How Korea’s modern art began
Exhibition sheds light on art of Korean Empire The Korean Empire (1897-1910), proclaimed by Joseon’s 26th ruler King Gojong as an effort to modernize, is often neglected in Korea’s history. “Art of the Korean Empire ― The Emergence of Modern Art,” an exhibition on view at the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (MMCA), […]
“We need to incentivize corporations, banks in tackling social issues”
Corporations and banks should get more involved in solving the problems facing the communities they belong to in order to gain more of the public’s acceptance and therefore grow on a sustainable basis. One way to encourage them to do that is to describe their social contributions in dollar terms to help the investors decide […]
How feminist book ‘Kim Ji-young’ became million-seller
“Kim Ji-young Born in 1982,” a novel describing the life of an ordinary Korean housewife on a career break, has sold 1 million copies as of Nov. 27, just over two years after its release in October 2016. This is the first Korean novel to have sold over 1 million copies in nearly a decade, […]
Korea to open more immigration offices
The Seoul Metropolitan Government (SMG) and the Ministry of Justice signed an agreement Monday to better cater for the increasing number of foreign residents in Seoul by strengthening bilateral networks and expanding foreigner-friendly measures. Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon and Justice Minister Park Sang-ki signed a memorandum of understanding at Seoul City Hall, Monday. The signing […]
2018 Top Asian News
Many things happened during 2018: power shifts, wars, terrorist attacks, new laws and new scientific discoveries. Among all those news, we selected the most significant ones. Here go the top ten Asian news of the current year. Inter-Korean Dialogue and US-NK Talks – The international community opens the door to North Korea The NK-US summit in […]
Korail under fire after yet another accident
Saturday’s derailment of a Seoul-bound KTX train from Gangneung has brought state-owned railroad operator KORAIL under heavy public scrutiny, as it was the 10th accident on Korail tracks in three weeks. The accident, which left 15 injured, came just three days after Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon paid a special visit to KORAIL headquarters in Daejeon […]
Talking About Peace in the Korean Peninsula
Dear Mr.Dean Baquet, the executive editor of New York Times, Hankyoreh is a daily newspaper, which is regarded as the most progressive newspaper in Korea. I’ve always enjoyed reading the Times very much, and my interest has only grown even further as my responsibilities have been heightened as the executive editor of Hankyoreh. From 2004 […]
‘Ssireum’ listed as UNESCO intangible cultural heritage
“Ssireum,” Korean traditional wrestling, successfully made its way onto the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage list, Monday, through the first-ever joint bid by North and South Korea. The Cultural Heritage Administration (CHA) announced that the two Koreas’ bid to inscribe ssireum on the list was accepted during the 13th session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the […]
Prostrating monks call for truth in Myanmar worker’s death
Several Korean monks displayed a rare religious practice on Monday to demand the government investigate the death of a Myanmar migrant worker two months ago. The pro-immigration activists performed the three-steps-and-one-prostration-bow practice, starting from Jogyesa in Jongno-gu, Seoul ― the headquarters of the Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism. Each monk repeated a cycle of taking […]
Senior Korean diplomat found unconscious with brain bleed in Singapore
One of South Korean President Moon Jae-in’s key staffers has collapsed with an apparent brain bleed while the president and state executives were in Singapore for this year’s annual ASEAN Summit. Moon broke the news on Friday. He said Kim Eun-young, the director-general of the South Asia and Pacific Foreign Affairs Bureau, was found unconscious […]
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