15 en South Korean experts will participate in the repair and maintenance of Cambodia's UNESCO World Heritage site, the Hindu-turned-Buddhist temple complex Angkor Wat. According to the state-run Korea Cultural Heritage Foundation on Thursday, it has signed a record of its discussion on the project with ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Thu, 04 Apr 2024 15:05:58 +0900 Culture Ticket sales for paranormal thriller "Exhuma" broke the ten-million mark on Sunday, becoming the year's first film to reach the milestone. According to film distributor Showbox, "Exhuma" surpassed ten million in admissions on Sunday morning on its 32nd day of release. Directed by Jang Jae-hyun, ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Sun, 24 Mar 2024 11:51:16 +0900 Culture South Korean poet Kim Hye-soon has won the prestigious National Book Critics Circle(NBCC) Award in the U.S. for her book of poetry titled, "Phantom Pain Wings." The NBCC on Thursday announced "Phantom Pain Wings" as the winner of the poetry category at the 2024 NBCC Awards held in New York. Among the ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Fri, 22 Mar 2024 15:35:03 +0900 Culture Director Bong Joon-ho's new film 'Mickey 17' is set to premier in South Korea in January next year. According to its distributor, Warner Brothers Korea on Thursday, the American sci-fi fantasy flick will hit the local theaters on January 28, the first day of the Lunar New Year ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Thu, 14 Mar 2024 17:00:35 +0900 Culture Jung Kook of K-pop group BTS has stayed on the U.S. Billboard’s Hot 100 main singles chart for 18 consecutive weeks, the second-longest run for any K-pop solo artist in history.  According to the latest chart released on Tuesday, Jung Kook's "Standing Next to You" ranked 85th, up two notches from ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Wed, 13 Mar 2024 10:12:29 +0900 Culture South Korean novelist Hwang Sok-yong's translated novel "Mater 2-10" has been longlisted for the 2024 International Booker Prize. The novel, which was translated into English by Sora Kim-Russell and Youngjae Josephine Bae, is one of 13 preliminary nominees by the Booker Prize Foundation. The British ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Tue, 12 Mar 2024 15:32:16 +0900 Culture Director Jang Jae-hyun's box office-hit paranormal thriller "Exhuma" has been sold to 133 countries and regions. According to film distributor Showbox on Tuesday, "Exhuma" opened in theaters in Mongolia, Indonesia and Taiwan last month, and it is set for release in the U.S., Canada, Australia, Britain and ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Tue, 12 Mar 2024 15:29:38 +0900 Culture Ticket sales for director Jang Jae-hyun's new paranormal thriller "Exhuma" broke the seven-million mark on the 16th day of its release on Friday. According to film distributor Showbox, "Exhuma," which topped the reservation rate among the nation's movie theaters as of Saturday morning, is ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Sat, 09 Mar 2024 13:48:35 +0900 Culture K-pop girl group TWICE's new mini album, titled "With YOU-th," garnered the top position on three different Billboard charts following its jump to the number one spot on the Billboard 200 earlier this week. According to Billboard's official website on Tuesday, the group's latest mini album ranked first on ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Wed, 06 Mar 2024 15:10:22 +0900 Culture Korea Broadcasting System(KBS) announced a three-point reorganization plan titled, "KBS Future Vision," marking the 51st anniversary of the public broadcaster's establishment. At an anniversary ceremony on Monday, KBS President and CEO Park Min said KBS will carry out an organizational restructuring ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Mon, 04 Mar 2024 18:36:05 +0900 Culture K-pop girl group TWICE has topped Billboard’s main albums chart with its latest mini album.  Billboard said in a preview for the latest chart on Sunday that TWICE topped the Billboard 200 albums chart with its 13th mini album “With YOU-th,” beating out other popular albums, such as Morgan Wallen's ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Mon, 04 Mar 2024 10:13:17 +0900 Culture Korean film 'Exhuma' has surpassed over five million viewers on its tenth day of release here in the nation.  According to the movie's distributor Showbox, the milestone was reached on Saturday afternoon, just a day after the film celebrated passing the four million ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Sat, 02 Mar 2024 14:14:31 +0900 Culture Acclaimed South Korean writer Han Kang's novel "I Do Not Bid Farewell" has won France's Emile Guimet Prize for Asian Literature. The award's review committee presented the prize for "I Do Not Bid Farewell" on Thursday, citing the writer's "restrained expression and the universality of ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Fri, 01 Mar 2024 13:01:02 +0900 Culture Ticket sales for director Jang Jae-hyun's new paranormal thriller "Exhuma" broke the three-million mark on the seventh day of its release. According to film distributor Showbox, over three-point-09 million tickets had been sold as of Wednesday morning following the film's release last Thursday. "Exhuma," ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Wed, 28 Feb 2024 14:50:51 +0900 Culture K-pop band Seventeen’s “FML” was named last year’s most-sold album globally.  