UNESCO-listed cultural heritage makes colorful return, marking Buddha’s birthday

Spring offers the perfect weather for enjoying street performances. Taking advantage of the warm sunshine and to support street performers, the Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture has organized a festival dedicated to various street arts ranging from puppet shows to a percussions concert. From April 23 to May 22, events take place every weekend from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. at different places. For t...

In response to public outrage over the exclusion of foreign children from free admission to local historical sites on Children’s Day, the Cultural Heritage Administration on Thursday announced plans to revise the policy and will now allow all visitors, regardless of age or nationality, to enter at no cost. The original post, which was taken down Wednesday morning, said two accompanying guardians...

Cultural Heritage Administration stands by discriminatory admission policy on Childrens' Day

Samyang Foods was the main sponsor of the K-pop superstars’ concerts in the US as it commemorated the 10th anniversary of Buldak.

A seminar that will shed light on the current state and future of Korean culture will take place online Wednesday, the organizers said Monday. Co-hosted by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and Korea Tourism Organization, the seminar, titled “The Spirit of the Times as Reflected in K-Culture” will start with a keynote speech from Pier Luigi Sacco, a professor of cultural economics at I...

Artists who make hanji flowers, or jihwa, are known as “jihwajang.” Jihwajang Ven. Seokyong, 54, is the Gyeonggi Province Intangible Cultural Heritage holder No. 63, who is working on reinventing Buddhist flowers in ancient paintings. “There are 56 different flowers that appear in Buddhist art. We can make about 20 of them. I am going to resurrect the rest of them,” said Ven. Seokyong, who move...

Taste coffee from Ganeung in the heart of Seoul Coffee aficionados do not have to travel to Gangneung, a city famous for coffee in Gangwon Province, to try a delectable cup of espresso this weekend. Renowned baristas from Gangneung are coming to Culture Station Seoul 284, a former Seoul train station that has become a multipurpose art and cultural complex. The event titled “Barista and Gangneu...

Front row from left: Didier Beltoise, president of Cs ; Hye-kyung Kim, vice-president of Enzychem Lifesciences ; Kim Young-jin, CEO of Tchai Kim ; Sripriya Ranganathan, Indian Ambassador to Korea; Choi Jung-wha, president of Corea Image Communication Institute CICI; Mukund Santhanam, RE 100 Strategic advisor; Mozes Csoma, Hungarian Ambassador to Korea and Nam Sun-mi, spouse of the Hungarian Ambas...

Tickets for “Seokjojeon at Night,” priced at 26,000 won per person, go on sale at 2 p.m. Friday online via Interpark. People with disabilities and those 65 and older can book tickets by calling 1544-1555. Each person is allowed a maximum purchase of two tickets. Up to 16 people are admitted per tour. “Seokjojeon at Night” is organized by the CHA’s Royal Palaces and Tombs Center and the Korea C...

A separate unit will be set up in Singapore to create content based on the local culture and languages as well. The company posted 558.8 billion won in sales in 2021 with 26 dramas and films, becoming the biggest production company in South Korea in terms of annual sales. “The video content aside, SLL will expand its business to various fields, including IP-based projects, nonfungible tokens an...

The 2022 Bogota International Book Fair (FILBO) has opened in Colombia's capital with South Korea as the guest of honor. Launched in 1988, FILBO is the second-largest event of its kind in South America, where an average of 600,000 people visit every year. The event returned in person for the first time in three years due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The 34th edition kicked off in a ceremony held T...

Since the release of Netflix’s mega-hit Korean original “Squid Game” last year, English-language online posts related to Hallyu, or the Korean Wave, have increased approximately 30-fold, according to a Korean Foundation for International Cultural Exchange report released Monday. The Culture Ministry and KOFICE jointly analyzed data from three online media platform categories -- video and social ...

This year’s performance named, “Embracing King Sejong’s Spring,” will be held indoors at Jipgyeongdang, the Joseon queen’s royal chamber at Gyeongbok Palace. Three musicians will be playing traditional instruments -- geomungo, a six-stringed zither, daegeum, a large bamboo flute, and danso, a smaller flute -- and a song master of gasa, Korean traditional narrative song. From solo performances t...

As part of a new post-COVID-19 scheme, audience number limits will be lifted starting Monday, according to the Culture Ministry. The change is expected to revitalize the performing arts and theater sectors hit hard by the pandemic. Food consumption inside all cultural facilities, including movie theaters, indoor sports stadiums and religious facilities will be allowed starting April 25. Masks s...