15 en Various autumn festivals are scheduled to take place throughout North Gyeongsang Province in late October ahead of Gyeongju's hosting of this year's Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation(APEC) summit. According to the provincial government on Friday, the 22nd Bohyeon-san Starlight Festival is set ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Fri, 17 Oct 2025 19:23:52 +0900 Culture EJAE, who provided the singing voice of the main character in Netflix hit "KPop Demon Hunters," believes K-pop songs must include the Korean language. The Korean American singer-songwriter, whose Korean name is Kim Eun-jae, said during a news conference in Seoul's Yongsan District on Wednesday that K-pop's ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Wed, 15 Oct 2025 18:17:16 +0900 Culture Museum souvenirs and merchandise are expected to hit record sales as interest in Korean culture grows worldwide.     According to the National Museum Foundation of Korea, sales of national museum goods sold under its “MU:DS” brand—a portmanteau of  "museum" and "goods"—totaled more than ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Fri, 10 Oct 2025 16:54:14 +0900 Culture The soundtrack for Netflix’s animated film “KPop Demon Hunters” has claimed the top spot on both the Billboard Hot 100 and Billboard 200 charts in the United States. The lead track, “Golden,” maintained its No. 1 position on the Hot 100 for the eighth consecutive week, while the album rose one ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Wed, 08 Oct 2025 12:42:28 +0900 Culture BTS leader RM will collaborate with the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) for a special exhibition titled “RM X SFMOMA.” His agency, BigHit Music, announced that the show will run from October next year through February 2027, featuring around 200 works from RM’s personal collection and the ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Mon, 06 Oct 2025 13:22:11 +0900 Culture The King Sejong Institute Foundation and the culture ministry will run various programs to celebrate Korea’s language and its alphabet, Hangeul, in honor of Hangeul Day next week. During the Chuseok thanksgiving holiday, KBS will air a three-part series consisting of two entertainment programs and one ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Sat, 04 Oct 2025 15:44:50 +0900 Culture South Korea will celebrate the 579th Hangeul Day with events honoring King Sejong and the creation of the Korean alphabet. The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism said it will hold a floral tribute ceremony at Gwanghwamun Square in central Seoul, in front of King Sejong's statue, on the morning ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Thu, 02 Oct 2025 17:42:27 +0900 Culture A promotional video for this year's Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation(APEC) summit in Gyeongju features a lineup of notable figures in South Korean entertainment, including K-pop artist and honorary summit ambassador G-Dragon. ​ [Sound bite: 2025 APEC promotional video "Welcome to APEC 2025 KOREA"] The ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Thu, 02 Oct 2025 14:18:02 +0900 Culture A presidential committee related to the exchange of pop culture kicked off on Wednesday as part of President Lee Jae Myung’s pledge to make South Korea into a “top five cultural power.” At a ceremony marking the launch of the committee at the KINTEX exhibition center in Goyang, Gyeonggi Province, on ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Wed, 01 Oct 2025 19:06:52 +0900 Culture Cannes-winning director Park Chan-wook's latest black comedy thriller, "No Other Choice," topped the domestic box office, attracting some 609-thousand moviegoers on its first weekend. South Korea's combined ticket sales network showed Monday that approximately 609-thousand people had watched "No ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Mon, 29 Sep 2025 18:08:44 +0900 Culture Police announced public safety measures to manage the massive crowds that they expect to gather in Seoul's Yeouido for the 2025 Seoul International Fireworks Festival on Saturday. The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency announced Thursday that organizers expect one million people to gather at Yeouido ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Fri, 26 Sep 2025 18:01:27 +0900 Culture The 30th Busan International Film Festival(BIFF), which drew large audiences with more titles and star-studded events, is set to end Friday with a ceremony honoring the winners of its new competition section.  Organizers said during a press conference at the cinema center earlier in the day ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Fri, 26 Sep 2025 15:09:31 +0900 Culture Prime Minister Kim Min-seok pledged to boldly push for regulatory reform and policy support to achieve a "virtuous cycle" connecting the content industry, tourism and regional economies. Presiding over the tenth session of the National Tourism Strategy Meeting on Thursday, Kim promised to focus on ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Thu, 25 Sep 2025 19:37:39 +0900 Culture The Korean Institute for Healthy Family, under the gender equality ministry, will expand the multilingual service on its support portal as a resource for multicultural and foreign families living in South Korea. The agency announced Thursday that it will offer information on its Danuri portal in 16 ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Thu, 25 Sep 2025 13:35:22 +0900 Culture KBS is set to broadcast a recorded performance by K-pop legend Cho Yong-pil that marked the 80th anniversary of Korea’s liberation from Japanese colonial rule. The public broadcaster announced Thursday that the concert, the title of which, roughly translated into English, is "Cho Yong-pil - This Moment ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Thu, 18 Sep 2025 14:31:40 +0900 Culture The 30th Busan International Film Festival(BIFF) is set to kick off at 6 p.m. on Wednesday with a star-studded opening ceremony at the Busan Cinema Center outdoor theater.   