Seong Nak-won, president of the Film Council, was elected as the 12th president of the Daejeon City Branch of the Korean Federation of Arts and Culture Organizations (hereby refer to as Daejeon Arts Center)On the 24th, Daejeon Arts Center held the regular general meeting and executive election for 2

By Cao Thi Ha Residents of member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) have given Korea a likeability score of 81 out of 100. A survey on mutual perceptions by Korean and ASEAN nationals released on Feb. 14 by the Korea Foundation's ASEAN Cultural Centre in Seoul said Southea

By Kim Hyelin Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Park Bo Gyoon on Feb. 9 adopted a joint statement with his Japanese and Chinese counterparts on raising cooperation in sports. Minister Park held the fourth sports ministers meeting of Korea, Japan and China with Keiko Nagaoka, Japanese minister

By Yoon Sojung Select public schools in Belgium will offer Korean-language classes. The Korean Cultural Center in Brussels on Feb. 6 said it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Ministry of Education of Belgium's Wallonia-Brussels Federation to promote and spread the Korean language.

By Theresia Margareth The annual Hanbok Model Contest from April through June will be held in major Korean cities as well as France from May to August. The Seoul-based World Culture Association on Feb. 8 said the event will be held 11 times consecutively in the domestic cities of Seoul, Incheon, Bus

By Kim Hayeon A British town has designated "Kimchi Day" for the first time in Europe. The Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames in London on Jan. 30 proclaimed Nov. 22 as Kimchi Day and will mark this occasion on this every year starting this year. Kingston includes New Malden, home to the biggest

An indispensable dish in Korea on Seollal (Lunar New Year) is tteokguk (soup with thinly sliced rice cake).This food reflects the wish of Korea's ancestors to start a new year solemnly and cleanly like the whiteness of the tteok (rice cake) in the soup. To make tteokguk, long garaetteok (cylindrical

Events spreading the warmth and excitement of Seollal (Lunar New Year) are scheduled around the world including Asia, Europe, North America and Africa.The Korean Culture and Information Service (KOCIS), an affiliate of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, on Jan. 20 said it will host events

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism on Jan. 17 said the literary exhibition "Lee Sang, Yeom Sang-seop, Hyun jin-gun, Yoon Dong-ju, stroll through Cheong Wa Dae" attracted 24,000 visitors in 25 days at Chunchugwan, the media center at the former presidential compound of Cheong Wa Dae in Seoul

In November of last year, after the Friendship and Cooperation city agreement between Sejong City and Sofia - the capital of Bulgaria, exchanges began in earnest with an exhibition of the ‘Cyrillic alphabet’, a unique alphabet of Bulgaria, at the National Library of Sejong CityThis exhibition “Hidde

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association, organizer of the Golden Globe Awards, on Dec. 12 named the melo-thriller "Decision to Leave" one of the honors' five nominees for Best Picture - Non-English Language. Director Park Chan-wook's movie will compete against "All Quiet on the Western Front" (Germa

K-pop boy band BTS has won the top group honor at this year's People's Choice Awards of the U.S. for the third consecutive year.BTS on Dec. 6 won Group of the Year, Concert Tour and Collboration at this year's awards in Santa Monica, California.With a streak starting in 2020, the group this year bea

Time magazine of the U.S. has named the K-pop girl group BLACKPINK "Entertainer of The Year" for 2022. The magazine's website on Dec. 5 unveiled its list of the year's most influential figures in a range of sectors. BLACKPINK is the second Korean music act to receive the honor after BTS in 2020. Cal

“Talchum, mask dance drama in the Republic of Korea” is added to the list of UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in the morning of November 30 during the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage in Rabat, Morocco.Korea’s mask dance include 18 t

By Park Hye RiPhotos = Ministry of Culture, Sports and TourismKorean media arts are being displayed at the center of Tokyo, Japan, and Hanoi, Vietnam, to promote Korea.The Korean Culture and Information Service (KOCIS), an affiliate of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, on Dec. 1 said it w

By Yoon SojungPhotos = Cultural Heritage Administration The Cultural Heritage Administration (CHA) on Nov. 26 said UNESCO has added three sets of historical documents to the world body's Memory of the World for Asia Pacific Regional Register, including "Naebang Gasa" (Song of the Inner Chambers) fro

Korea Tourism Organization, in collaboration with Lotte Department Store Sisihosi (Curation store), has developed local specialty food souvenir products from around the country. After picking 100 food nominees based on the data collected through a survey from foreign travelers, eight “Local Specialt

By Park RokdamDirector of Korea Studio Sool Traditional Korean alcoholic beverages have five tastes: sweet, sour, bitter, astringent and spicy. Usually sporting a golden color, such drinks also have the beautiful scents of flowers and fruit. The development of alcoholic beverages, sool, is closely r

Korea.net · K-pop fuels boom in Korean-language courses at US colleges National Public Radio (NPR) of the U.S. on Oct. 19 said the K-pop boom has fueled a surge in enrollment in Korean-language courses at American colleges.Quoting the Modern Language Association, the NPR report said, "U.S. college s

By Jung Joo-riPhotos = National Museum of Korea An exhibition on the Oegyujanggak Uigwe, the highlight of the Royal Protocols of the Joseon Dynasty, was opened on Nov. 1. To mark the 10th anniversary of the return of the historical documents, the National Museum of Korea in Seoul's Yongsan-gu Distri