What makes contest winners fall in love with Korea The “Talk! Talk! Korea 2015” contest run by the Korean Culture and Information Service (KOCIS) gathered together thoughts and feelings about Korea and all things Korean from our neighbors around the world. The eight competition winners, who had submitted entries in one of the six…
“How can Asian TV dramas capture the hearts of audiences worldwide?” In a quest to find the answer, soap opera production experts from Korea, China, Japan, Vietnam and several other Asian countries have congregated at an annual conference.
The annual Korean Film Festival will soon be held in four cities across Hungary, including the capital Budapest. Twenty Korean films will be shown during the festival. A variety of cinema will be included, from some of the latest movies, like “The Pirates” (2014), and critically acclaimed films, such as “A Girl at My Door” (2014)and “Nobody’s Daughter Haewon” (2012), through to animated films like “Leafie, a Hen Into the Wild” (2011).
“After the near‐collapse of the world’s financial system has shown that we economists really do not know how the world works, I am much too embarrassed to teach economics anymore, which I have done for many years. I will teach Modern Korean Drama instead,” said Uwe Reinhardt, an economist at Princeton, on the first page of his plan for a lecture titled “Introductory Korean Drama.”
Natural Alcohol, Cheongmyeongju A Hanok home in Chang-dong in Chungju-si City, Chungcheongbuk-do Province (North Chungcheong Province), is filled with the fragrant scent of alcohol. This is where the brewery that makes the rice-based Cheongmyeongju (청명주, 淸明酒) alcohol carries on the family tradition of four generations. The rice-based Cheongmyeongju alcohol is made in Changdong,…
Korean recipes: Ox bone soup, Seolleongtang Ox bone soup, or seolleongtang, is a thick beef soup made using almost all the parts of an ox, from its head, bones and meat through to its intestines, and which is then boiled for a long, delicious time. There are many theories about the origins of ox…
Joseon king celebrates mother’s birthday King Jeongjo (1752-1800) was the 22nd Joseon monarch and was a filial son who loved his father. He had a tough childhood because his father, who was a prince and not the actual king, was killed when Jeongjo was just 10 years old. One of the first things Jeongjo…
N Seoul Tower, the Landmark of Seoul and Namsangol Hanok Village N Seoul Tower is the landmark of Seoul and a lot of tourists visit here everyday. Thinking of Seoul, people can’t imagine Seoul without N Seoul Tower which is located in the center of the city and can be seen at many places…
Since its inception in 2009, the annual Seoul Lantern Festival has managed to put on remarkable displays of lanterns on the famous Cheonggyecheon Stream in downtown Seoul. During the festival period, hundreds of lanterns, each with a unique design and story, will be lit on Cheonggyecheon Stream.
Journey back to the Neolithic Age Stone arrowheads are one of the major hunting tools from the Neolithic Age. Neolithic people built wooden boats to get access to marine resources. Pictured is the oldest wooden ship in Korea that dates back to the Neolithic Age. It was carved from pine, is 310…