The festival will feature 241 official selection films from 64 countries and 87 screenings from its Community BIFF side ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Tue, 16 Sep 2025 16:49:27 +0900 Culture “Golden," an original song from Netflix's animated film "KPop Demon Hunters," has reached a milestone by topping both the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and the Billboard 200 album chart simultaneously. According to a Billboard preview of its main singles chart on Monday, “Golden” retained its No. 1 spot on ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Tue, 16 Sep 2025 09:50:12 +0900 Culture "Golden," an original soundtrack from Netflix's animated film "KPop Demon Hunters," has held onto the No. 1 spot on the United Kingdom’s Official Singles Chart Top 100 for the sixth consecutive week. According to the latest chart released Friday, "Golden," performed by the film’s fictional K-pop ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Sat, 13 Sep 2025 13:55:40 +0900 Culture Democratic Party(DP) representatives on the National Assembly's Culture, Sports and Tourism Committee have announced they will launch the first party-government council under the Lee Jae Myung administration.   The DP lawmakers said on Friday they will hold a meeting with the Ministry of Culture, Sports and ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Fri, 12 Sep 2025 17:57:29 +0900 Culture A Korean-language audio guide has been added to the official app for the Colosseum, one of Italy’s representative historical sites located in the center of Rome.  According to the foreign ministry on Wednesday, the Korean audio service was added this month to the MyColosseum app which provides audio ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Wed, 10 Sep 2025 16:06:54 +0900 Culture The annual Royal Culture Festival for the fall season will be held at four major palaces in Seoul and the royal ancestral shrine of Jongmyo next month. The Korea Heritage Service's Royal Palaces and Tombs Center and the Korea Heritage Agency announced Wednesday that the five-day festival will take place at ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Wed, 10 Sep 2025 12:58:28 +0900 Culture The National Hangeul Museum in Seoul's Yongsan District is expected to reopen in October 2028 after suffering significant damage in a fire that broke out in February. According to the museum on Tuesday, it will remain closed until the second half of 2028 due to the damage from the fire that broke out during ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Tue, 09 Sep 2025 17:22:48 +0900 Culture A singing and dancing contest inspired by the Netflix smash-hit animated filmanimated film “KPop Demon Hunters” will be held this weekend in Seoul.  The Seoul Metropolitan Government and the Seoul Tourism Organization announced on Tuesday that the “2025 Seoul Hunters Festival” will be held at ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Tue, 09 Sep 2025 15:49:12 +0900 Culture Rosé of K-pop girl group BLACKPINK won the song of the year award at the 2025 MTV Music Video Awards for “APT.,” a collab single with Bruno Mars released last year. Accepting the award at UBS Arena in Elmont, New York, Sunday, the 28-year-old said she couldn’t believe she had won, before thanking ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Mon, 08 Sep 2025 14:54:44 +0900 Culture South Korean director Park Chan-wook's latest film, "No Other Choice," did not receive an award at the 82nd Venice International Film Festival, despite strong anticipation from critics and audiences. At the closing ceremony held Saturday at Venice Lido in Italy, the Golden Lion, the festival's ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Sun, 07 Sep 2025 13:44:58 +0900 Culture The government has raised next year’s film budget by nearly 81 percent compared to this year. The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism announced Friday that the 2026 budget for the local film industry has been set at 149-point-8 billion won, about 108 million U.S. dollars, an increase of 66-point-9 ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Fri, 05 Sep 2025 17:13:07 +0900 Culture South Korean director Park Chan-wook's upcoming film “No Other Choice” officially premiered at the 82nd Venice International Film Festival amid much fanfare. Park, along with the cast, including lead actor Lee Byung-hun, attended the premiere at the Sala Grande theater on Friday, local ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Sat, 30 Aug 2025 14:25:15 +0900 Culture "Golden," an original soundtrack from Netflix's "KPop Demon Hunters," has held on to the No. 1 spot on the United Kingdom’s Official Singles Chart Top 100 for the fourth consecutive week. According to the latest chart released Friday, "Golden," performed by the film’s fictional K-pop girl group ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Sat, 30 Aug 2025 13:49:16 +0900 Culture A Korean speech contest for international students was held by the Ministry of Education on Thursday as part of events to promote the upcoming Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation(APEC) summit in Gyeongju. The competition, hosted by North Gyeongsang Province on the sidelines of the 2025 APEC University ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Thu, 28 Aug 2025 14:47:20 +0900 Culture South Korean singer-rapper Psy has become the focus of a police investigation over allegations that he violated the Medical Service Act by receiving prescribed psychotropic medicines without seeing the physician in person. KBS has learned that the 47-year-old artist, whose real name is Park Jae-sang, and ...

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