2nd branch of Hallyu-promoting center Korea 360 opens in UAE
The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism on April 11 announced its opening of the Hallyu business-promoting center Korea...
No. 6 city Gwangju launches projects to help foreign workers
The country's sixth-largest city of Gwangju on April 7 announced support projects for civic groups to protect the...
Festival highlights beauty of spring at Seoul’s royal palaces
This is a scene last year from the program "Time Travel: King Sejong" of the 2024 Spring K-Royal...
Royal ritual music to mark 50 years of ties with Singapore
Jongmyo Jeryeak, or Royal Ancestral Ritual Music of Jongmyo Shrine, is held on Nov. 4, 2023, at the...
Expats to promote all things Korean via hidden destinations
Participants of last year's "The Sense of K-Culture." (Korea International Broadcasting Foundation)
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KCC worldwide hosts diverse events to celebrate Lunar New Year
The photo shows the performance of gilnori (traditional performance parade) staged at the Korean Cultural Center in Bangkok, Thailand, on...
Nat’l Museum of Korea unveils 2025 exhibition lineup
National Museum of Korea Director Kim Jae-Hong on Jan. 20 announces his institution's main tasks for 2025 at a New Year's...
Seoul Winter Festa to illuminate nightscape from Dec. 13
The Seoul Metropolitan Government on Nov. 21 said that from Dec. 13 to Jan. 5, it will host Seoul...
Foreign acts to perform at traditional music concert on Dec. 10
The Korea Heritage Agency on Dec. 10 will hold the concert "Sinawi Spectrum" at Korea Cultural House in Seoul's...
Seoul Outdoor Library features translations of acclaimed books
People read books at Seoul Outdoor Library along Cheonggyecheon Stream in Seoul. (Seoul Outdoor Library)
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KCCs in 25 countries to host events for Chuseok holiday
Visitors to the Korean Cultural Center (KCC) in Ankara, Turkiye (Turkey), on Sept. 30, 2023, play beonadolligi, a traditional game...
Billboard ranks BTS 19th-greatest pop star of 21st century
Billboard on Sept. 10 ranked K-pop sensation BTS 19th on the American music magazine's list of the greatest pop...
Festival to honor Jeju’s famed female divers from Sept. 20-22
Jeju Special Self-Governing Province on Sept. 8 announced its hosting of the 17th Jeju Haenyeo (Female Diver) Festival from...
Fall night tours of Gyeongbokgung Palace to start on Sept. 11
The Royal Palaces and Tombs Center of the Korea Heritage Service on Sept. 2 announced the schedule of the Gyeongbokgung...
Hallyu exhibition to make visitors feel like K-drama characters
Actor Song Geon-hee on Aug. 12 experiences a K-drama through virtual reality at the opening ceremony of the exhibition...
US to name legation building in Washington historical site
The Korean Empire legation in Washington is expected to be listed in the National Register of Historic Places...
Incheon kicks off 19th annual Pentaport Rock Festival
This year's Incheon Pentaport Rock Festival from Aug. 2-4 will be held at Songdo Moonlight Festival Park in Incheon's Yeonsu-gu...
Intangible cultural heritage events headline ‘vacay in Aug.’
Miryang Baekjung (100 Seeds) Nori is a festival held in Miryang, Gyeongsangnam-do Province. (Korea Heritage Service)
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Paris Summer Olympics to see largest Korea House in history
This is the garden in front of Korea House for the Paris Summer Olympics in the French capital. (Korea Sport &...
Korean, Omani writers call literature’s existence ‘liberating’
Author Eun Hee-kyung (left) and Omani writer Jokha Al Harthi (middle) on June 29 discuss the theme of liberation...
