A translator who is not fluent in Korean winning the webtoon category at the 2022 Korea Translation Award has sparked controversy about the use of artificial intelligence in translation. A local newspaper reported Wednesday that Yukiko Matsusue, a Japanese translator who won Rookie of the Year at the annual award organized by the Korean Literature Translation Institute in December, had used Nave...

After becoming a new major source for alternate forms of multimedia content, web novels -- written works available primarily online -- are poised to continue following the successful footsteps of webtoons, setting new sales records and yielding successful drama adaptations. Naver Series, South Korean tech giant Naver’s web-based book platform, said that the accumulated sales of its action fantas...

Singer-songwriter Harry Styles on Sunday wowed the audience of the 2023 Grammy Awards red carpet event when he appeared with his gender-fluid, rainbow harlequin-pattern jumpsuit adorned with Swarovski crystals. Gender fluid, genderless, agender, unisex -- these words have all been sweeping the fashion sector. South Korean fashion icons and TV stars, although not as daring as Styles, are gradual...

The Buddhist temple Mugaksa, one of the five venues of the biennale, will feature meditative works that reflect the cyclical nature of life by artists such as Indian photographer Dayanita Singh, Chinese ceramic and installation artist Liu Jinhua, and Vietnamese artist Huong Dodinh. Dodinh, who left Vietnam and settled in France due to the Vietnam War, creates abstract paintings that trace one’s ...

Retro shops offering analog music experience draw younger generation

Seoul Selection publishes six-volume series of English translations of works by Japanese Korean and Chinese Korean writers

The current show includes the 90-year-old’s new work “In Drawing – Wind Performance” created for the exhibition in New York, which shows a red line drawn over a photo of the Canal Projects’ building in Soho, New York. In a dramatic evocation of the drawing, a swath of red fabric will be installed and hung on the façade of the Canal Projects’ building during the Frieze New York, set for May 18 to...

Overturning lower court decision, Daejeon High Court rules 14th century statue belongs to Japanese temple

“Silver Tigris & Euphrates Watershed” is a new work created with recycled silver. “I choose rivers because they are just so critically important. Tigris-Euphrates river is almost the dawn of human civilization. It is sort of the beginning of civilization as we know it today. They are very important historically and ecologically,” Lin said. Lin used recycled silver to create the rivers in "Silver...

Independence Gate, Seodaemun Prison and other memorials at the Line No. 3 station stand as testament to heroes' era in Korea's colonial past

The characters are nonbinary, an umbrella term for not identifying as male or female as one's gender identity. “Actually nonbinary characters have not been very prominent in American science fiction and fantasy until comparatively recently,” Lee said. “I also only learned about nonbinary identities several years ago when my friends came out. And they were telling me that they didn’t see themselv...

The next day, Go and her friends were filled with excitement as they gathered and decided which family's ogokbap was the best. "Even as children, we acted as if we were experts or some food masters. We would ask our moms to explain which grains were used in different ogokbap, and what type goes well with different namul and kimchi,” Go said. A myth has it that sharing ogokbap with three neighbo...

Wonju boasts mesmerizing ice wall at Pandae Ice Park

Korea Foundation and the ASEAN Foundation are inviting five contemporary Korean artists to take part in the inaugural "Konnect ASEAN – Chiang Mai Print Residency for Korean artists," which will take place in northern Thailand's Chiang Mai. The monthlong program that will start in July is to provide access to print studios, public programs and other promotional activities for print artists while ...

The artist draws on cultural history from Greek mythology to underground culture, whilst examining the dynamics of power. Imhof’s “Youth” was originally intended to be shown at the Garage Museum in Moscow, but was canceled due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. With the Circa 20:23 presentation marking one year since that conflict began, the cultural institute is collaborating with the artist to o...