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Discovering Korean culture via 'K-healing
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Korea.net on May 20 hosted a ceremony at its Seoul office to launch its multichannel network for promoting Korea and inducting the ninth class of Honorary Reporters of the Korean Culture and In...
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Historical seals from Joseon Dynasty returned to Korea
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4783 | Feb 24, 2020 18:02 |
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The guksae (national seal) Daegunjubo (left) and the eobo (royal seal) named the Royal Seal of Hyojong (right) will be displayed from Feb. 22 to March 8 at the National Palace Museum of Korea in Seoul....
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What's to like about Korea? Plenty, say foreigners
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4477 | Feb 06, 2020 09:44 |
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The Korean Culture and Information Service released on Feb. 4 the results of a poll conducted last year on Korea's national image. Of the 5,453 respondents who expressed a positive perception of...
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Hanok Villages
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5260 | Dec 16, 2019 10:26 |
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The recent revival of interest in modernized traditional Korean houses (called hanok) among architectural designers and house buyers from across Korea has also helped attract numerous tourists to Korea’s ol...
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Korea's traditional martial arts, Taekwondo
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5116 | Nov 29, 2019 11:16 |
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Originated in Korea, Taekwondo is a martial art of self-defence in which the competitors use both their hands and feet. In ancient times, Koreans practiced Taekwondo as a mandatory preparation for w...
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[About Korea] Traditional Arts
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7860 | Nov 21, 2019 10:26 |
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Gugak
Performance of Yeomillak (“Joy of the People”), court music composed during the reign of King Sejong in the 15th century. The term gugak, which literally means “national music,” refers to tradit...
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Korea's Festivals and Holidays
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Festivals
The Lunar New Year’s Day (Seol or Seollal), which is generally regarded as the most important of all the traditional seasonal festivals, is celebrated with a special festival food called tte...
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Poet becomes first Korean to receive Canadian literary prize
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4598 | Oct 23, 2019 10:44 |
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Poet Kim Hyesoon is the first Korean winner of the Griffin Poetry Prize, which boasts the highest cash award for poetry in Canada. (Screen capture from Griffin Poetry Prize's official homepage...
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Chuseok customs change with passage of time, social trends
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4834 | Oct 15, 2019 16:41 |
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The customs observed during Chuseok (Full Moon Harvest) have changed over time. Chuseok (Full Moon Harvest) is observed on Aug. 15 of the lunar year as one of the two biggest holidays in Korea. Though...
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2016 South and North Korea through Statistics
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6526 | Dec 28, 2017 16:20 |
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What comics reveal about Korea
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6457 | Dec 14, 2017 10:19 |
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By Tim Alper Comic fever is highly contagious. It has already spilled overseas. Messenger apps like Kakao Talk and Line, as well as a host of others, have launched successful Japanese and simplified Chi...
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The Candlelight Revolution in American Eyes
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15559 | Nov 10, 2017 17:43 |
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John Delury attends a candlelight demonstration with his children this past winter. (John Delury) By John Delury, professor at Yonsei University I was sitting with my son in the airport lounge in...
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Peaks and ends: A Korea bucket list
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10876 | Oct 20, 2017 17:57 |
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Amarynth Sichel The bucket lists we compile when leaving a city that we’ve called home hold a unique place in the taxonomy of to-do lists and itineraries. A hybrid between a favorite weekend r...
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Sphinx in the Hangeul country
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Samy Rashad (right) is the Egyptian representative on the Korean TV show 'Abnormal Summit.' Photos = Samy Rashad Christopher Columbus once said, "You can never cross the ocean until you have the coura...
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Traditional Markets in Korea
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13946 | Nov 24, 2016 16:06 |
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By Ilya Belyakov When I first came to Korea, I didn't like traditional markets that much. I thought they were dirty and messy. Middle-aged male vendors tried to deceive me because I am non-Korean. Tr...
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Things you have to get used to when you live in Korea
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7365 | Mar 29, 2016 11:50 |
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The number of non-Korean residents, not travelers, in Korea is reportedly about 1,569,470, one online article says. At first, there're things that non-Koreans think weird about Korea, but later ...
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Fascinating facts about life in Korea
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7801 | Dec 23, 2015 09:57 |
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Kislova Evgeniya These days, Korean brands like LG, Samsung, Kia and Lotte are advertised in newspapers and on TV all around the world. These snippets of Korean society, shown overseas, however, are...
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Stamp series commemorates endangered wolves
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8568 | Oct 30, 2015 16:49 |
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In cartoons and movies, wolves are often shown to be rough, fierce and mean. However, wolves can be nice and warm animals. They live in tight-knit family groups and the male wolf generally allows the...
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New certification mark for 'Excellent Culture Products' revealed to public
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7696 | Sep 25, 2015 09:36 |
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Starting in November, the certification mark for "Excellent Culture Products" will be changed. The new mark was designed by Choi Jin-A, winner of the DNA of the Republic of Korea contest hosted...
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World youth taekwondo festival winds down
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9545 | Aug 28, 2015 12:06 |
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Young taekwondo athletes from around the world measured their strength and ability against each other during the world championship that was just held at the Taekwondowon in Muju, Jeollabuk-do Province (No...
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