The preview of this year’s Korean Eye exhibition will take place over five days starting Monday in the lobby of the National Assembly in Yeouido. Visitors will be able to sneak a peek of what the exhibition “Korean Eye: Energy and Matter” will look like when it kicks off in New York in November. Seven participating artists ― Hong Young-in, Kang Hyung-koo, Park Seung-mo, Debbie Han, Kim Joon, Bae...

SongEun ArtSpace showcases 22 contemporary artworks from François Pinault collection In considering artworks for his extensive collection, François Pinault, a noted art collector, listens to himself more than anything else. “Rather than listening to critics’ opinions, I focus on artworks that give me passion and make my heart beat,” said Pinault, at a press conference at SongEun ArtSpace in Che...

Brazilian thriller drama series “Passione” (Passion) has won the best drama award at the Seoul International Drama Awards in the long-term drama series category. The drama, produced by Brazil’s Globo TV, was originally to exported to more than 100 countries. Local cable TV channel Telenovela, specialized in broadcasting Latin programs, said it will air the 160-episode “Passione” starting in Octo...

The Bangladesh Embassy has honored local youngsters participating in an art exhibition in the South Asian nation. “This is very helpful in promoting understanding and friendship between the two countries,” Bangladesh Ambassador Shahidul Islam told The Korea Herald during the award ceremony last week. Three medals and 10 certificates were awarded to Korean students who participated in the 6th In...

Science fiction and diplomacy don’t usually overlap, but one ambassador has stepped up to introduce a translation of Czech sci-fi stories into Korean. The project is close to Czech Republic Ambassador Jaroslav Olsa, Jr.’s heart because he is a science fiction aficionado. During the 1980s to the 1990s and before joining the ministry, Olsa used to edit science fiction anthologies, translated many...

Korean companies and agencies helping create a better Sri Lanka Sri Lanka, the former Pearl of the Indian Ocean, is out to reclaim its moniker by rebuilding a country ravaged by war and terrorist attacks. For 26 years, the country suffered a civil war that ended in 2009 with many questions to be answered later this year. In the meantime, Sri Lanka’s Minister of External Affairs Gamini Lakshman...

Park Chu-young aims to keep up his strong play It is halftime in South Korea’s two-game opening gambit in its bid to qualify for the 2014 World Cup and the players couldn’t be feeling better. Well, they are sure to be a little jetlagged after playing 90 minutes against Lebanon and then flying to the opposite side of Asia ready for a match with Kuwait on Tuesday (2 a.m. Wednesday Korean time), bu...

DAEGU -- Korea’s first ever World Championships in Athletics, which concluded on Sunday after nine days of competition, will provide a “bright future” for Korean athletics, according to athletics legend Sergey Bubka. In his pole vaulting career, Bubka won six Worlds titles, set 35 world records, and also won gold in the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games. The Ukranian’s world record 6.14 meter leap in Ita...

The 2011 World Championship did not see world records broken over the course of nine days but did see records of other sorts established, including countries’ first medals. Kirani James brought home the first medal Grenada has ever won in either the Olympics or Athletics World Championships by winning gold in the men’s 400 meters. Zimbabwe’s Ngonidzashe Makusha, also brought home his country’s ...