Fairmont Ambassador Seoul unveils new signature bakery collection The Atrium Lounge at Fairmont Ambassador Seoul presents a new collection of signature bakery goods, crafted by head baker Morgan Muller in accordance with authentic French recipes combined with natural Korean ingredients. The signature collection features natural sourdough-style fermentation techniques. Options include the plain ...

Tickets for “Seokjojeon at Night,” priced at 26,000 won per person, go on sale at 2 p.m. Friday online via Interpark. People with disabilities and those 65 and older can book tickets by calling 1544-1555. Each person is allowed a maximum purchase of two tickets. Up to 16 people are admitted per tour. “Seokjojeon at Night” is organized by the CHA’s Royal Palaces and Tombs Center and the Korea C...

Since the release of Netflix’s mega-hit Korean original “Squid Game” last year, English-language online posts related to Hallyu, or the Korean Wave, have increased approximately 30-fold, according to a Korean Foundation for International Cultural Exchange report released Monday. The Culture Ministry and KOFICE jointly analyzed data from three online media platform categories -- video and social ...

This year’s performance named, “Embracing King Sejong’s Spring,” will be held indoors at Jipgyeongdang, the Joseon queen’s royal chamber at Gyeongbok Palace. Three musicians will be playing traditional instruments -- geomungo, a six-stringed zither, daegeum, a large bamboo flute, and danso, a smaller flute -- and a song master of gasa, Korean traditional narrative song. From solo performances t...

As part of a new post-COVID-19 scheme, audience number limits will be lifted starting Monday, according to the Culture Ministry. The change is expected to revitalize the performing arts and theater sectors hit hard by the pandemic. Food consumption inside all cultural facilities, including movie theaters, indoor sports stadiums and religious facilities will be allowed starting April 25. Masks s...

Both items are priced at 25,000. Although walk-ins are possible, reservations are recommended. By Kim Hae-yeon ( hykim@heraldcorp.com )

Society attributes a variety of adjectives to temple food such as healthy, natural, cleaner, etc. Are such words accurate? Ven. Dorim disagreed: “Temple food is not that grand.” Monastics use the same ingredients that Koreans used to eat in leaner times and prepare them in ways to enhance the taste. Temple food is neither extravagant nor special. The most important factor in temple food is the p...

JW Marriott Hotel Seoul presents ‘Teppanyaki Gala Dinner’ Tamayura, the Japanese restaurant at JW Marriott Hotel Seoul, presents a teppanyaki gala dinner in collaboration with luxury French Champagne brand Dom Perignon. The highlight of the eight-course menu is the beef tenderloin, a cut of Woorungchan hanwoo grilled on an iron griddle. The dinner is accompanied by Dom Perignon Brut 2012, Dom ...

A day trip to Suwon requires quite a bit of walking. When you are tired and hungry, the famous Suwon galbi is just the thing to restore your energy levels. The name Suwon galbi traces its origin to the days when Suwon had the largest cattle market in the country, up until the early 1940s. Although there are countless galbi places throughout the city, Gabojeong Galbi, located in Ingye-dong is a ...

The exhibition of art bequeathed to the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea by the late Samsung Group Chairman Lee Kun-hee will run for another two months, the museum announced Tuesday. This is the second extension of the special exhibition “MMCA Lee Kun-hee Collection: Masterpieces of Korean Art,” which opened July 21, 2021. The exhibition will now come to a close on June 6. ...

The first of the biannual Moonlight Tour at Changdeokgung Palace series will kick off April 21, welcoming guests to a warm spring night at the royal palace. The tour, which takes around an hour and 40 minutes, is organized by the Cultural Heritage Administration’s Royal Palaces and Tombs Center and the Korea Cultural Heritage Foundation. Visitors can enjoy a nighttime view of downtown Seoul whi...

Keith Motsi, the head bartender at Charles H., a speakeasy-style bar at Four Seasons Seoul, won the Altos Bartenders’ Bartender Award 2022 on Tuesday. The award given to personalities who have made significant impact on Asia’s bar sector over the voting period is the only peer-judged award for Asia’s 50 Best Bars. “I am extremely honored and humbled to be recognized by my peers for whom I have ...

Meanwhile, the wooden lotus pedestal, which was removed from the temple for the first time ever for the special exhibition, dates back to the Goryeo period, when Buddhism was at its height. It is decorated with three tiers of lotus petals that are each carved separately and attached along the side. The circular throne has rectangular wooden panels attached all along its side. Each lotus petal, w...

Ven. Yeongdam also said that he would like to ask for the public’s forgiveness for the “childish response from the Jogye Order,” which turned the event into a dispute. Ven. Heojeong, who has been critical of the Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism in the past, shared Ven. Yeongdam‘s post on his Facebook, Saturday. Ven. Heojeong pointed to recent criticisms that compared the incident to stepping on a ...

“When first coming up with the idea of opening this bar, we did not specifically target the MZ generation,” Lee told The Korea Herald at Oul on a Friday evening, using the collective term for millennials and Generation Z. “But as you can see, the majority (of our guests) are in their late 20s to 30s.” “I hope the younger guests can also have their presence at our hotel, freely chat with our bart...