The competition ratio for K Auction’s public offering recorded 1408.33:1 during the two-day public offering session, raising more than 5 trillion won ($4.2 billion) in subscription deposit, according to IR Kudos on Thursday. South Korea’s second-largest auction house conducted a two-day public offering starting Wednesday, aiming to become the second auction house in the country to be traded on t...

Director Hwang Dong-hyuk, the mastermind behind South Korea’s global phenomenon “Squid Game,” had said that he plans to make a story set in the near future. “I am planning something that is futuristic. I’ve done stories of the past and eccentric things that can happen in the present. I would like to make a social drama, which talks about the problems that we might face within the next 20-30 year...

Sumi Jo, one of the most beloved sopranos in Korea, won the Korea Image Cornerstone Award for her splendid dedication to elevate the country’s image throughout her 35-year career. “The COVID-19 pandemic has changed our life greatly. As a classic artist, I was reluctant about presenting my voice through the digital media, but my way of thinking completely changed after witnessing the corpses bein...

Conflict over Korean Symphony Orchestra’s name change grows as KBS Symphony Orchestra opposes move

An 8-panel folding screen depicting scenes from an ideal life as conceived by Joseon-era people is now available in a digital format. The National Museum of Korea revealed “Pyeongsaengdo,” thought to have been completed in the late 19th to early 20th century, in a digitally restored eight-panel folding screen format on its website on Wednesday. The paintings depict in detail the major celebrato...

The Paik’s Video Study website will officially open Jan. 29 to coincide with the anniversary of Paik’s death. The art center finished converting the video archive into digital format in 2016, exclusively managed by the art center. The 700 videos include “Good Morning Mr. Orwell Paris Live” from 1984, “Bye Bye Kipling Post” from 1986, “Zen for Walking: Dragging the Violin” and “KBS Year-end Specia...

As the country’s first media art museum, Suh aims to develop the museum‘s identity by holding exhibitions that explore how technology and nature can coexist, discovering and inviting artists who speak about nature and ecology. “Touching on the issue of nature and technology together has been prevalent globally with many seminars and exhibitions. We will strengthen the identity of the museum by r...

Large-scale show in September to coincide with Frieze Seoul

Bigman dropped by our studio and shared his story with us! Check it out! By Team Konnect Kim Min-jung ( minjung.kim@heraldcorp.com ) Jung Ji-eun ( jungje@heraldcorp.com ) Choi Jeong-yoon ( jychoi@heraldcorp.com ) Kim Jeong-ryul ( ryul@heraldcorp.com )

The exhibition “The More, The Better Archive” will kick off in June, featuring the history of the restoration of “The More The Better,” as well as numerous archival materials about the artist’s work. An exhibition in November, “Paik Nam June Effect,” will showcase artists whose works were influenced by Paik in the mid to late 1990s. “The restoration is in the final stage, and will have a lighti...

Outside of the house itself, several trees and man-made structures that would have formed part of the village remain, including an old Chinese juniper next to the house, a saw-leaf zelkova tree, a pond and a pavilion site. On the hill behind the house are the tombs of the Hansan Yi Clan, a family which was active between the 16th and 18th centuries. They include the tombs of 19 clan members and ...

Although Jinju naengmyeon is the least well known of the three, the rich complexity in the taste of its broth is on par with other representative noodle dishes in Korea. Jinju naengmyeon comes from Jinju, South Gyeongsang Province. Its unique feature is the garnish -- slices of yukjeon, or pan-fried beef slices coated in batter. Jinju naengmyeon’s seafood-based broth also sets it apart from othe...

Before electricity, people turned to ondol, quilting and other techniques to protect themselves from freezing temperatures

European surrealism collections come to Seoul, inviting us to the era where artists sought after the unconscious world.

In my childhood there was always a basket of fermenting cheonggukjang, rich soybean paste, on the warm part of the ondol floor of the room where I wanted to lie down. I used to grumble to my mom why she had to put it there, and I pleaded with her not to make it anymore because I didn’t need to eat it. I didn’t realize until I was out in the real world how much effort and devotion it takes to mak...