Film festival in Belgium highlights KCC’s July events
The exhibit "Project on #6 – Memory of Division" will be held from July 19 to Aug. 31 at the Korean Cultural Center in...
Seoul COEX hosts int’l wines and spirits expo
The Seoul International Wines & Spirits Expo 2019 is being held from June 20-22 at the Seoul COEX.
By Kim Minji
Photos = Jeon Han
Video = Kim Sunjoo
Seoul |...
Dano
The holiday of Dano (단오, 端午) falls on Friday, June 7, this year and corresponds to the fifth day of the fifth lunar month. Dano...
KCC events in June to feature films, books, music, food
The Korean Cultural Center in New York on June 29 will host a performance of gugak(traditional Korean music) called "Kokdu, a Story of Guardian Angels"...
Media swarm to advance screening of Cannes’ top honoree ‘Parasite’
Director Bong Joon-ho and the cast members of "Parasite" on May 28 hold a media briefing after an advance media screening at the theater...
Swiss Embassy in Seoul unveils new Hanok-style building
The Swiss Embassy in Seoul's new building is a reinterpretation of a Hanok (traditional Korean house). (Kim Sunjoo)
By Min Yea-Ji and Kim Hwaya
Seoul | May 16, 2019
The...
Korean Cultural Center in Tokyo marking 40th anniversary with events
The Korean Cultural Center in Tokyo, celebrating its 40th anniversary this year, has held the exhibition "Monochrome Monologue" and performance "Sounds Are Dancing" to...
Korean, Polish foods have common features: celebrity chef
Chef Karol Okrasa on May 13 introduces traditional Polish liquor made from wild berries during a “master class” cooking show at the Korean Cuisine...
Seoul’s lone Islamic street bustles at night during Ramadan
Ramadan, the most sacred month of the year for Muslims, began on May 5 this year. This photo taken on May 7 shows Usadan-ro,...
K-pop contest finals, folk painting exhibit highlight May KCC events
The finals of a K-pop singing and dancing contest will be held from May 11-12 at Dong Kinh Nghia Thuc Square nearby Hoan Kiem...
Korean Cultural Centers offer K-pop Academy classes
Participants learn K-Pop dance in a class of the 2018 K-pop Academy of Korean Cultural Center in Berlin, Germany.
By Kim Hyelin and Lee Jihae
Photos = Korean Culture...
Jongmyo Daeje on Children’s Day
Jongmyo Daeje, a rite worshipping the kings and queens of the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910), was held at Jongmyo Shrine in Seoul on May 5.
The annual ceremony is held...
Lotus Lantern Parade lights up Seoul
The Lotus Lantern Parade took place in central Seoul on May 4 as a ceremony to celebrate the Buddha's birth.
The parade, the main event of the...
Joseon-era garden to be opened to public for 1st time in 200 years
Built in 1790, the garden Seongnakwon is open to visitors from April 23 to June 11 this year; it had been off-limits to the...
Royal Culture Festival to showcase Joseon history via high tech
The traditional Korean dance hwagwanmu is performed using high-tech lighting at Gyeonghoeru Pavilion of Seoul’s Gyeongbokgung Palace. (Korea Cultural Heritage Foundation)
By Kang Gahui and Lee Jihae
The nine-day...
Guard post on eastern coast designated cultural heritage site
South Korea in 1953 built its first guard post on its eastern coast shortly after the two Koreas concluded the military armistice that ended...
KCC events in April to highlight pansori, Korean art, cinema, food
The poster for "Die Regentrude," a pansori-infused work by the Korean performing arts troupe Heebie Jeebie Juice, will make its debut in Germany this...
Program highlights cultures of 5 Central Asian nations
Every March 21, 12 Central Asian countries including Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan celebrate Nowruz, the first day of the new year under the Iranian...
Seoul exhibit to showcase artist interpretations of DMZ
“Landscape” by painter Park Se-jin shows three people -- a South Korean soldier, a North Korean soldier and the artist -- looking in different...
KCC in Hong Kong to mark 1st anniversary with art exhibit
"My Story" by Korean painter Hwang Yong-yop (Korean Cultural Center in Hong Kong)
By Lee Kyoung Mi and Kim Hwaya
The Korean Cultural Center (KCC) in Hong Kong from...
