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Sept 27, 2013

Festivals “The World Traditional Medicine Fair and Festival”: The world’s first fair dedicated to Oriental medicine will take place in Sancheong, a village on Jirisan Mountain, until Oct. 20. The festival, which celebrates the 400th anniversary of the publication of Donguibogam, the ancient Korean medical book, showcases the latest Oriental medicine trends, treatments and health information. Vis...
Bridge

Sept 27, 2013

The most common question that bridge experts are asked is when you should draw trumps when playing a suit contract. It is quite a difficult question, but we can simplify it by pointing out that about 25-40 percent of experts will lead a trump at the first opportunity. Facing an opening lead of ♣Q, South was careful to win in the dummy. If somebody had a singleton club, it was likely to be East, ...
Joseon musical instruments return from U.S. after 120 years

Sept 26, 2013

Exhibition highlighting Joseon era’s eight musical instruments to be open Oct. 1
Bas relief statue of Buddha, Tripitaka Koreana blocks shown to the public

Sept 25, 2013

Unveilings mark celebration of the opening of Tripitaka Koreana Festival on Friday
2013 MacArthur ‘genius grant’ winners unveiled

Sept 25, 2013

CHICAGO (AP) ― The old man couldn’t control his diabetes, no matter how closely he followed his doctor’s instructions. A nurse visited him to find out why the insulin wasn’t working, only to watch the nearly blind man inadvertently inject himself with a syringe filled with nothing but air. It sounds simple to track a patient outside of office visits. But the Chicago-based John D. and Catherine T...
Korean mudflat-inspired garden finds permanent home in France

Sept 25, 2013

Hwang Ji-hae’s 2012 garden devoted to Suncheon Bay mudflats goes on exhibit in Lons le Saunier
Buddhist chief slams order’s election system

Sept 24, 2013

The race for the leadership of the country’s largest Buddhist order has intensified with the incumbent chief slamming the current election system. Ven. Jaseung, the current leader of the Jogye Order, on Monday said he did not support the current election system. “I think the leaders should be recommended for the position by a unanimous recommendation,” he said as he announced his platform in Se...
Korean kkokdu to be exhibited across Europe

Sept 24, 2013

The Kokdu Museum in Seoul will be promoting Korea’s traditional wooden figurine culture overseas with a touring exhibition across Europe, the museum announced Tuesday. Collections of various kkokdu from the museum will be on display in Germany, Hungary, Belgium and France starting Thursday until April of next year. The Kokdu Museum is dedicated to the time-honored funeral rituals of kkokdu, whi...
Tomb found of ancient Chinese female ‘prime minister’

Sept 16, 2013

BEIJING (AFP) ― Archaeologists have discovered the tomb of a 7th-century female politician who was one of the most powerful women in China’s ancient history, local media said on Thursday. Shangguan Wan’er ― who lived from 664 to 710 in the Tang dynasty ― was a trusted aide to China’s first empress Wu Zetian and is sometimes described as effectively her prime minister. She married Wu’s son, whil...
Fashion KODE 2013 to be held next month

Sept 16, 2013

A trade show of Korean fashion brands will be held from Oct. 17-19 at COEX in Samseong-dong, southern Seoul, the Korea Creative Contents Agency said Monday. Envisioned as Asia’s No. 1 fashion trade show, Fashion KODE 2013 will open with the “KODE Fashion Fair” where international and domestic buyers are invited to meet with the participating Korean fashion brands. The show will be opened to the ...
Open lab for content makers to launch in Daehangno

Sept 16, 2013

An open lab where cultural content creators can initiate, develop and execute their ideas will be set up in Daehangno in northern Seoul in May 2014, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism said Monday. The lab, dubbed “Contents Korea Lab,” will be located inside Hongik University Art Center in Daehangno, consisting of seminar and networking rooms, exhibition halls and studios equipped with 3...
Rare Buddha statue to be unveiled during Tripitaka Koreana Festival

Sept 16, 2013

A 1,200-year-old Buddha statue will be shown to the public for the first time during this year’s global Tripitaka festival, the event’s organizer said Monday. The Haeinsa Temple will unveil “Maaebul,” a 7.5-meter high Buddha statue engraved into a rock wall at Gayasan Mountain, for the 2013 Tripitaka Koreana Festival, which kicks off on Sept. 27 for a 45-day run, the Millennial Anniversary of th...
3 pre-Hispanic artifacts returned to Mexico

Sept 16, 2013

MEXICO CITY (AP) ― Mexicans got their first chance Friday to see three pre-Hispanic stone carvings that were returned by the Lowe Art museum in Miami after they were apparently removed illegally from Mexico. Mexico’s National Institute of Anthropology and History says the three stone pieces depict a serpent, a water god and a priest or nobleman. While it is hard to say what culture or ruin site...
Korea Artist Prize winner adopts nature to describe sick society

Sept 16, 2013

Kong Sung-hun, winner of this year’s Korea Artist Prize, said he wanted to show a slice of life through his paintings. “I want to get away from the current art trend and reveal pieces of ordinary lives, including myself living in the present,” he said. The 48-year-old fine arts professor at Sungkyunkwan University received the award from the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea...
Staying in the city for big break

Sept 13, 2013

Something on offer for everyone without plans this Chuseok