Korean citizens will soon be allowed to list their spare rooms at Airbnb or other accommodation sharing services, renting out their houses or rooms to visitors or tourists. Companies that develop brand new products, such as drones, wearable devices or unmanned vehicles, will soon be able to receive government support. Big improvements will be made to ease regulations that...
'The Mogul Merchant,' a new online comic book created by the Cultural Heritage Administration, is released on Feb. 17. The 14-part series will be published serially online every Wednesday.
Part one of "The Mogul Merchant" (물상객주, 物商客主), a new online comic book that explores Korea's cultural heritage, was published on Feb. 17. The 14-part miniseries will be published serially online...
An evening journey around the Gyeonghoeru Pavilion at Gyeongbokgung Palace allows you to appreciate it from all angles, as it's reflected in the pond under the moonlight.
Evenings at Seoul's royal palaces are soon to grow longer.
Gyeongbokgung and Changgyeonggung palaces, two of the must-see tourist spots in the capital, will reopen from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m., allowing visitors to...
Stone blades from the Neolithic Era, stone arrowheads from the Bronze Age, stainless steel spoons, hwatu gambling cards and even blue jeans worn by people today.
These are all part of the resources owned by the National Folk Museum of Korea, and all of these historical assets can be found in the museum's online archives.
In November last year, the museum...
Korea's Jang Bogo Antarctic Research Station, in its second year of operations, expands its research to cover Antarctica's sub-glacial lakes, geology and meteorite craters.
Jang Bogo, Korea's second permanent research station in Antarctica, has been breaking ground in Antarctic research. This year, it will have been in operation for two years.
Jang Bogo is located in Terra Nova Bay, Victoria Land,...
CEO Cho Tae-kwon of the Kwangjuyo Group emphasizes that, 'Our traditions are something that will never disappear. They're the things that have been accumulated all these years.'
There is a man who has turned traditional culinary arts into a business, has turned them into art complemented by a trinity of exquisite ceramics, traditional Korean cooking and well-matched traditional liquors.
This is...
Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Kim Jongdeok attends a 'K-Smile' tourism promotion event in Myeongdong on Feb. 12 and presents a tourist with a gift.
Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Kim Jongdeok and cast members of the TV show "Abnormal Summit" ("비정상회담") have been sharing smiles with tourists in Seoul's central Myeongdong shopping district.
On Feb. 12, Kim was...
A U.S. veteran from the 40th Infantry Division embraces a student during a graduation ceremony at the Gwanin Middle and High Schools on Feb. 3 in Pocheon, Gyeonggi-do Province.
Gapyeong is in the center of the Korean Peninsula and it was the site of one of the fiercest battles of the Korean War (1950-1953). In June 1950, invaded by the...
Yakgwa are cookies that can also be medicine, and the snack has one of the longest histories in Korean cuisine.
The snack originated during the era of Korea's three kingdoms, roughly 57 B.C. to A.D. 668. According to "The Memorabilia of the Three Kingdoms" (Samguk Yusa, 삼국유사, 三國遺事), a collection of unofficial histories published by the monk Iryeon (1206-1289) (일연,...
Seollal Lunar New Year’s Day is back. This holiday has more meanings than other days, as we are now one year older. On Seollal, families and relatives get together to perform ancestral rites, the charye, enjoy a feast, the sechan (세찬, 歲饌), and share their blessings with each other. Children perform the sebae, the traditional Seollal bow to the...
On Feb. 2, the National Palace Museum of Korea reopens its Joseon Palaces and Royal Court Life exhibition halls and reveals drawings and plans of the northern section of Gyeongbokgung Palace.
The National Palace Museum of Korea has reopened two of its permanent exhibition halls, filled with historical artifacts that tell the history of life in Joseon palaces.
On Feb. 2,...
Children in Hanbok play yunnori, a traditional four-stick board game, on Seollal Lunar New Year’s.
Seollal Lunar New Year’s Day is just around the corner and tourist attractions are gearing up to welcome holidaymakers throughout the five-day national holiday.
From Feb. 6 to 10, a series of events will take place across Seoul allowing family members, friends and loved ones to...
Korea has now exported more than USD 500 million worth of e-government products, including digital inspection systems, remote control systems for electronic meters and transport systems.
According to the Ministry of the Interior, about 500 Korean tech firms recorded total exports of USD 534.4 million last year, up 12 percent from the previous year’s USD 475.21 million. Korea’s e-government exports...
Korea's first maglev train begins operations on Feb. 3. This is only the world's second successful commercialization of an independently-developed maglev train.
A maglev commuter train travelling between Incheon International Airport and adjoining neighborhoods launched on Feb. 3.
This new urban train runs at a maximum speed of 110 kilometers per hour and passes six stops between the airport and the...
Hanji, Korea's traditional hand-made mulberry paper, was on exhibit for European audiences in Germany this year for the third consecutive year.
The Korea Crafts & Design Foundation (KCDF) participated in Paperworld Frankfurt 2016 from Jan. 30 to Feb. 2. The exhibition is one of the biggest trade fairs for paper, office supplies and stationery. This year, the Hanji booth was...
The 43rd Angouleme International Comics Festival showcases some Korean online comic strips from Jan. 28 to 31.
About 400 kilometers southwest of Paris, Angouleme has been playing host to a comics festival since 1974, and this year it brings together cartoonists from Korea and France.
Starting on Jan. 28, the 43rd Angouleme International Comics Festival spotlighted a series of well-known online...
"We engage in competition under the spirit of Su-Sa-Bul-Pae (수사불패, 雖死不敗)," they said, referring to the four-character slogan that translates as, "I may die, but I can't lose."
The future of Korean triathlons is bright due to two 20-something athletes, Heo Min-ho and Kim Ji-hwan, who both turn 26 this year, are currently part of the Korea Armed Forces Athletic...
“My life is just beginning.”
Pianist Seong-jin Cho, who turns 22 this year, returned to his home country on Feb. 1. This is the first time for him to return since he achieved victory at the 17th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition in October last year, becoming the first Korean to win the most-coveted of competitions.
Cho said in a press...
Paju's Forest of Wisdom greets visitors with 8-meter shelves stacked with books donated by Korean scholars, intellectuals and specialists from a variety of fields.
"Eight meters tall and spanning 3.1 kilometers."
At first glance, one may think these numbers refer to the dimensions of a building or to a sports arena, but in fact they represent the height and length of...
The Jijihyang hotel provides Author Rooms where guests can not only read the books stacked on the shelves, but can also be inspired by all the books there written by Korean authors.
Nowadays, there are small, easy-to-come-by libraries right next door to us in our neighborhoods. The thinking behind libraries has been transformed, however, from just a place to read...