Young environmental ambassador visits Dokdo
Category SocietyㆍPeople
Fourteen-year-old Jonathan Lee has been named environmental ambassador of Dokdo. The title was awarded by the government of Gyeongsangbukdo (North Gyeongsang Province), the province Dokdo belongs to. Lee, a half-Korean living in Mississippi, is embarking on an environmental campaign to raise awareness of environmental issues on the isle...
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Reenactment of diplomatic ceremony of the Korean Empire
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A reenactment of a Diplomatic Ministers’ Reception took place on September 24 at Jeonggwanheon Hall of Deoksugung Palace, inviting viewers to witness the first steps of diplomacy of the Korean Empire. The ceremony organized by the Korean Cultural Heritage Foundation presented a historic reenactment of Emperor Gojong’s offici...
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2011 F1 Korean Grand Prix 3 weeks away
Category Business, Sport
As the 2011 F1 Korean Grand Prix is less than a month away, final preparations are being made, such as signing sponsorships with major companies and reinforcement work on the facilities.
The F1 Korean Grand Prix Organizing Committee announced on September 18 that two major domestic companies will participate in the 2011 F1 Korea...
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K-pop fever in Latin America
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The 2nd K-pop Latin America Competition (Photo: Reuters)
On September 11, the 2nd K-pop Latin America Competition was held at Paseo la Plaza, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, hosted by the Korean Culture and Information Service (KOCIS) of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism. A total of 407 people in 171 teams f...
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Korean athletes, local support to shine in Daegu IAAF Championships
Category National, Sport
The Korean city of Daegu will be bustling with one of the world’s largest athletics events this weekend as the 2011 IAAF World Championships in Athletics will take place there on August 27. Athletes and a staff of nearly 3,500 workers from more than 200 countries, the largest number of participants ever in the event’s histor...
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Goryeo celadon seen through eyes of British connoisseurs
Category LifeㆍCulture
Speakers at the third International Academic Lecture hosted by Lee & Won: (left) Regina Krahl; (right) Dr. Nigel Wood (Photos courtesy of Lee & Won)
Two distinguished British academics paid a visit to Korea on August 20 to lecture on the comparative analysis of Korean and Chinese ceramics. Nigel Wood, Emeritus Professor ...
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Korean tableware becoming popular worldwide
Category Travel, LifeㆍCulture
Korean-made tableware is getting a lot of attention around the world. Prouna, which is the brand of tableware made by Hankook Chinaware, is becoming famous in London. Prouna has opened a new store in Harrods, a high-end department store located on Brompton Road in Brompton, in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, Lo...
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Seoul to host Culture Communication Forum 2011 in September
Category Travel, LifeㆍCulture
Poster of the Culture Communication Forum (Image courtesy of the Corea Image Communication Institute)
Fifteen leading cultural figures, currently active in G20 countries in the field of arts and culture will gather in Seoul next month to attend the Culture Communication Forum 2011 (CCF), held from September 4 to 6. The Culture ...
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Overseas fans plan rallies for K-pop concerts
Category Travel, LifeㆍCulture
2NE1 (Photo from the official website)
The Korean wave, led by Korean pop music, is steadily gaining traction internationally and becoming the focus of local fan communities. The trend began with a May 1 flash mob in Paris to convince SM Entertainment to add a second concert to their European tour schedule after the fi...
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International students Choose Korea
Category People
Last year, of the 83,842 foreigners studying in Korea, nearly 85% were from Asia. Roughly 6% were from South America, while students from North America, Europe and Africa followed in decreasing order. Korea has witnessed a rapid rise in the number of foreign students since the mid-2000s. The increase began as local universities e...
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