Friday, March 29, 2024

Interview with an Arab reporter

Korean pop music and soap operas have been popular across the Arab world for a long time now, and the number of fans keeps getting bigger each year. Those fans dream about meeting their favorite pop idol or attending one of the concerts, or...

‘My goal is to stand on the podium in PyeongChang’

Won Yun-jong (left), the pilot, and Seo Young-woo, the brakeman, finished the 2016-2017 BMW IBSF World Cup in third place after they came in fifth in the men’s bobsleigh race, the final race of the season, at the Alpensia Sliding Center in Pyeongchang on...

Gapado goes green

Residents on Gapado Island, a small outcropping 5.5 kilometers south of Jeju Island, rely on wind turbines and solar panels for their energy. After a 20-minute ferry ride from Moseulpo Port at the southern tip of Jeju Island, Gapado Island welcomes visitors with its green...

Korea’s biggest cherry blossom festival

A famous writer once said, “I dream of standing under trees while cherry blossom petals fall all around me.” Well, it’s that time of the year when cherry blossom trees are about to bloom. Yes, spring is coming. Seeing cherry blossom festivals is a big...

Seoul’s vertical metropolis awaits grand opening

Lotte World Tower's Sky Deck observation platform, 478 meters from the ground on the 118th floor, offers surreal views of Seoul's cityscape, as miniature cars move along streets that connect clusters of blocks that give shape to a bustling city. A "vertical metropolis" is the...

Culinary delight of Gangwon-do: freeze-dried pollack

“We’re all ready to serve during next year’s Olympic Games.” Kim Sunyeol runs Hwangtae Hoegwan (황태회관), one of the time-honored hwangtae (황태) restaurants in Pyeongchang, Gangwon-do Province. The town of Pyeongchang is one of the three host cities for next year’s 2018 PyeongChang 2018 Olympic...

Electric vehicle expo shows off green tech

The opening ceremony for the fourth International Electric Vehicle Expo was held at the Yeomiji Botanical Gardens in Seogwipo-si, Jeju Island, on March 17. Blue skies and colorful flowers at the Yeomiji Botanical Gardens on Jeju Island provided the perfect setting for the fourth International...

‘I lost today, but my eyes are on next year in Pyeongchang’

Korean skeleton racer Yun Sung-bin (left) finishes in second place, to many home fans’ regret, by the narrow margin of 0.01 seconds behind the world champion Martins Dukurs of Latvia, in the men’s skeleton in the 2016-2017 BMW International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF)...

Baby’s big dayBaby’s big day

As in any country, a baby’s first birthday is a big deal in Korea. In the past, due to various reasons, such as famine and disease, many babies didn’t make it to their first birthday. So those that did got a huge party to...

Russia defends 4-man bobsleigh title in Pyeongchang

The Russian team, led by Alexander Kasjanov, celebrates its first-place finish in the four-man bobsleigh race in the 2016-2017 BMW International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF) World Cup, at the Alpensia Sliding Center in Pyeongchang, Gangwon-do Province, on March 19. The world champion in four-man...

Korea-US FTA: five years of win-win trade relations

Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy Joo Hyunghwan (left) and Vice President of the Asia Society's Policy Institute and former senior U.S. trade official Wendy Cutler shake hands, as former chairman of AMCHAM Jeffrey Jones (center) looks on, during the Korea-U.S. FTA fifth anniversary...

German men grab bobsled gold in Pyeongchang

Francesco Friedrich and Thorsten Margis of Germany rejoice in their victory as they cross the finish line in the men’s bobsleigh race in the 2016-2017 BMW International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF) World Cup, at the Alpensia Sliding Center in Pyeongchang, Gangwon-do Province, on...

US women’s bobsleigh team triumphs on next year’s Olympic track

Jamie Greubl of the U.S. holds up her hands as she finishes first in the women’s bobsleigh race in the 2016-2017 BMW IBSF World Cup, at the Alpensia Sliding Center in Pyeongchang, Gangwon-do Province, on March 18. “I’m confident about next year’s PyeongChang Olympic Games.” The...

Latvia defends skeleton title in Pyeongchang

Martins Dukurs of Latvia (left) rejoices with his coach after coming in first in the men’s skeleton race at the 2016-2017 BMW International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF) World Cup, held at the Alpensia Sliding Center in Pyeongchang, Gangwon-do Province, on March 17. The world...

Skeleton races hit Pyeongchang ice

Jacqueline Loelling of Germany launches her sled as she heads down the half-pipe course in the women’s skeleton race in the BMW IBSF World Cup, at the Alpensia Sliding Center in Pyeongchang, Gangwon-do Province, on March 17. One hundredth of a second is all that’s...

Seoul pledges support for 2018 Winter Games

IOC President Thomas Bach (left) and Acting President and Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn discuss measures to support the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games next year, during a meeting at the Government Complex-Seoul on March 14. Acting President and Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn pledged...

Estate of Koh Kwang-rim, first Korean at Harvard Law, donates to National Library

Chun Hesung (third from right) donates 2,356 books about law, economics and politics, all part of the late Koh Kwang-rim’s collection, to the National Library of Korea, Sejong, on March 14. Chun and other dignitaries pose for a commemorative photo at the National Library...

Gwanak-gu District values its book clubs

Among Seoul's 25 districts, Gwanak-gu has one of the most vigorous networks of book clubs, thanks to the district government’s financial support for books, libraries and reading. “Why don’t we visit Chuncheon next month and see the setting of Kim Yu-jeong’s (김유정, 1908-1937) novel ’Dongbaekggot’...

Visiting the Korea Pavilion at the Philippine Travel Tour Expo

There’s no more excuse to not visit Korea, as you don’t have to wait for a midnight seat sale! The Korea Pavilion at the recent Philippine Travel Tour Expo, held at the SMX Convention Center, gave a glimpse of what Korea might offer to its...

Spring has sprung along Jeju’s canola trails

At the Seogwipo Yuchae Canola Flower International Walking Festival, held in Seogwipo-si, Jeju Island, on March 18 and 19, participants can walk on 5-km, 10-km or 15-km trails that weave through the island's blooming fields of canola flowers. The trails connect several tourist attractions...

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