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[Weekender] Central Asians celebrate Chuseok at ‘home away from home’

During the Chuseok holiday, many Koreans gather to honor ancestors, reconnect with family members and eat festive meals together. But for non-Koreans, the holiday is different: Many family members l...

Sept 20, 2018
Culture
[Trending] Rescued puppy Injeolmi gets 800,000-plus followers, meets celeb

A cute puppy named Injeolmi has stolen the hearts of pet lovers throughout Korea, thanks to photos posted on social media that garnered explosive popularity. The 2-month-old female pup, whose breed ...

Sept 18, 2018
Culture
K-culture festival opens in Brazil amid keen public interest

SAO PAULO -- A major K-culture festival got under way in Sao Paulo on Saturday, drawing thousands of people interested in South Korea, local observers said. The Brazil Hallyu Expo 2018, taking place...

Sept 16, 2018
Culture
Culture Ministry requests prosecution probe of officials over blacklist scandal

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism said Thursday that it would ask the prosecution to investigate seven government officials over their alleged involvement in the blacklisting of cultural fi...

Sept 13, 2018
Culture
[Weekender] Celebrities rush to YouTube bandwagon

Celebrities jump into fast-expanding video platform to spice up showbiz lives

Sept 13, 2018
Culture
Koreas to resume joint dig of Kaesong palace site

South and North Korea have agreed to resume the excavation of the ancient palace site of Manwoldae located in the North Korean city of Kaesong, the Cultural Heritage Administration said Tuesday. A s...

Sept 11, 2018
Culture
Koreas to restart joint excavation of historic palace site in Kaesong

South and North Korea will resume their joint excavation of the site of an ancient palace in the North's border town of Kaesong late this month, Seoul's cultural heritage authority said Tuesday. The...

Sept 11, 2018
Culture
Ambassadors visit DMZ

Do Jong-hwan, the minister of culture, sports and tourism, led a group of Seoul-based foreign diplomats on a visit to the Demilitarized Zone on Friday. The visit, according to the Culture Ministry, ...

Sept 7, 2018
Culture
Photographer Yoo Byung-Chang to hold exhibition on Jeju Jusangjeolli

Former Herald Media CEO Yoo Byung-chang is holding his second exhibition as a professional photographer in Seoul next week, themed on the Jeju Island landmark Jusangjeolli. The exhibition, named “Th...

Sept 7, 2018
Culture
Gyeongbokgung tour reenacts typical night inside Joseon palace

For commoners in the Joseon era, what went on within the confines of the royal palace and the lavish lifestyle of the royal family was a source of mystery and wonder. The ongoing biannual Gyeongbokg...

Sept 5, 2018
Culture
BIAF rebrands itself as Korea’s 1st Oscars-qualifying festival

In Korea, people are considered adults when they turn 20. In the same way, the Buchon International Animation Festival is doubly special this year as it enters a new phase with its 20th edition, sai...

Sept 5, 2018
Culture
[Herald Interview] ‘Matilda’ to bring onstage unpredictable imagination, humor of Roald Dahl

“Matilda,” a 1988 novel about a neglected but brilliant girl in Buckinghamshire, is not an easy piece to adapt into a musical. Yet the show has grown beyond expectations set upon its original Royal S...

Sept 3, 2018
Culture
[Herald Interview] MMCA director Bartomeu Mari looks back on 3-year term, looks ahead to coming years

Nearing the end of his three-year tenure as the director of the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea, Bartomeu Mari is still thinking of ways to improve the nation’s public museum. ...

Sept 2, 2018
Culture
[Herald Interview] ‘Korea should remember its roots to sustain prosperity’

In 1991, Indian filmmaker, art historian and photographer Benoy K. Behl became the first person to take pictures of Buddhist paintings inside the Ajanta Caves, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in the Mah...

Aug 30, 2018
Culture
[Eye Plus] Time travel through Korea’s schools

To better understand the nation’s everlasting belief in the power of education, a small museum inside the hanok village of Bukchon, northern Seoul, offers a trip to South Korea’s schools of the past....

Aug 30, 2018
Culture

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