Friday, March 29, 2024

Expat population rises to record 2.26M, 4.4% of nation’s total

The number of expats last year reached a record high. Shown is the family of an international student on Sept. 20 wearing Hanbok at a Chuseok interactive event hosted by Sungkyunkwan University in Seoul's Jongno-gu District By Kim...

Most populous province opens multicultural school for Korean

Students on Oct. 17 pose for a photo at Gyeonggi Korean-language Sharing School in Ansan, Gyeonggi-do Province, the province's first institute for intensive Korean-language education for children from multicultural families. (Gyeonggido Office of Education) By...

K-Content Expo in Belgium to boost Europe’s Hallyu market

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism on Nov. 7 said it will host the K-Content Expo in Belgium from Nov. 7-10 in the country's capital of Brussels. Shown is an export consultation in July at the K-Content Expo...

Rising kimchi exports coincide with Kimchi Day’s global spread

As more regions abroad celebrate Kimchi Day, which falls on Nov. 22 in Korea, exports of the spicy condiment this year are likely to break a record high. (Korea Agro-Fisheries & Food Trade Corp.) By Kim Seon...

UNESCO adds Korean tidal flats to World Heritage list

UNESCO on July 26 officially designated gaetbol (Korean tidal flats) World Natural Heritage during its 44th World Heritage Committee session held online in Fuzhou, China. The photo is of Gochang Gaetbol in Gochang-gun County, Jeollabuk-do Province. Korea.net · NYT: taekwondo offers chance for nations with low Olympic medal prospects By Lee...

Acapella group Maytree earns global fame for angelic harmony

By Lee Kyoung Mi and Lee Jihae Video = Kim Sunjoo and Lee Jun Young A cell phone rings at a quiet office. But a search for the phone shows that the sound isn't coming from a phone but from a video titled "iPhone sound effect" by the acapella group Maytree. Posted on...

First lady visits art exhibition featuring recycled materials

First lady Kim Jung-sook on May 26 tries separating and disposing of plastic bottles with two elementary school students at "Tong's Vintage: The Strange Tongui General Store," a special exhibition of the Partnering for Green Growth and the Global Goals 2030 (P4G) Seoul Summit, after looking around the...

lobal Hallyu content contest ‘Talk Talk Korea 2021’ to open

This promotional poster for "Talk Talk Korea 2021," an online contest for Hallyu content slated from May 25 to July 15, features the 12-member girl group LOONA. (Korean Culture and Information Service) By Xu Aiying and Yoon Hee Young "Talk Talk Korea 2021," an international online contest for Hallyu content, will run from May 25...

PM announces adoption of ‘vaccine passport’ to verify inoculation

Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun on April 1 holds a meeting of the Central Disease Control Headquarters on responding to COVID-19 at Government Complex-Seoul. (Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism) By Sarah Oqelee and Lee Jihae Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun on April 1 announced the country's adoption of a "vaccine passport" containing a...

Japan’s top daily posts piece calling kimchi ‘originally Korean’

The Yomiuri Shimbun, Japan's leading newspaper, on April 2 posted a contribution from a Japanese woman saying kimchi originated from Korea. (Korea Agro-Fisheries & Food Trade Corp.) By Lee Kyoung Mi and Kim Minji A Japanese woman has contributed an article to her nation's leading daily Yomiuri Shimbun saying kimchi...

First lady makes trip to flood-hit provincial village

First lady Kim Jung-sook on Aug. 12 washes household goods covered in mud in the village of Igil-ri of Dongsong-eup Town, Cheorwon-gun County, Gangwon-do Province, a region hit hard by flooding due to torrential rain.   By Kim Young Deok and Lee Jihae Photos = Cheong Wa Dae With restoration efforts in full...

Gangwon-do governor seeks to earn his province special self-governing status

Interviewing leaders | #1. Gangwon-do Province Balanced national development is the government's key challenge in the government's drive to solving issues Korea faces such as low economic growth, wealth polarization, the low birth rate, and developmental and economic disparity in the provinces. President Moon Jae-in said...

Chinese literary honoree finds solace through writing poems in Korean

Wang Liqun is a Chinese doctoral student at Pai Chai University in Daejeon who won the Hoseo Literature Award last year for four poems including ”Sleep.” By Kang Gahui and Kim Minji  Photos = Kim Sunjoo "There is someone else within me Someone who is apparently a spy spreading my secrets One...