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Sharing culture through music
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19231 | Sep 12, 2012 09:12 |
The growing international popularity of Korean pop star PSY,
who became one of the summer’s most-talked-about stories since his
music video went viral in July, has made clear that a culture in motion
kn...
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A cosmopolitan communicator, cartoonist Rhie Won-bok
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12591 | Sep 06, 2012 15:23 |
Rhie Won-bok is a cartoonist who freely transcends the boundaries
between the Occidental and the Oriental as well as the classical and the
modern. Let’s take a short trip into the world of carto...
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Korean films' renaissance with box office success
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10213 | Aug 31, 2012 08:26 |
The Korean film industry is having a renaissance recently, with renewed success at the domestic box office. Local
films topped the country's top-ten box office chart last weekend, with
Korean movies...
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K-comics in the spotlight at Bucheon
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11189 | Aug 24, 2012 08:36 |
It can be said that a common key ingredient found in successful pop tunes, art pieces, or novels is a good story. From pop music to contemporary art and literature, Korea’s diverse storytellers have ...
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Ballerina Who Loved a B-boy
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9267 | Aug 14, 2012 08:25 |
One of the leading non-verbal musicals in
Korea, this musical is a masterpiece that has fascinated over 1.5million
audiences from over 130 countries. People who were ...
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Summer nights of music, film, and more
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11554 | Aug 13, 2012 08:27 |
At this time every year, Chuncheon
gets crowded with people from all areas. Taking advantage of its
geographic vicinity to Seoul, Chuncheon always tops the list of
destinations for summer vacation. How...
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Now playing, films on multiculturalism
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10563 | Jul 09, 2012 18:40 |
As of 2011, over 1.4 million non-Koreans have come to call Korea their home. On June 27, the fourth annual Multicultural Film Festival, organized since 2009 to spotlight the themes of multiculturalism an...
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Seoul to be featured in Hollywood films
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9459 | Jul 05, 2012 18:53 |
The release of a trailer for The Bourne Legacy, the fourth in the Bourne series that has excited movies fans around the world, stirred Korean netizens and moviegoers, who recognized familiar views ...
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K-pop Star Entertain-Art Show
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10232 | Jul 02, 2012 17:29 |
The 2012 K-Pop Star Entertain-Art Show, the
first art exhibition in Korea inspired by K-Pop, is scheduled to run
from June 23 through August 19 at KINTEX. The exhibition is divided
into t...
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Arirang Festival celebrates Korea's folk song
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11407 | Jun 21, 2012 16:35 |
Arirang is a famous Korean folk song about
tragedy and separation. Sung all across the Korean Peninsula on both
sides of the DMZ, it exists in many regional variations. Visitors to the
National Museum ...
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April, a month of film festivals
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11698 | Apr 23, 2012 13:38 |
April is packed with annual film events showcasing a wide array of independent, feature, documentary, and short films. Two of the culture ministry-sponsored festivals, the International Women’s Film F...
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Korea's fusion sageuk
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18105 | Mar 16, 2012 09:26 |
The MBC drama The Sun and the Moon is now all the rage throughout the country. The drama is based on the best-selling novel of the same title. It tells a love story set during the Joseon Dynast...
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Korean film in 2012
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14658 | Feb 09, 2012 11:51 |
The Korean film industry has a lot to offer for the year of 2012. Korean films have been gathering more attention around the world and in the domestic market, as Korean films gain attention and Ko...
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K-Pop World Festival 2011 takes off in Changwon
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9474 | Dec 16, 2011 14:14 |
K-pop enthusiasts from across the globe showed off their talents at
the K-Pop World Festival 2011 in Changwon, Gyeongsangnam-do (South
Gyeongsang Province) on December 7. Organized by KBS TV and Chan...
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Korea in the world seen through statistics [2] Culture and Travel
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11314 | Nov 21, 2011 10:17 |
The Korean Wave, which continues to captivate global audiences in Europe and North America through Korean pop music and its performers, has expanded its scope into tourism and culture exports of ani...
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Hallyu fanclubs go global
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8695 | Nov 11, 2011 12:03 |
The performance of Girl's Generation at SMTOWNLIVE WORLDTOUR in NewYork on 23rd October. (Photo : Billboard Korea)
The number of Hallyu fan clubs in regions with Korean cultural centers has ...
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KOCIS holds K-Pop World Festival online event
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12802 | Nov 08, 2011 13:51 |
The K-Pop World Festival is holding an online event under the theme of ‘Become a fan of K-pop.’ The promotional event lasts from November 8 to December 7, according to an announcement f...
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Spain catches K-pop fever
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9373 | Nov 02, 2011 14:36 |
Thousands of fans in Barcelona chant for JYJ as they wait for the show to begin (Photo: Yonhap News). On October 29, the international port city of Barcelona welcomed a new kind of visitor ...
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K-pop attacks New York
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8917 | Oct 26, 2011 11:36 |
SMTOWN Live World Tour in NEW YORK (Photo: Yonhap News) The SMTOWN Live World Tour in New York, a musical concert featuring Korean singers from SM Entertainment, was held at Madison Squar...
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K-pop stars premieres in Las Vegas on Thanksgiving weekend
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11326 | Oct 19, 2011 17:04 |
Following the success of the Korean pop concert held in Paris in June, another ground-breaking K-pop concert is set to take place during the upcoming Thanksgiving weekend in Las Vegas, the city know...
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