Every participant is a winner at Incheon games Dramas that are touching many hearts are unfolding everyday at the 2014 Asian Para Games currently underway in Incheon. Every participant who has overcome some kind of difficulty to stand in the arena is a winner, regardless of whether they win or lose. These athletes,…
Celestial Siblings: When the tiger comes knocking, look to the heavens for salvation Among Korea’s folklore is a story that explains the sun and moon’s creation, as well as why a certain grass known as sorghum has a red tinge. The story has elements somewhat similar to those found in western tales like…
Childhood reminiscence via old stamps – Part 4. The Heavenly Maiden and the Woodcutter One day, a woodcutter saves a deer that is being chased by a hunter. The deer rewards the woodcutter by telling him of the secret location where the heavenly maidens descend from the skies to bathe. The deer also…
Nobel laureates take on new look The Nobel Prize winners stood before the camera, held on to the cardboard placard and put on a funny or mischievous face. These famous prize-winners can now be seen in a series of photographic images taken by German photographer Volker Steger in the Sketches of Science exhibition,…
‘City of Light’ shines with food, arts festival A college press corps covering the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism poses with a smile on their faces on October 17 as the Gwangjang Festival is underway at the May 18 Democracy Square to mark the “Month of Culture” in Gwangju, Jeollanam-do. Gwangju, Jeollanam-do…
National Museum of Korea unveils new acquisitions The drapes of Buddha’s robes are expressed beautifully and delicately. Though partly rusty, the aura is carved with vine leaves and the edge is shaped into a flame pattern. Accessorized with jewels, the gilt-bronze Buddha has all three requisite elements: the full body of the figure,…
Park Seong-heon, master of paper craft Flat paper can be turned into all kinds of three dimensional shapes when cut, folded and pasted. Sometimes, an animal comes around, while robots, airplanes and more diverse shapes are created, too. It’s a world created through paper craft. Park Seong-hyun and his paper-made ‘friends.’…
Three islands brighten up Hangang River Some Sevit, the name for the three man-made islands floating on the Hangang River, opens on October 15. A complex of three man-made floating buildings, “Some Sevit,” nestling at the southern end of the Banpo Bridge in Seoul, opened its doors on October 15. The complex’s Korean…
Halloween festival takes root in Korea When it comes to the last day of October, the streets of many Western countries are decorated with orange pumpkin lights and are crowded with children dressed in colorful spooky costumes. It’s the yearly celebration of Halloween. Halloween has been influenced by Celtic yearly rituals performed as…
A sculpture of an elephant inlaid with silver, a lifelike replica of a Portuguese trade ship that is about to head out to sea, a gold sculpture from Nepal and a jar decorated with traditional Algerian patterns. This is not simply a collection of craftworks of the world. These are gifts received overseas during diplomatic…
