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).
Details“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.”
DetailsExperience ASEAN culture, tourism on the road The interior of one of the ASEAN on Wheels buses is replete with pictures and information about Myanmar. Ten buses decorated with the flags and symbols of each of the 10 ASEAN member states will travel across Korea, stopping in Seoul, Busan, Daejeon, Ulsan and Gwangju. Brochures…
DetailsASEAN youths cover K-pop songs in Singapore Young performers from across the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)showed off their singing and dancing at a K-pop festival in Singapore on November 22 where they covered some of their favorite Korean pop and hip-hop songs. Nine troupes from ASEAN nations, including Indonesia, Malaysia, Laos,…
DetailsAlien love story steals the show at Seoul drama festival “My Love From the Star,” an SBS soap opera that has garnered a huge fan base at home and across mainland China, has stolen the show once again. The megahit drama won a total of four awards during the Seoul International Drama Awards 2014…
DetailsReality TV shows come under global spotlight Korean reality TV shows are attracting a growing amount of interest from international fans. It was the traditional perception of the media that, unlike soap operas and K-pop music that help people communicate via melodies, rhythm and subtitles, reality programs would not so easily connect to…
DetailsKorean culture on show in Donau Park, Vienna A Korean culture festival in Vienna left a deep impression on Austrians. The Donau Park Korea Festival took place from June 26-29 and many events introducing Korean culture were held to mark the 122th anniversary of Korea-Austria diplomatic relations. With Korean national flags hanging high around the…
DetailsWorld Cup host Brazil rocks with K-pop Brazil, host of the 2014 FIFA World Cup, danced the night away with a K-pop performance on June 8. Some 15,000 fans crowded the HSBC Stadium in Rio de Janeiro to watch the “Music Bank in Brazil” concert, organized by KBS. Joon, from the boy band…
DetailsIn 2014, the Suwon Hwaseong, the ancient fortress in Suwon, Gyeonggi-do (Gyeonggi Province), that is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, will preside over the city as it hosts a range of global artists in the upcoming 2014 Suwon Hwaseong International Music Festival.
The festival will be presented to the people of Suwon and to music lovers from around the world, with performances from amateur music groups and fringe festivals being hosted at various locations around the city. Venues include the Suwon SK Atrium, the Gyeonggi Arts Center and the outdoor theater near the Gyeonggi Arts Center in Suwon.
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