Dubai opens Korea tourism office Dubai Corporation for Tourism and Commerce Marketing said that it has opened its Korean tourism office aimed at promoting tourism to the most populous city in the United Arab Emirates. In a launching event with the local media and tourism industries, Dubai Corporation said that the city aims to attract 20 million tourists by 2020 when Dubai will be holding the E...

Even though Pizzafication Jaha opened over a year ago in Seoul’s Seochon, chef Suh Ki-won is still trying to achieve his idea of perfect pizza. For Suh, the goal is not to create a transcendental Neopolitan or Roman or any specific regional type of pie per se. While the roots of his style of pizza are planted in Italy’s Napoli, Suh sees pizza as the launching pad for a more personal form of gas...

When people think of Indian food, curries, butter chicken and naan usually come to mind. “India has various food! Every 15 kilometers in India, food changes,” said Kasiviswanathan in an interview. Udaygiri added, “What you get in one city, you won’t get the same in other cities just like in Korea and its provincial areas.” Across India, they said, people are different and their food uses diffe...

World-renowned designers, artists, architects, brand marketers and tech entrepreneurs gathered at the Herald Design Forum to explore and share their insights on the future of design in a variety of fields in Seoul on Tuesday. Architect Shigeru Ban, the 2014 Pritzker Prize laureate, shared his thoughts on how design can be used to help people hit by natural disasters, while Randi Zuckerberg, foun...

Around 1,000 design innovation enthusiasts flocked to the Grand Hyatt Seoul on Tuesday for the launch of this year’s Herald Design Forum. Under the theme of “Design Platform Creates Value Through Integration,” the fifth annual design forum sought to expand the realm of creative ingenuity in hopes of sparking a brighter future of innovation and outside-the-box thinking. The forum featured lectur...

Designers have used innovative thinking to bring changes in every aspect of life. But changes they bring often fail to reach the underprivileged, creating an ever-widening gap in benefits to different sections of society. Kim, 25, has been in the media spotlight with the first braille smartwatch designed for the blind even before its release. The watch is expected to officially be released next ...

President Park Geun-hye said Tuesday that design has become an important field that can not only boost the value of the cultural industry but also has the potential to create a “new economy.” Design is changing the way people do things in arts and culture, and most importantly, boosting job creation especially for the young, he said. “Despite what anybody says, we are in an age where the young,...

Korea will hold a series of design fairs and business events in and around Seoul, starting with the Herald Design Forum on Tuesday. The Herald forum, to be held at Grand Hyatt Hotel in Seoul, will bring together 11 creative minds in diverse fields of design, ranging from architecture, art, food to 3-D printing, who will share their experience and insights with local audience. They include Randi...

Arik Levy, a world-renowned industrial designer, said Korea’s design sector should keep working toward narrowing the communication and cultural gap between people. KH: What makes a good design, or a good designer? Has the concept changed? Levy: Well, yes and no. No for design, due to the fact that good design answers the questions of the brief, of the industry, of the society, of the environmen...

JUNGMUN, Jejudo Island -- In complete silence and inside a dark theater, light beams down from above and merges to form the image of K-pop singer G-Dragon. The tunnel has platforms corresponding to different time periods. By stepping on them, visitors can listen to popular songs from those years such as Sung Si-kyung’s “On the Street” from the 2000s and Seo Taiji and Boys’ “To You” from the 1990...

Once considered “hazardous” to the young, comics in Korea are having their moment in the sun with webtoons, or web comics, hailed as holding the potential to become the country’s next driver of hallyu, or the Korean Wave. “In the ’80s, comics were considered bad and were burnt. But now, they are being displayed at special exhibitions and events, representing Korea’s culture in the world,” Lee Ch...

Whenever people find themselves in trouble, in conflict or in depression, Lee Bae-yong, the president of the Academy of Korean Studies encourages them to look to and study history. Lessons, cases and events from the past can boost one’s insight and help develop inner wisdom and solutions for the future, she says. In addition to promoting historical lessons and philosophies of King Sejong to som...

Selena Wedding Hall renovated for new opening Imperial Palace Seoul said it renovated its Selena Wedding Hall with vintage gold and white decor of authentic European style concept. In celebration of the new concept launching event, Imperial Palace Seoul is offering a table flower décor upgrade benefit to soon-to-be newlyweds that are tying the knot in Selena Wedding Hall next March. Pinned as ...

Smile for foreign tourists The Korea Tourism Organization said that it is expanding its “K Smile” campaign with the retail and tourism industries in an effort to boost inbound tourism. The K Smile program is aimed at promoting the Korean culture of kindness and reliable tourism and retail services for local and foreign tourists. It has established ties with regional governments such as North J...

Apgujeong-dong in the affluent Gangnam district is considered the Beverly Hills of Korea, where people can catch the latest trends in fashion, food, music and entertainment. If Chungmuro in Jung-gu, central Seoul, is considered the movie town, Apgujeong is a town for K-pop artists and fans. With rows of restaurants, gift shops and malls next to famous record companies and talent agencies on the...