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Interpark Songin’s filing for court receivership alarms publishers, offline bookstores

BooksJun 10, 2020

Concerns of the publishing industry and local offline bookstore owners are rising, as Interpark Songin, a retailer to small and medium-sized bookstores, announced Tuesday that it has filed for court ...
CHA discovers Paleolithic stonewares at village inside DMZ

CultureJun 9, 2020

The Cultural Heritage Administration on Tuesday announced the discovery of two articles of stoneware from the Paleolithic Age and other relics in Daeseong-dong of Paju, Gyeonggi Province. This was C...
Korean, foreign students invited to join content creation contest centering on traditional Korean music

CultureJun 9, 2020

The Korean Culture and Information Service and the Culture Ministry announced Tuesday that the 2020 “Nonjangpan” competition for students interested in the liberal arts was starting. South Korean st...
Culture Ministry launches Hallyu department

CultureJun 8, 2020

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism announced the launch of a new department to support the Korean Wave’s further expansion on Tuesday. “We are still working on the details related to the ne...
What should, or can, the Culture Ministry’s new Hallyu department do?

CultureJun 8, 2020

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism is due to establish a separate department within the ministry to support the Korean Wave by June or July at the latest. While the ministry declined to giv...
BTS Suga’s new song sparks global fans’ interest in traditional music

MusicJun 7, 2020

The lead track of “D-2,” released in May by Suga of K-pop sensation BTS, has sparked global fans’ interest in traditional Korean music. The title of the piece, “Daechwita,” refers to a genre of trad...
Culture Minister shares Korea’s experience in keeping theaters open amid pandemic

TheaterJun 4, 2020

Culture Minister Park Yang-woo on Wednesday evening held a videoconference with British counterpart Oliver Dowden and shared Korea’s experience with COVID-19 safety guideline compliance in performing...
Missing head of Buddha statue on Namsan in Gyeongju discovered

CultureJun 3, 2020

The Cultural Heritage Administration announced on Wednesday that it has discovered the head of a stone seated Buddha statue, which is estimated to date from the late Unified Silla period, in conjunct...
Hwang Sok-yong hopes to revive discontinued Lotus Prize rather than win Nobel liberature prize

BooksJun 2, 2020

Hwang Sok-yong, one of South Korea‘s best known writers, said he would rather bring back the Lotus Prize for Literature than win a Nobel prize, during a press conference held Tuesday for the release ...
What next for Kansong Art Museum?

CultureMay 30, 2020

Two state-designated treasures from the Kansong Art Museum will be returned to the museum after an auction Wednesday failed to find new owners. The two treasures -- Treasure No. 284, Gilt-Bronze Sta...
Treasures from Kansong Art Museum fail to find new owners

CultureMay 27, 2020

Two state-designated treasures from the Kansong Art Museum failed to find new owners at an auction in Seoul on Wednesday. They were the first sales attempt of the storied museum’s artifacts. Treasu...
CHA unveils newly excavated gilt-bronze shoes from Silla Kingdom

CultureMay 27, 2020

In May 2018, the CHA decided to excavate the area and conduct research there. The excavation led to the discovery of two additional tombs in 2019, called No. 120-1 and No. 120-2. The shoes were found...
[Herald Interview] All it takes is a page a day

CultureMay 26, 2020

South Korean startup Espressobook CEO Hwang Sang-chul says with his company’s app, Harubook, anyone can become an author and publish a physical book. Using the app, whose name means “one-day book,” ...
Hanji Culture and Industry Center opens to boost Korean traditional paper industry

CultureMay 24, 2020

“From this year, we will work on using hanji for guestbooks in Korean embassies and Korean Culture and Information Service centers overseas,” Oh added. Some of the hanji makers also noted the import...
Cultural artifacts brought to life with immersive digital technology

CultureMay 20, 2020

In Immersive Digital Gallery 3, the interior of the stone chamber of tombs from Goguryeo era is reproduced. Most of the Goguryeo-era tombs are located in North Korea and China and at the digital gall...