremony of the second Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Moment at U.N. headquarters in New York, BTS gave a speech on b

President Moon Jae-in on Sept. 14 gave to members of K-pop sensation BTS certificates of appointment as "special envoy for future generations and culture" at Cheong Wa Dae.Earlier in July, the president had appointed the septet as special envoy to lead international cooperation in global issues give

The megahit "Butter" by the K-pop sensation BTS has reclaimed the top spot on Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart following the release of the song's remix with American rapper Megan Thee Stallion. Billboard on Sept. 7 said "Butter" regained the top spot this week after finishing No. 7 last week. The

Korean painter Lee Jae-ho, is the master of real-landscape paintings, and also an honorary professor at Hannam University. In his career, he has run 38 individual exhibitions, 450 group exhibitions, and 60 international exhibitions. Recently, his 38th individual exhibition was successfully held with

A woman in a YouTube commercial for an insurance company shows off her attractive appearance and dancing skills. This ad exceeded 10 million views in under a month. Yet the public initially failed to notice something important -- she is a "virtual human." People expressed surprise after their discov