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Ha Ji-won signs on for sci-fi reality series

Ha Ji-won has agreed to become a full-time cast member of a new tvN sci-fi series, according to her agency on Friday. Ha Ji-won (Yonhap) TvN’s new sci-fi reality show is designed to bring viewers i...

May 11, 2018
Television
‘The Heiresses’ wins top international prize at Jeonju film fest

The 19th Jeonju International Film Festival announced a total of 12 awards across five categories, in a closing ceremony held in Jeonju, North Jeolla Province, Wednesday. The grand prize for the int...

May 10, 2018
Film
Wind in the air at Seoul Jazz Festival

The annual Seoul Jazz Festival returns from May 19-20 with a lineup of musicians from Korea and abroad, at Olympic Park in eastern Seoul. Wind instruments take center stage this year with the presen...

May 10, 2018
Music
CICI holding photo, video contest on Korea’s alleys, food

The Corea Image Communications Institute is organizing the second “Korea Through the Lens, Video & Photography” contest. (CICI) This year’s contest focuses on Korea’s alleys and food. The contest i...

May 7, 2018
Culture
Korean modern art fits right in at Deoksugung

The Deoksugung branch of the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary, located inside the Joseon palace of Deoksugung, is perhaps one of the most suitable places to house Korea’s modern art. A pic...

May 7, 2018
Arts&Design
Violinist Lee Ji-yoon made youngest lifetime-tenure concertmaster at Staatskapelle Berlin

Korean violinist Lee Ji-yoon has been granted lifetime tenure as concertmaster of Staatskapelle Berlin, officials of a local cultural foundation said Wednesday. Violinist Lee Ji-yoon (Lee's official...

May 2, 2018
Music
Scottish Ballet returns with ‘Hansel and Gretel’

The last time the Scottish Ballet performed in Seoul was in 1992 as part of the cultural entourage accompanying Prince Charles and Princess Diana. After more than a quarter of century, Scottish Ball...

May 1, 2018
Theater
Seoul Mediacity Biennale to become public-oriented festival

Seoul Museum of Art aims to offer platforms where the public, artists and experts can actively engage on the same footing in the 2018 Seoul Mediacity Biennale, which is slated to kick off on Sept. 6 ...

April 30, 2018
Arts&Design
Forgetting is bliss, but not always

”White Chrysanthemum“ By Mary Lynn Bracht Chatto & Windus Books (320 pages, $18.11) One of the victims of Japan’s wartime sexual slavery passed away Monday at 97. Choi Duk-nye‘s death brings the n...

April 25, 2018
Book Review
MMCA show asks how much we know about Asia

How much do we know about Asia? “How Little You Know About Me,” currently running at the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, sets out to remind us how little we know about the dive...

April 23, 2018
Arts&Design
Doctor who performed lipoma procedure on actress Han Ye-seul admits fault

The doctor who performed a lipoma removal procedure on actress Han Ye-seul apologized for the botched operation in an interview uploaded to YouTube, Saturday. Dr. Lee Ji-hyun of the Cha Medical Cent...

April 22, 2018
Television
Pianist Son Yeol-eum pays homage to Marriner with her new album

Pianist and artistic director of Great Mountains Music Festival, Son Yeol-eum is dedicating her latest album to her late mentor Sir Neville Marriner. Simply titled “Mozart,” the album due to be rele...

April 17, 2018
Music
[Herald interview] Artists duo fascinated by nomadism of island

The Korea Herald interviewed Jane and Louise Wilson by e-mail. Following is an excerpt of the exchanges. The Korea Herald: What kind of project are you currently working on? Jane and Louise Wilson:...

April 16, 2018
Culture
Giving remote island a new lease of life

Gapado is a small island located between Jeju Island and southernmost islet of Marado, known for its idyllic pastoral scenery and annual green barley festival, which attracts some 60,000 visitors. G...

April 16, 2018
Culture
Actress Go Hyun-jung makes first appearance after stepping down from drama

Go Hyun-jung on Thursday made her first public appearance since stepping down from “Return,” in the middle of production, in February. The actress left her lead role in “Return,” apparently due to c...

April 13, 2018
Television

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