Nonsan Strawberry Festival Nonsan Strawberry Festival will take place from March 8 through March 12 at various areas of Nonsan Citizen Park in Nonsan, South Chungcheong Province. The event promotes Nonsan strawberries, providing opportunities for tourists visiting the city to enjoy them and the beautiful surroundings in which they are grown. The five-day festival offers various hands-on activi...

Lee’s new “Air words” series, which shows poetic texts seemingly floating in the sky that are tinged with the colors of a rainbow, sunrise or sunset. The words written on the pieces include “The sun is an orange,” “Saturday mood” and “Your beautiful future.”

Luxury fashion house will showcase Cruise 2024 collection in Seoul on May 16

South Korean content company Kidari Studio’s beloved webtoon “Surgeon Elise” is being adapted into a Japanese animated series. “Surgeon Elise,” originally adapted from author Yuin’s 2015 web novel of a same title, was released as a webtoon series via Kakao Entertainment, a content subsidiary of the South Korean IT giant Kakao, in 2017. The series came to an end with a total of 143 episodes in Fe...

The winner was chosen by a six-member jury, reviewing applications and conducting interviews with selected candidates. The winner is awarded 20 million won ($15,000) and will be given financial support to create new works for the artist’s solo show in the following year. The foundation also provides an opportunity for the winner to visit the foundation, major museums and galleries in France, acc...

Brands bet on stars' social media reach and engagement figures

Seodaemun Prison History Hall highlights what Korean independence fighters went through under Japanese occupation

“I am interested in things that are tricky or constantly transform, rather than things that are defined. For the objects, it is totally up to the people who would use them. The users will complete the meaning of the objects,” Hong said. Hong, who is also a professor in the Department of Fine Arts at Seoul National University of Science and Technology, lived through times when she had doubts abou...

What tourists want Foreign tourists coming to Korea expect to experience an advanced level of technology and quality service throughout their travels, which Kim thinks the KTO is only half done with. "We are trying to make an A-to-Z 'all-digital' tourism service for the convenience of foreigners who travel. No matter which country they began their journey in, we can connect with tourists digita...

Efforts to compile the first Korean dictionary in the early 1900s gave two Koreas the same foundation

A space dedicated to the artist will be established in May next to Gizi Art Base in Seoul

Society attributes a variety of adjectives to temple food -- healthy, natural, clean, etc. Are such words accurate? The Ven. Dorim disagrees, saying, “Temple food is not that grand.” Monastics use the same ingredients that ordinary Koreans used to eat in leaner times and prepare them in ways to enhance the taste. Temple food is neither extravagant nor special. The most important factor in temple...

Compelling webtoon adapted into traditional Korean musical, TV series

Pyun, who went on to win the 2017 Shirley Jackson Award for her psychological thriller "The Hole,” has revised the original "City of Ash and Red" and the new version, published by Changbi Publishers as part of a set of "remastered" project, hit the shelves in January. The remastered works are a selection of novels published more than 10 years ago that are now being revised and reissued. “Living ...