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[Well-curated weekend] Up for some indoor sports? How about plant-watching and coffee-tasting?
Culture
Apr 22, 2022
Taste coffee from Ganeung in the heart of Seoul Coffee aficionados do not have to travel to Gangneung, a city famous for coffee in Gangwon Province, to try a delectable cup of espresso this weekend. Renowned baristas from Gangneung are coming to Culture Station Seoul 284, a former Seoul train station that has become a multipurpose art and cultural complex. The event titled “Barista and Gangneu...
[Around the Hotels] Promotions and packages
Food&Beverage
Apr 22, 2022
Fairmont Ambassador Seoul unveils new signature bakery collection The Atrium Lounge at Fairmont Ambassador Seoul presents a new collection of signature bakery goods, crafted by head baker Morgan Muller in accordance with authentic French recipes combined with natural Korean ingredients. The signature collection features natural sourdough-style fermentation techniques. Options include the plain ...
[Travel Bits] Festivals, sights across Korea
Travel
Apr 22, 2022
Cheongnamdae Spring Flower Festival The Cheongnamdae Spring Flower Festival will run through May 8 at Cheongnamdae in Cheongju, North Chungcheong Province. Once a private villa used by former presidents of South Korea, Cheongnamdae opened to the public in 2003. Surrounded by spring flowers, the festival welcomes visitors of all ages with various sculptures, art paintings and wild flowers. Che...
[Venice Biennale 2022] ‘Gyre’ at Korean Pavilion questions absolute power
Arts&Design
Apr 21, 2022
On the wall are drawings Kim did using chalk, chalk-paintings that show the original ideas that he worked with when creating the massive installations. “I do a lot of sketches. I did not intend to do it (wall drawings) for the biennale, but I wanted to give it a try on the wall,” he said. The 59th International Art Exhibition of Venice Biennale with the title of “The Milk of Dreams” runs through...
[Photo News] Hanbok Talk
Culture
Apr 20, 2022
Front row from left: Didier Beltoise, president of Cs ; Hye-kyung Kim, vice-president of Enzychem Lifesciences ; Kim Young-jin, CEO of Tchai Kim ; Sripriya Ranganathan, Indian Ambassador to Korea; Choi Jung-wha, president of Corea Image Communication Institute CICI; Mukund Santhanam, RE 100 Strategic advisor; Mozes Csoma, Hungarian Ambassador to Korea and Nam Sun-mi, spouse of the Hungarian Ambas...
Deoksugung offers night tour program
Culture
Apr 20, 2022
Tickets for “Seokjojeon at Night,” priced at 26,000 won per person, go on sale at 2 p.m. Friday online via Interpark. People with disabilities and those 65 and older can book tickets by calling 1544-1555. Each person is allowed a maximum purchase of two tickets. Up to 16 people are admitted per tour. “Seokjojeon at Night” is organized by the CHA’s Royal Palaces and Tombs Center and the Korea C...
SLL aims to become global content provider
Culture
Apr 20, 2022
A separate unit will be set up in Singapore to create content based on the local culture and languages as well. The company posted 558.8 billion won in sales in 2021 with 26 dramas and films, becoming the biggest production company in South Korea in terms of annual sales. “The video content aside, SLL will expand its business to various fields, including IP-based projects, nonfungible tokens an...
Bogota intl. book fair kicks off with S. Korea as guest of honor
Culture
Apr 20, 2022
The 2022 Bogota International Book Fair (FILBO) has opened in Colombia's capital with South Korea as the guest of honor. Launched in 1988, FILBO is the second-largest event of its kind in South America, where an average of 600,000 people visit every year. The event returned in person for the first time in three years due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The 34th edition kicked off in a ceremony held T...
English Hallyu posts on YouTube jump thirtyfold after ‘Squid Game’
Culture
Apr 19, 2022
Since the release of Netflix’s mega-hit Korean original “Squid Game” last year, English-language online posts related to Hallyu, or the Korean Wave, have increased approximately 30-fold, according to a Korean Foundation for International Cultural Exchange report released Monday. The Culture Ministry and KOFICE jointly analyzed data from three online media platform categories -- video and social ...
Tongyeong Triennale vivifies coastal city's 420-year history of craftsmanship
Arts&Design
Apr 18, 2022
The art exhibition “Take Your Time” is shown at the former Shina SB Shipyard, joined by 38 artists from 13 countries. The works, from paintings, media art to digital works created by artificial intelligence, aim to give visitors a respite from life’s daily stressors. “First of all, people are very stressed and confused. There are a lot of resentment because people are very focused outside. It is...
Orchestra performance of the blind from Joseon to be reborn at Gyeongbok Palace
Culture
Apr 18, 2022
This year’s performance named, “Embracing King Sejong’s Spring,” will be held indoors at Jipgyeongdang, the Joseon queen’s royal chamber at Gyeongbok Palace. Three musicians will be playing traditional instruments -- geomungo, a six-stringed zither, daegeum, a large bamboo flute, and danso, a smaller flute -- and a song master of gasa, Korean traditional narrative song. From solo performances t...
Kansong Art Museum reopens after seven years, pledges not to put collection up for auction
Arts&Design
Apr 17, 2022
Founded in 1938 by Jeon Hyung-pil -- a wealthy merchant who collected Korean cultural artifacts during Japan’s 1910-45 colonial rule -- the museum was a fortress that helped protect Korean heritage from being taken out from the country by Japanese colonialists. The name of the museum, Bohwagak, was changed to Kansong Art Museum, adopting the founder’s penname, after his death in 1962. Bohwagak, ...
Limit on audience numbers lifted for theaters, performance halls
Culture
Apr 17, 2022
As part of a new post-COVID-19 scheme, audience number limits will be lifted starting Monday, according to the Culture Ministry. The change is expected to revitalize the performing arts and theater sectors hit hard by the pandemic. Food consumption inside all cultural facilities, including movie theaters, indoor sports stadiums and religious facilities will be allowed starting April 25. Masks s...
'Bajirak, bajirak!': Fresh sound alerting the arrival of spring
Food&Beverage
Apr 17, 2022
Both items are priced at 25,000. Although walk-ins are possible, reservations are recommended. By Kim Hae-yeon ( hykim@heraldcorp.com )
[Eye Plus] Sogyeok-dong: where past and present coexist
Culture
Apr 16, 2022
When visitors exit Gyeongbok Palace’s eastern gate and walk along the stonewall walkway, they will arrive at the National Folk Museum of Korea, with historical artifacts and display offer a glimpse of what the daily lives of Korean people in the past were like. Across from the Folk Museum is a beautiful red-brick building housing the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Seoul, where va...
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