The Korea Herald

Cultural program explores unique qualities of hanok, hanbok

Nov 6, 2013

A group of 23 foreign envoys, foreign CEOs and Koreans were treated to a special tour of Areumjigi Culture Keepers Foundation in Tongui-dong, Seoul, Tuesday night. The visit to the newly opened Areumjigi headquarters and the ongoing exhibition “Po, the Seonbi Spirit in Clothing” was part of the curriculum of Korea CQ, a 10-week program run by the Corea Image Communication Institute that introduc...
Officials: Chicago chef Charlie Trotter dies

Nov 6, 2013

Award-winning chef Charlie Trotter, a self-taught culinary master whose eponymous Chicago restaurant elevated the city's cuisine and provided a training ground for some of the nation's other best chefs, has died at the age of 54. Chicago Fire Department spokesman Larry Langford said rescue crews were called around 10 a.m. Tuesday to his Lincoln Park home, where they found Trotter unresponsive. L...
Jung Chang and ‘concubine who launched modern China’

Nov 5, 2013

HONG KONG (AFP) ― Jung Chang says she does not enjoy arguments, but the latest book from the writer whose works are banned in China is proving to be typically contentious. The “Wild Swans” author has offered a revisionist account of Empress Dowager Cixi, the concubine who ruled behind the scenes from 1861 until her death in 1908. A powerful figure who unofficially controlled the Manchu Qing Dyn...
’90s culture revival enters full swing

Nov 3, 2013

In 1994, there were no smartphones linking people 24 hours a day, no flashy Starbucks with fashionable lounge music and no “League of Legends” to blow gamers’ minds away. Instead, people queued in front of public pay phones to page their friends, make confessions of love or mumble after binge drinking. Trendy boys and girls in baggy jeans would flock to Kentucky Fried Chicken for biscuits and mo...
Bali Hindus angered by sacred temple tourism plan

Oct 31, 2013

DENPASAR, Indonesia (AFP) ― Hindu leaders on the Indonesian holiday island of Bali Tuesday lashed out at a government plan to attract more tourists to their most sacred temple as “degrading” to Hinduism. The row highlighted concerns that Bali’s booming tourism industry is a double-edged sword, as it threatens to erode the Hindu culture which is part of the attraction for the millions who visit t...
Pianist Lee Ko-eun wins U.S. competition

Oct 31, 2013

Pianist Lee Ko-eun was named one of three top winners at the 2013 Concert Artists Guild Victor Elmaleh Competition and the recipient of the Victor & Sono Elmaleh Piano Prize, the CAG announced Thursday. The Concert Artists Guild Victor Elmaleh Competition is an annual event open to instrumentalists, singers and chamber ensembles performing classical and non-traditional repertoire. The other two ...
Dutch museums’ masterpieces may be Nazi loot, probe reveals

Oct 30, 2013

THE HAGUE (AFP) ― A probe by Dutch museums revealed Tuesday that 139 of their artworks, including a Matisse and two Kandinsky paintings, may have been stolen by the Nazis during World War II, many from Jewish owners. Around a quarter of the 162 Dutch museums that took part in the probe into art acquisitions between 1933 and 1945 have objects with “potentially problematic history”, the Netherland...
Google to showcase Korean civilization, culture

Oct 30, 2013

CEO Eric Schmidt praises Korean alphabet, cultural heritage
Legacy of Silla’s golden kingdom shines in New York

Oct 29, 2013

Exhibition shows quintessential Silla burial, Buddhist customs
Korean experts to assist Laos in Angkor restoration

Oct 29, 2013

Korean cultural authorities on Tuesday officially launched the restoration of the archaeological ruins at an Angkor temple in Laos, as part of the K-Heritage initiative. According to the Cultural Heritage Administration and the Cultural Heritage Foundation, the first stage of the restoration of Hong Nang Sida (meaning chamber of Princess Sida) inside the Wat Phou Temple in the Champasak area of ...
Kimchi-making explained in English book

Oct 28, 2013

An English book on “kimjang,” the kimchi-making process for the winter, was released on Monday to mark the Korean tradition likely to be designated UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage, according to the Korea Cultural Heritage Foundation. The 192-page “Kimjang: Making and Sharing Kimchi” explains the origin, history and people behind kimchi, possibly the most popular Korean food. “Kimchi, along ...
Korea to host ‘World Culture Summit’

Oct 27, 2013

A gathering of cultural leaders from around the world is to be held in Korea in 2015 that will serve as a “World Culture Summit.” The plan was announced during the Presidential Committee on Cultural Enrichment’s meeting with President Park Geun-hye on Friday. If the World Culture Summit, timed to coincide with the 2015 opening of the Asian cultural center in Gwangju, is deemed a success, it coul...
Keep on running

Oct 25, 2013

From jogging to marathons, 4 million Koreans hit the tarmac
[Newsmaker] Kimchi making for winter gets recognition

Oct 24, 2013

Kimjang, the traditional practice of making kimchi before winter, may soon be included on UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity list, government officials announced on Wednesday. Representatives of Korea’s Cultural Heritage Administration submitted the recommendation for kimjang, categorized under the title “Kimjang; Making and Sharing Kimchi,” to be added to the UNESCO list. Kimjan...
World’s largest Christian congress to make Asian debut in Busan

Oct 24, 2013

Over 5,000 participants to discuss peace on Korean Peninsula, diversity and love