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Kim Hoo-ran

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Articles by Kim Hoo-ran

[Eye interview] Artist open to different genres, novel attempts

MusicSept 24, 2021

In March, Yang returned with his second album, “The Genetics of Strings,” also with the Deutsche Grammophon. The title aptly captures the spirit of the album which explores the materiality and histor...
[Well-curated weekend] Korea’s coasts, DMZ, Busan featured in shows

CultureSept 23, 2021

Korean independent romance movie “Cinema Street” directed by Kim Min-geun takes audiences to enjoy beautiful scenery in the southern port city of Busan. In the film, Sun-hwa (played by Han Sun-hwa) ...
[Serendipity] Getting together, finally

ViewpointsSept 18, 2021

When I heard a friend who is a few years older say that she missed the chaos of the kitchen before “jesa,” or ancestral rite, I was incredulous. She described how the women of her family would line ...
[Serendipity] Thinking of future in Korea

ViewpointsSept 3, 2021

A photo of massive, foreboding, rocky mountains, barren except for a few bushes, with a truckload of soldiers carrying rifles is a lasting image I have of Afghanistan. I used the photo, clipped out ...
[Eye interview] 'The stage is to die for'

MusicAug 28, 2021

Unsure if he had anything to put in the minus column, he talked about what he found to be positive about the pandemic experience. Reminding himself of his feelings when he started playing the piano ...
[Eye interview] Documenting Korean history, culture for future generations

CultureAug 13, 2021

Kang plans to be in Korea at least through the end of the year. From then on, he plans to expand to scope of his coverage to the rest of the Korean Peninsula and beyond. Once he is satisfied with dis...
[Herald interview] Former ambassador recalls harrowing escape from Mogadishu in 1991

FilmAug 12, 2021

The North Koreans came with rice that they had dug underground before leaving their residence as well as some vegetables and other foodstuffs. The wives from both sides prepared dinner. “It felt like...
[Serendipity] Indomitable human spirit soars at Tokyo Olympic

ViewpointsAug 6, 2021

Can the safety and health of the athletes be guaranteed? What is the point of having world-class athletes perform to an empty stadium? In a city where COVID-19 is raging out of control, would not the...
[Eye interview] Seodo Band pioneers ‘Joseon pop’

MusicJul 24, 2021

The form of “Moon: Disentangle” bears witness to Seodo Band’s music roots in traditional Korean music. “Pansori is storytelling. In making the album, I saw a story,” said Seo. The band plans to issu...
[Serendipity] What's the rush?

ViewpointsJul 16, 2021

Last week, Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Hwang Hee announced two candidate sites in Seoul for a building to house a large collection of art donated by the family of the late Samsung Group C...
[Serendipity] Innovations should be natural

ViewpointsJun 25, 2021

The government recently launched a new round of publicity blitz to promote Korean culture abroad, this time involving the screening of a “fashion film” set in a Joseon period palace that is also a UN...
[Serendipity] Get ready to roar back to life

ViewpointsJun 4, 2021

I won a trip to Tahiti. In my dream, that is. I was ecstatic at having won the lottery, but within a few seconds, my heart sank at the fact that I had not been vaccinated. Even in my dream. I don’...
[Eye interview] New book offers unfettered look into life in North Korea

BooksMay 8, 2021

Miller described a “complex cocktail of emotions” that living in the country that is North Korea entailed. Ultimately, she decided to think of her relationships, however fleeting or casual, as authen...
[Serendipity] Get the name right

ViewpointsMay 8, 2021

“What’s in a name? That which we call a rose/ By any other name would smell as sweet.” So spoke Juliet Capulet to Romeo Montague in Shakespearean tragedy “Romeo and Juliet.” But, of course, there is...
[Serendipity] Add color to your life

ViewpointsApr 23, 2021

The blooming of yellow forsythias heralds the long awaited arrival of spring. The golden bells are everywhere, on the sides of Seoul’s numerous rocky mountains, by the Han River and along school fenc...