Off the southern coast of Korea near Jindo Island, a team of Korean archaeologists have discovered a cornucopia of relics that they hope will provide a glimpse into the country’s rich history of cultural assets. Among the artifacts are a pair of ceramic jars believed to date back to the Three Kingdoms era (57 to 668 AD) and two items that look like yogo, an ancient prototype of janggo, the tradi...

Korean mothers must choose right time to send kids abroad to maximize English learning

The former president of the Louvre Museum and Cho Yang-ho, the chairman and CEO of Korean Air, will head up a joint organizing commission to prepare for the 130th anniversary of Korean-French diplomatic relations in 2015 and 2016. Henri Loyrette, former president and general director of the Louvre Museum, announced his appointment as he wrapped up a week-long visit to South Korea with a press br...

Korea struggling to find ways to preserve prehistoric rock engravings

MEXICO CITY (AP) ― Juan Gelman, a renowned Argentine poet and left-wing activist who was awarded the prestigious Cervantes Prize, has died in Mexico. He was 83. Argentine President Cristina Fernandez on Wednesday announced three days of mourning in his native country, where writers paid homage to him as one of the most brilliant writers in Spanish of the 20th century. “Gelman worked with words ...

Protestant churches stagnate, but passion for evangelism carries on

The quintessential “Me Generation” hotel amenity, the minibar, may be fading away like disco music, transistor radios and bell-bottom jeans. Upscale resorts today seem lukewarm, at best, about providing and maintaining the self-service, in-room liquor caches, where guests can crack open a miniature bottle of tequila or vodka or perhaps even enjoy cookies and soft drinks. Never a huge moneymaker...

Visitors to the exhibition will be able to appreciate various square bojagi either patched with cloth pieces of different colors or decorated with embroidery. Traditional pocket bags also on display were originally personal goods used to carry a variety of items such as brushes and spoons. On March 2, Huh plans to give a lecture about the Korean bojagi culture and how it flourished in ancient Ko...

A Chinese province added Yut Nori, a Korean traditional board game, to its list of regional intangible assets, local media outlet MBN reported. Yut Nori, along with the six-holed bamboo flute Tungso and sword dance, was included on a list of intangible cultural assets posted on the official website of Heilung-chiang province, where ethnic Koreans living in China are concentrated. The popular Ko...

Markus Stenz, the group’s musical director since 2004, will conduct Strauss’ work, which depicts an ascent up an alpine mountain, a storm at the top, the climber’s contemplation of nature and the descent. Sabine Meyer will be performing for the second time in Korea, following an initial Seoul performance in 2008 with the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra. The clarinetist earned worldwide attention in...

Exhibitions “Korean Folk Village Lunar New Year Festival”: The Korean Folk Village provides a variety of folk activities during the Lunar New Year holiday. Visitors to the village located in Yongin, Gyeonggi Province, can participate in various Korean traditional activities such as kite-flying and yutnori, or Korean chess, and watch traditional dance and martial arts performances. Other interest...