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State cultural institutions in Seoul metropolitan area to reopen

Jul 19, 2020

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism announced Sunday that its affiliated institutions -- museums, art galleries, libraries and performance venues – can resume operations. The Culture Ministr...
Government’s Hallyu department announces plans to support Hallyu expansion

Jul 16, 2020

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism’s new Hallyu department on Thursday announced detailed plans to support the Korean Wave in a press briefing in Seoul. Before the new department was launch...
[Video] Newly coined online terms fun for young Koreans, puzzle for others

Jul 16, 2020

As with other cultures and countries, Korea’s youth have their own vocabularies, slangs and some creative expressions reflecting a range of trends and ideas. Korean teenagers are producing a torrent...
Busan Biennale to showcase mixture of literature, visual and audio art

Jul 15, 2020

Works of literature will merge with visual and recorded audio forms of art at this year's Busan Biennale, one of South Korea's largest art festivals, the organizers said Wednesday, with the biyearly ...
2020 IYF World Camp ‘The World Connected’ to start online on July 26

Jul 15, 2020

The International Youth Fellowship will be holding its 2020 IYF World Camp online from July 26 to 29, with an aim to offer positive message and inspiration to college students who will lead the next ...
Boryeong Mud Festival goes online

Jul 15, 2020

The Boryeong Mud Festival will be held online this year starting from Friday, due to the continued spread of COVID-19. The annual celebration of mud along its sandy beach in South Chungcheong Provin...
Andong Mask Dance Festival canceled due to COVID-19

Jul 14, 2020

The Andong City government announced on Tuesday that it had decided to cancel the Andong Mask Dance Festival, which was set to start Sept. 25, due to the danger of COVID-19. According to the organiz...
Take VR tour of Korea’s first Western-style building at Deoksugung

Jul 13, 2020

The Cultural Heritage Administration’s Deoksugung Palace Management Office and South Korea’s top mobile carrier, SK Telecom, on Monday launched a virtual reality tour of Deoksugung’s Western-style Se...
A step toward globalization: Accepting Korean spoken with a foreign accent

Jul 13, 2020

“When they make fun of a person’s accent do they not realize that the said person is able to fluently speak another language?” tweeted 2PM member Ok Taec-yeon at the time. That message doesn’t seem ...
KSIF provides online courses on Korean culture

Jul 12, 2020

King Sejong Institute Foundation is offering 15 online courses on Korean culture for foreigners as untact (contactless) learning is gaining ground amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The institute will offe...
CHA offers look at animals living at palaces, royal tombs

Jul 10, 2020

The Cultural Heritage Administration on Friday announced it has released six photos and six videos of animals living at palaces and royal tombs in Korea. The CHA added there are also photos of the s...
Petitioners urge to lift government's ban on church gatherings

Jul 10, 2020

Over 330,000 people have signed a petition asking to the government to cancel the health authority’s decision to ban small gatherings and meetings in churches on the government‘s online public petiti...
Culture Ministry to inject W156.9b to support artists amid COVID-19

Jul 8, 2020

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism said Wednesday it will inject 156.9 billion won ($131.28 million) to support artists who are suffering financially from the spread of COVID-19. The amount...
Herald Corp. opens video studio to drive up digital strategy

Jul 8, 2020

“Our team is more than excited to utilize the studio. We expect to produce more shows that deliver the latest stories and useful information,” said Kim Hae-yeon, a staff reporter on The Korea Herald’...
National Assembly passes W346.9b third extra budget to support cultural industry amid COVID-19

Jul 8, 2020

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism announced on Friday that the National Assembly passed a third extra budget of 346.9 billion won ($289.4 million) to support the cultural industry that has ...