The demonstration team of the Seoul-based World Taekwondo (WT), the martial art's world governing body, has advanced to the semifinals of "America's Got Talent" (AGT), a U.S. reality competition show on NBC.The team on Aug. 25 secured one of the top five semifinal spots through a public vote online.

In June, breaking news from the performing arts community came from France. The Paris Opera Ballet (POB), one of the world's four most prestigious ballet companies, named Korean ballerina Park Sae-eun as danseuse etoile (principal dancer), the first Asian to receive the honor in the 352-year history

Maybe you have fallen in love with the Korean language thanks to K-dramas or K-pop. Especially for people who are used to the Roman alphabet, looking at the Hangul (Korean alphabet) for the first time, it’s like discovering a new world. However, like any other language, it requires time, discipline,

Export marketers, which have sold hundreds of products such as food, chemical materials, machinery, and plants at the top of exports for 25 years, have traveled around the world to meet the know-how and wisdom of market development. It is more beneficial when individuals and companies seeking to pio

A cell phone rings at a quiet office. But a search for the phone shows that the sound isn't coming from a phone but from a video titled "iPhone sound effect" by the acapella group Maytree.Posted on the group's official YouTube channel on Feb. 5, the video as of July 7 had 16.17 million views and abo

Recently, WalkintoKorea was honored to have the opportunity to meet Mr. Nihat Khalilzade, Director of Yeoksam Global Village Center.Located in the prosperous Gangnam district, Yeoksam Village Center provides most of the needs of foreigners living in Korea. The organization serves as the first point

Actor Youn Yuh-jung has made history by winning Best Supporting Actress at this year's Academy Awards for her performance in "Minari."At the awards ceremony held at Union Station in Los Angeles on April 25, Youn became the first Korean to win an Oscar for acting and the second Asian to do so after M

It is belatedly known that he learned CPR as a CPR experience equipment set up at Dunsan Fire Station and contributed to the resuscitation of cardiac arrest patients.The main character is Park Han-jong, a station employee working at Daejeon Metro City Hall Station.He found an elderly man who collaps

To develop Korea's lacquer culture, CEO Lee Ki-sang of ‘OTTSAN’(옻산), developed the world-class refined lacquer for the first time in Korea through 15 years of joint technology development of natural lacquer refining technology that only Japan had. It is a lacquerware company that produces various la

The tourism industry has a big impact on the population and lifestyle. With the changes of the times, the contents and forms of tourism are diverse and complex. The tourism industry is highly sensitive to changes in external circumstances, such as social, economic, and natural factors. Social factor

Majungmool (Director Gil Dae-hwan), a mental rehabilitation facility in Jungri-dong, Daedeok-gu, Daejeon (Director of Daedeok-gu Health Center, Kim Joo-yeon ), is a mentally disabled joint family and is carrying out projects for mental rehabilitation and social rehabilitation through various activit

Since last year, the LINC+ Project Team at Sejong University has been focusing on training young professionals who will lead the future hospitality and tourism industry. This was made possible after Sejong University was selected as one of the LINC+ (Leaders in Industry Cooperation+) Grant recipient

Seoul National University's Prof. Hyeon Taeg-hwan was named in the Nobel Prize nomination for Chemistry for collaborative research with foreign scholars on nanocrystalline technology, according to information on the main website. In the field of Biomedical, research by professor of biology Pamela J.

The head of the newly formed Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) and the director of this year's Oscar winner for Best Picture, "Parasite," are on Time magazine's list of this year's 100 most influential people.KDCA Commissioner Jeong Eun-kyeong appeared in the leaders category, chose

Son Kyu-sung (손규성), former deputy director of the Hankyoreh newspaper(한겨레신문), will be the editorial manager of Walkintokorea. He participated as a founding member of the Hankyoreh newspaper and worked for 23 years, and showed his writing skills for a long time in the media world. His long experience

Traditional becomes the root of modernity and modernity develops to evolved traditional culture, familiarity, homogeneity, and similarity of culture are important factors in tourism industry and selecting travel destination. In the tourism industry, society, politics, economy, environment, technolog

Overview of Norwegian tourism and culture – what would you recommend to visit & experience to Norway?It depends on your time schedule and interest, but for many people, the capital city of Oslo will be the gateway to Norway. I would therefore recommend you to visit this beautiful and exciting city.

It is said that God created the world and man invented the city. Really the city is a masterpiece among inventions that man has invented so far. The city has provided man with necessities, so that we can enjoy our lives by satisfying our needs. Only a city can allow us to lead our lives so convenien

On May 18, 1980, Korea’s one of the most intense and significant pro-democracy popular uprisings known as the May 18 Democratic Movement took place in Gwangju.While citizen militias were fighting against the dictatorship on the front line, brave people of the Yangdong Market also risked their lives

Kuwaiti Ambassador to Korea Bader AlAwadi takes part in Korea.net's ongoing "Overcome Together" Relay Challenge campaign.Let's meet him and find out what he does to help fight the COVID-19 crisis.Produced in cooperation with the Kuwaiti embassy in SeoulEdited by Korea.net#Overcome Together Relay Cha