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‘Companion plants’ good company for young people living aloneCultureApr 5, 2020Leafy, a company that provides tips on growing plants through social media and sells plants online, has more than 70,000 followers on Instagram. The company is run by nine people in their 20s or earl... -
MMCA launches online museum series for kidsArts&DesignApr 2, 2020The National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in South Korea has launched an online museum series for children who are spending most of their time at home amid the COVID-10 outbreak, to help the... -
Art of drawing letters: Beauty of calligraphy unveiled at MMCA for first timeArts&DesignMar 31, 2020“Kim’s work shows how the Korean poetry and the paintings of moon jar and plum flowers -- one of gracious plants that the literati enjoyed painting -- get along well in a modern way,” Bae said. “Alt... -
Art auction markets perform well despite COVID-19 threatArts&DesignMar 27, 2020The two main art auction houses in Korea saw better performance than expected in March despite the COVID-19 outbreak clouding the art market. Seoul Auction, the nation’s largest auction house, saw i... -
Seokchon Lake to be shut down until mid-April to prevent COVID-19 infectionCultureMar 27, 2020Entrances to Seokchon Lake, a famous sightseeing destination for its cherry blossom trees that bloom in spring in Jamsil, southeastern Seoul, will be temporarily shut down until mid-April to prevent ... -
Feminist photographer Park Young-sook inspired by sacrificed ‘witches’Arts&DesignMar 26, 2020When Park Young-sook, the first-generation feminist photographer, visited the Gotjawal Forest on Jeju Island for the first time last year, she had to walk through dead vines and thought of the forest... -
Flowers in all hues to help you beat ‘corona blues’CultureMar 25, 2020Ji Seung-hee, vice president of the Korea Flower Academy, suggests picking up narcissus for yourself -- the flower’s slogan is, appropriately, “loving yourself.” “We are all exhausted at this moment... -
Nam Hwa-yeon showcases artworks inspired by legendary, controversial dancerArts&DesignMar 23, 2020Choi quickly earned international recognition through overseas performances. Pablo Picasso described Choi as a “real artist who exceptionally portrays the dream and ideal of our time period” after wa... -
Feeling uneasy at homeCultureMar 22, 2020Kim Yong-chul, a university graduate, has spent most of his time at home applying for jobs and studying for tests since late last year. But as the novel coronavirus has hit the country, in a crisis s... -
Christians worry that COVID-19 outbreaks at churches could feed anti-Christian hostilityCultureMar 19, 2020As several COVID-19 infection clusters have emerged at churches, bringing religious institutions to the public’s attention as potential sources of contagion, some Christians worry that these incident... -
Instsallaiton artist Anicka Yi chosen for Hyundai Commission show at Tate ModernArts&DesignMar 16, 2020Yi has held solo exhibitions at Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York, Kunsthalle Basel in Switzerland and Fridericianum in Germany. She has also participated in the 2019 Venice Biennale, the 2017... -
EBS takes action to protect copyrights over PengsooTelevisionMar 13, 2020The Educational Broadcasting System is finally taking action to protect its copyrights over the popular character Pengsoo, after numerous infringements since the beloved penguin debuted last year. T... -
After server errors, ‘Mr. Trot’ winner to be unveiled SaturdayTelevisionMar 13, 2020The winner of TV Chosun’s hit talent audition show “Mr. Trot” will be announced Saturday, after the broadcaster failed to name the winner on its Thursday’s episode, citing an unprecedented number of ... -
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[Weekender] Handmade masks comfort marginalized people amid serious shortageCultureMar 12, 2020When Park Jin-ryoung, a Daegu resident, saw people waiting in line for hours to buy a face mask -- a must-have survival item in the city, which accounts for nearly 70 percent of COVID-19 cases in Sou... -
Paik Nam-june retrospective to open in AmsterdamArts&DesignMar 11, 2020Paik Nam-june, who was born in Seoul in 1932 and died in 2006, expanded art medium to television in the early 1960s at a time when it was a newly emerging media. He emphasized positive functions of t...
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