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Hidden gem restaurant

Food&BeverageFeb 5, 2016

Over Lunar New Year, Seollal, there are some traditional foods that herald in the festivities. One of them is Tteokguk, or rice cake soup. It is the first meal one should eat in the new year, as it r...
Studying is the key to owning your life

PeopleFeb 5, 2016

Kim Chung-woon, formerly a psychology professor and who now calls himself a “creator,” is perfectly at home in his basement office in Nonhyeon-dong, Seoul. It is an entirely appropriate title, he cla...
Celebrate Lunar New Year with tradition

CultureFeb 5, 2016

The Lunar New Year holiday is a chance for Koreans, expats and tourists to enjoy a variety of traditional Korean activities. The five-day holiday will be full of cultural programs and hands-on experi...
Changing face of Lunar New Year holiday in Korea

CultureFeb 5, 2016

A mass migration is underway this weekend as tens of thousands of Koreans travel home for the Lunar New Year, Seollal. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport estimates that a total of 36 ...
Media art lights up cold, bleak city

TheaterJan 27, 2016

It has been more than a month since Christmas lights were stripped-down from buildings, reducing the city blocks once again to their default cold, bleak and gray. In Seoul, however, media art instal...
Forgery rumors, suspicions rock Korean art community

TheaterJan 27, 2016

The Korean art world has been engulfed in a scandal involving rumors and suspicions surrounding allegedly forged works of Lee U-fan, a leading Korean artist on the international art scene. A forged c...
Korea seeks UNESCO listing of Seoul City Wall, seowon

CultureJan 26, 2016

The government is seeking to add the historic Seoul City Wall and Confucian academies of Korea to the UNESCO cultural heritage list this year. In addition, it also hopes to include haenyeo, female di...
Germany rejects about 10 percent of migrants: minister

World NewsJan 24, 2016

BERLIN (AFP) - While Germany is still taking in around 2,000 refugees a day, it is now denying entry to about 200 others daily at its borders, the interior minister said Sunday. The tighter border c...
U.S. east coast digs out after blizzard as D.C. flights grounded

World NewsJan 24, 2016

(Bloomberg) – New York, Washington and the U.S. Mid-Atlantic on Sunday shoveled away more than two feet of snow from a blizzard that brought the region to a standstill, cut power for several hundred ...
FM Yun, Kerry reaffirm strong response to N. Korea's nuke test

Foreign affairsJan 24, 2016

SEOUL (Yonhap) – South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Sunday discussed "specific ways" to enact a strong punishment against North Korea for its recent ...
Feel warm ‘energy of life’

TheaterJan 12, 2016

Spring seems to have arrived early at 313 Art Project gallery in Seoul, despite the subzero temperatures outside. A warm yellow vibe fills the cold gallery space, created with bright LED lights emitt...
DMZ art project opens residency program in border town

TheaterJan 11, 2016

The DMZ Art Project, an annual exhibition project that takes place near the Demilitarized Zone in Korea, invites Korean and international artists to work in residence in a border town from April to O...
Certificate for Lee U-fan’s famous painting forged, say police

TheaterJan 10, 2016

The certificate for the authenticity of Lee U-fan’s 1978 painting, sold at the December auction of Korea’s second-biggest auction house K Auction, was confirmed to be forged, the Seoul Metropolitan P...
Goryeo Buddhist artifacts named national treasures

CultureJan 7, 2016

Buddhist paintings from the Goryeo Dynasty and scriptures with outstanding historical and artistic values have been named National Treasures, the Cultural Heritage Administration said Thursday. The ...
Photos capture political upheaval in Korea

CultureJan 4, 2016

Photographers are perhaps the most observant participants of major historical moments. They are at some of the most tumultuous events, capturing in a split second what will become an important new ch...