Moonlight fashion show marks Hanbok Day
One day ahead of Hanbok Day, an adult and a child modeling Hanbok showcase the elegance of their attire, during the Moonlight Hanbok Fashion...
I’m very proud of the Busan Int’l Film Festival: president
President Moon Jae-in attends the Busan International Film Festival on Oct. 15.
By Lee Hana
Photos = Cheong Wa Dae
President Moon Jae-in attended the Busan International Film...
Travelling Korea in a hijab
Honorary Reporters Salwa Elzeny (left) and Esraa Elzeny travel across Korea wearing their hijab. (Korea.net DB)
By Korea.net Honorary Reporter Esraa Elzeny and Salwa Elzeny
“My hijab is not only...
World citizens celebrate Hangeul
The winner of a Korean writing contest, Sakae Yumika (榮由海夏) from Japan, holds up her poem written in Korean, at the National Hangeul Museum...
Prost!, at Namhae German Village
The annual Namhae German Village beer festival runs this year from Oct. 6 to 8 in Namhae-gun County, Gyeongsangnam-do Province. (Namhae-gun county)
By Min Yea-Ji and Lee Hana
The...
PyeongChang stadium ready for Games
Construction on the stadium that will host the Opening and Closing ceremonies for next year’s PyeongChang 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games finished on...
Korea-Japan Festival connects Pyeongchang, Toyko
The calligraphy club from Tottori Higashi High School in Tottori Prefecture, Japan, presents a work of art wishing for the success of the PyeongChang...
King Jeongjo’s parade turns back clock 222 years
The 2017 King Jeongjo Tomb Parade begins after a formal ceremony to officially depart the palace, at the Donhwamun Gate of Changdeokgung Palace in...
Baroque 18th C. German treasures come to Seoul
A special exhibition, ‘The Dream of a King: Masterpieces From the Dresden State Art Collections,’ opens at the National Museum of Korea in Seoul...
Int’l typography biennale connects body with letters
Czech graphic designer Tereza Ruller showcases her participative performance 'Inhabit a Planet' during the opening ceremony for the fifth International Typography Biennale, at Culture...
Different languages, different personalities
Different personalities come along with each different language. (Korea.net DB)
By Korea.net Honorary Reporter Tanya Mokrina
Have you ever felt your personality change as you switch between languages?
Studies...
Disabled artist festival removes barriers for Paralympics
Korea Disabled Artist Association President Bang Gui-hee (left) poses for a commemorative photo with singer DinDin who has been appointed as an honorary ambassador...
Kimchi making officially becomes national heritage item
The Cultural Heritage Administration formally designates kimchi making, or kimchi damgeugi, as an official National Intangible Cultural Heritage Item on Sept. 8. (Korea.net DB)
By Kim Young...
The Grump’s big trip to Pyeongchang
Tuomas Kyrö (right), author of the novel 'Happy Days of the Grump,' stands beside his fictional character, the Grump, an 80-year-old stubbornly traditional Finnish...
Artistic barista brings Olympic mascots to cups of coffee
Barista Lee Kang Bin poses with pictures of Soohorang and Banabi, the two Olympic mascots, drawn in the milk and foam of two cups...
Culture ministers of Korea, Japan, China pledge to increase cooperation
Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Do Jong-hwan (right) poses for a commemorative photo with his Japanese and Chinese counterparts, Yoshimasa Hayashi (center) and...
Explore Korea by subway
The Korea Tourism Organization’s mobile-only guidebook ‘Explore Korea by Subway’ provides a list of tourist sites in the vicinity of subway stations across Korea.
By Kim...
Art connects Korea, Japan, China
The Trilateral Arts Festival 2016 is held in Jeju on Aug. 27, 2016. The photo shows artists from Korea, Japan and China playing traditional...
In memoriam: Hinzpeter’s Gwangju exhibit
An exhibit to commemorate Jürgen Hinzpeter (1937-2016), the late German reporter who told the world about the May 18 Democratic Uprising in Gwangju in...
Korean Roman Catholic history goes on display at Vatican
Relics from 230 years of Roman Catholicism in Korea are going on display for the first time at the Vatican Museum on Sept. 9,...
