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2020 World Heritage Festival to kick off on Friday

Jul 27, 2020

The second part of 2020 World Heritage Festival, jointly hosted by the Culture Heritage Administration and North Gyeongsang Province government -- which will run until Aug. 30 -- will start Friday wi...
[Weekender] Audiobook market expands in Korea, buoyed by COVID-19

Jul 25, 2020

Users have greater choice of titles, unique content as competition for market share grows
[Video] A cup of coffee brewed with inspiration

Jul 22, 2020

A cafe that trains and hires baristas who have mental disabilities
Incheon's iconic summer festivals postponed or canceled due to COVID-19

Jul 21, 2020

INCHEON -- South Korean city Incheon's iconic summer events -- rock and beer festivals -- will likely be delayed for several months or canceled this year due to the coronavirus outbreak, municipal of...
National Museum of Korea to reopen with largest exhibition of state-designated treasures

Jul 20, 2020

“Wooden Seated Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva” of Buramsa Temple in Namyangju, Gyeonggi Province, is also shown in this section. To comply with the Health Ministry’s rules on social distancing, the mus...
[Graphic News] Exports of cultural goods top $10b on games, character IP

Jul 20, 2020

South Korea’s annual exports of cultural goods exceeded $10 billion won for the first time in 2019, led by gains in the games and character intellectual property sectors, a government report showed....
State cultural institutions in Seoul metropolitan area to reopen

Jul 19, 2020

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism announced Sunday that its affiliated institutions -- museums, art galleries, libraries and performance venues – can resume operations. The Culture Ministr...
Government’s Hallyu department announces plans to support Hallyu expansion

Jul 16, 2020

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism’s new Hallyu department on Thursday announced detailed plans to support the Korean Wave in a press briefing in Seoul. Before the new department was launch...
[Video] Newly coined online terms fun for young Koreans, puzzle for others

Jul 16, 2020

As with other cultures and countries, Korea’s youth have their own vocabularies, slangs and some creative expressions reflecting a range of trends and ideas. Korean teenagers are producing a torrent...
Busan Biennale to showcase mixture of literature, visual and audio art

Jul 15, 2020

Works of literature will merge with visual and recorded audio forms of art at this year's Busan Biennale, one of South Korea's largest art festivals, the organizers said Wednesday, with the biyearly ...
2020 IYF World Camp ‘The World Connected’ to start online on July 26

Jul 15, 2020

The International Youth Fellowship will be holding its 2020 IYF World Camp online from July 26 to 29, with an aim to offer positive message and inspiration to college students who will lead the next ...
Boryeong Mud Festival goes online

Jul 15, 2020

The Boryeong Mud Festival will be held online this year starting from Friday, due to the continued spread of COVID-19. The annual celebration of mud along its sandy beach in South Chungcheong Provin...
Andong Mask Dance Festival canceled due to COVID-19

Jul 14, 2020

The Andong City government announced on Tuesday that it had decided to cancel the Andong Mask Dance Festival, which was set to start Sept. 25, due to the danger of COVID-19. According to the organiz...
Take VR tour of Korea’s first Western-style building at Deoksugung

Jul 13, 2020

The Cultural Heritage Administration’s Deoksugung Palace Management Office and South Korea’s top mobile carrier, SK Telecom, on Monday launched a virtual reality tour of Deoksugung’s Western-style Se...
A step toward globalization: Accepting Korean spoken with a foreign accent

Jul 13, 2020

“When they make fun of a person’s accent do they not realize that the said person is able to fluently speak another language?” tweeted 2PM member Ok Taec-yeon at the time. That message doesn’t seem ...