This weekend, along with the arrival of Children's Day and warmer weather, there are a variety of options on offer. Among the many choices, this week's "Well-curated Weekend" introduces a drone light show at the Han River, the "Museum of Innocence" and the Myeongdong Festival. Stamp tour at Myeongdong Festival 2023 As Myeongdong regains its vitality with the return of tourists to Seoul after th...

Photographs show passage of time Wherever you live in the world, all places manifest an accumulation of time, each containing their own unique history. While such history is often neglected, some photographers document the passage of time with their cameras. It has been decades since Seoul first began to look like it does today, thanks to the rapid industrialization of the 1960s and 1970s. High...

As well as plain, butter-salt, chive and triple cheese options, Kokkiri also offers bagels also in sandwiches, there is a limited number of bagels sold at its three stores located in Yeongdeungpo, Yongsan and Seongsu. Its flagship bagel is the cream cheese bagel, which is more filling than bagel. Try to visit the shop early in the day, because there is a long queue even before the store opens at...

Screening schedules are updated weekly and can be viewed on Laika Cinema's official website or Instagram. In addition to emerging independent and art-house films, the theater also shows popular and beloved classics. Tickets can be bought on site or reserved through its website and Naver. Tickets cost 10,000 won for adults on weekdays and 11,000 won on weekends. Early bird rates for the first sc...

A pop-up market offers goods and merchandise produced by young entrepreneurs that mix tradition and modern culture. Visitors wearing hanbok from Saturday to Tuesday will be given a souvenir. The exhibition is open from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., Tuesday to Sunday. During the Lunar New Year holiday, the exhibition will be closed on Jan. 22 and open on Jan. 23. Admission is free of charge.

An eclectic selection of items, including smartphone accessories, artworks, sweaters, air fresheners and candles, are available as well. The laidback ambience and delicate fragrance wafting through the store make for a leisurely shopping experience. On the right side of the entrance, a small grocery store also sells European potato chips, pasta, basil pesto and more. Cecile and Cedric is a two-...

“Transcendence” by design studio Giantstep will take visitors on a journey into space with their visual story of a dimensional shift and a black hole. “Circulation” by graphic artist Nsyme will be a trip into multidimensional planets and colorful nebulae. In a show by graffiti artist BFMIN, aliens named “hello men” will set off in search of friends in a faraway universe. The Seoul Light show tak...

Explore Almaty at museum It doesn't take much effort to explore a neighboring country's history through websites, but seeing the relics through one's own eyes is an experience that may leave lasting impressions. In celebration of the 30th anniversary of Kazakhstan-Korea diplomatic relations, an exhibition on Almaty, Kazakhstan's largest city, is running at the lobby of the Seoul Museum of Histo...

The lights change every 10 minutes to create daytime and nighttime views of the country -- pink for sunrise, blue for sundown and everything turns black at night. The pavilion is open from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., Tuesday to Sunday with last admission at 6 p.m. The admission fee costs 2,000 won for adults and 1,000 won for children, with a 50 percent discount for Nowon residents. The exhibition hall ...

Visitors can see the real scenario- and storyboards that were used in shooting the 2020 thriller film “#Alive,” a story about two survivors (played by Yoo Ah-in and Park Shin-hye) trapped in an apartment complex during a zombie apocalypse. The zombie exhibition also features video interviews with the staff of “Train to Busan,” including director Yeon Sang-ho, movement director and choreographer ...

The fire is turned into a glaring fireball when the bundle is shattered against the rocks along the fall from a 64-meter cliff. The remaining event is slated for 6 p.m. this Saturday, Oct. 29 and Nov. 15. Andong Hahoe Folk Village runs a shuttle bus from the riverbank to a village parking lot from 8:10 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. The last bus will transport tourists to downtown Andong City. For more inf...

A joint project between the Seoul Metropolitan Archives and the Research Institute of Photographic Archives, the exhibition highlights different aspects of photography in Seoul beyond the concept of photography as a means of recording. The Archives is scheduled to conduct photography-related educational programs on Nov. 11 and Dec. 9. The Nov. 11 program will focus on restoring analog photos whi...

Frieze Film, a program on the sidelines of Frieze Seoul, is open to the public from Aug. 31 to Sept. 7 at Magjib and Together Together, curated by two non-profit groups, Los Angeles-based Gyopo and Seoul-based Wess. The programming named “I Am My Own Other” will feature works of 10 local and diaspora Korean media artists spanning two locations. The artists include Cha Jea-min, Chang Seo-young and...