"I'm more curious about how audiences react (to my film) than the award from the Cannes Film Festival."Director Park Chan-wook said this on June 2 at a news conference for "Decision to Leave" at JW Marriott Dongdaemun Square Seoul in the capital's Jongno-gu District."Compared to my previous films, t

"When my name was called, I panicked for a few seconds. I want to slowly wallow in this feeling."Actor Song Kang-ho on May 31 recalled the moment when he heard his name called as the winner of the Best Actor award on May 28 at the 75th Cannes Film Festival for his role in "Broker."At a news conferen

The Madanggeuk Company Wukumchi (CEO Lee Joo-haeng) will perform 'Hashi Haji', a performance that inherits the spirit of the national independence movement by Danjae Shin Chaeho at 8 p.m. on June 9th (Thursday) to 11th (Saturday) at the outdoor special stage of Daejeon Modern and Contemporary Histor

Daejeon City announced on the 16th that Daejeon Webtoon Campus was selected as 'Nationwide No. 1' for the second consecutive year following last year in the '2021 Regional Webtoon Campus Operation Evaluation' jointly conducted by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Korea Comics Promo

A traditional method of making the traditional paper Hanji that was thought to be lost has been rediscovered through materials found in the U.S.The National Institute of Forest Science of the Korea Forest Service on May 27 said the method was recovered by analyzing traditional Hanji-making tools and

Daejeon Metropolitan Branch (Chairman Sung Nak-Won) of the Federation of Korean Filmmakers announced that they held a Love Sharing Movie Walk with GN Korea at 7 p.m. on May 19th on the 6th floor of Megabox Daejeon Jungang-ro branch.The event ended with a total of 170 people attending, including 128

"Broker," invited to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 75th Cannes Film Festival, has been sold to 171 countries.The movie's distributor CJ ENM on May 23 said, "'Broker,' the first Korean movie by world-class master Hirokazu Kore-eda, was sold to 171 countries in the world," adding, "This achievemen

Korea.net has welcome this year's incoming class of Honorary Reporters and K-influencers to promote Korea worldwide at an induction ceremony in Seoul.The Korean Culture and Information Service (KOCIS), an affiliate of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, on May 20 held the ceremony at MBC Go

The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs and Korean Food Promotion Institute on May 17 said they will hold through November the "Hansik One-day Tour for Foreigners," which was launched the day before. Held to promote food tourism in Korea, the interactive program allows foreign participan

The U.S. weekly Time on May 12 named the K-pop girl quartet Aespa to the magazine's "Next Generation Leaders" list.The annual list features trendsetters and trailblazers.Aespa's management agency SM Entertainment said Aespa is the only K-pop act on this year's list and the first K-pop girl group to

The Montgomery Biscuits, a Double A minor-league team under the U.S. Major League Baseball's Tampa Bay Devil Rays, for the second straight year has had players wear uniforms inscribed with the word "kimchi" in Hangeul.The squad's players on April 29 played a game wearing an orange uniform with "kimc

An exhibition commemorating the first anniversary of the donation of artworks from the collection of the late Samsung Group Chairman Lee Kun-hee will be opened on April 28 for four months.The National Museum of Korea (NMK) on April 27 announced its joint hosting of "A Collector's Invitation" with th

The crime drama "The Next Sohee" directed by Jung July and starring actor Bae Doona will be the closing film in the International Critics' Week of next month's Cannes Film Festival, which marks its 75th anniversary this year.The movie is the first from Korea to close the Critics' Week section of the

The 2022 Bogota International Book Fair began on April 19 at the Corferias International Business and Exhibition Center in the Colombian capital. Korea is participating as guest country of honor to mark 60 years of bilateral relations with Colombia.The second-largest event of its kind in South Ameri

'The Art Space 193', located from the 40th floor of the Shinsegae Expo Tower to the 42nd floor, which is the highest floor, commemorates the 1993 Daejeon Expo and has established itself as a new landmark in Daejeon with a name that symbolizes the height of the building (193m).From the observatory on

Private Korean broadcaster SBS and the companies PK Events and K-Pop Europa on May 14-15 will jointly host the concert "KPOP.FLEX" at Deutsche Bank Park in Frankfurt.K-Pop Europa on April 14 said in a news release that 10 K-pop acts including Mamamoo, Monsta X, Exo's Kai and Enhyphen will perform at

Korea will participate as a guest country of honor at this year's Bogota International Book Fair, which opens on April 19 in the Colombian capital.The Korean Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism on April 14 said the ministry, Korean Publishers Association, Publication Industry Promotion Agency of

Not long ago, on February 24, 2022, the 138th Independents Exhibition was held in France at the Grand Palais in Paris, France, despite the Corona crisis. It is the pride of France's art culture, and despite World War II, the Angdepangdang was held, and it is an international art event supported by t

This year's "Moonlight Tour" at Changdeokgung Palace in Seoul will open on April 21, with the historical landmark to be illuminated after dawn. The Royal Palaces and Tombs Center of the Cultural Heritage Administration (CHA) on April 13 announced that this year's tour is scheduled for Thursday to Su

The New York Times has put the spotlight on the traditional Korean clothing Hanbok as shown by the acclaimed Apple TV+ series "Pachinko," a story about four generations of a Korean family set in Korea, Japan, and the U.S. In the article "One Garment's Journey Through History," the daily on April 9 s