According to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry(IFPI), the tenth mini album of the South Korean boy band topped its 2023 Global Album Chart, announced on Tuesday, with cumulative sales of ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Wed, 28 Feb 2024 10:52:15 +0900 Culture Hybe Corporation has become the first South Korean entertainment company to reap two trillion won in annual sales.  In a regulatory filing on Monday, the company, which represents BTS, said it posted sales of roughly two-point-two trillion won in 2023, up 22-point-six percent from a year earlier, on the ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Mon, 26 Feb 2024 18:51:18 +0900 Culture South Korean director Hong Sang-soo won the Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize at the 74th Berlin International Film Festival with his film, "A Traveler's Needs." Hong received the Berlinale's second-highest prize in an award ceremony on Saturday in Berlin, Germany. In his acceptance speech, Hong ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Sun, 25 Feb 2024 12:51:51 +0900 Culture An exhibit will be held in Los Angeles, marking the 105th anniversary of Korea's March First Independence Movement during Japan's colonial rule. According to the Korean Cultural Center, Los Angeles on Friday, the exhibit, titled "The Beginning of A Democratic Republic, Korean Provisional ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Sat, 24 Feb 2024 13:56:43 +0900 Culture Ticket sales for director Jang Jae-hyun's new paranormal thriller "Exhuma" broke the one-million mark on the third day since its release. According to film distributor Showbox, ticket sales surpassed one million as of Saturday morning following the film's release on Thursday.  The movie ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Sat, 24 Feb 2024 13:51:29 +0900 Culture K-pop girl group NewJeans will appear on stage at the 2024 Billboard Women in Music event. According to the music industry outlet on Friday, the five-member group is scheduled to perform at the event held at the YouTube Theater in Los Angeles on March 6. Billboard Women in Music is a celebration of ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Fri, 09 Feb 2024 13:47:29 +0900 Culture Admission will be free at four major palaces in Seoul for the Lunar New Year holiday. The Cultural Heritage Administration announced on Friday that entrance to the Gyeongbok, Changdeok, Changgyeong and Deoksu palaces will be free along with the Jongmyo Shrine, the royal tombs of the Joseon dynasty and the ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Fri, 09 Feb 2024 13:31:09 +0900 Culture The music video for K-pop girl group Babymonster's latest track, "Stuck In The Middle" topped YouTube's global daily music videos chart. According to the platform's latest chart dated February 1, "Stuck In The Middle" rose atop the chart thanks to its explosive popularity in various ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Sat, 03 Feb 2024 14:20:52 +0900 Culture Prosecutors have sought a one-year prison sentence for South Korean actor O Yeong-su who has been indicted on charges of sexual misconduct. The prosecution made the request on Friday to the Seongnam branch of the Suwon District Court while also asking the court to order restrictions on O’s employment and ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Fri, 02 Feb 2024 18:24:27 +0900 Culture Netflix has unveiled images from the highly anticipated second season of the South Korean original series "Squid Game," scheduled for release later this year.  The released photos on Friday showcase never-before-seen scenes from Season Two, featuring protagonist Gi-hun, portrayed by Emmy-winning actor Lee ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Fri, 02 Feb 2024 15:39:58 +0900 Culture The state cultural heritage agency will launch a survey to determine whether to bestow Taekwondo and temple food with the intangible cultural heritage designation. According to the Cultural Heritage Administration(CHA) on Monday, it will begin the new classification survey this year for eight cultural ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Mon, 29 Jan 2024 15:41:09 +0900 Culture South Korean thriller film “Sleep” starring the late Lee Sun-kyun won the top prize at the Gérardmer International Fantastic Film Festival. According to AFP on Sunday, Director Jason Yu was awarded the Grand Prix of the prestigious film festival for his first feature-length film, a mystery thriller ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Mon, 29 Jan 2024 10:31:29 +0900 Culture France-based comic book artist Park Yoon-sun received the top prize in the children's section of the prestigious Angoulême International Comics Festival. The festival announced via Twitter on Friday that Park received the Fauve Jeunesse award for her book "L'incroyable mademoiselle Bang!"  She is the ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Sat, 27 Jan 2024 14:12:19 +0900 Culture Fu Bao, a giant panda born in Everland that turns four this year, will return to China in early April. Everland announced on its website and official social media accounts on Tuesday that the popular panda's return to China has been finalized and Fu Bao will be transferred to the national giant panda ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Tue, 23 Jan 2024 15:41:08 +0900 Culture Hyerim, a former member of K-pop girl group Wonder Girls, will debut as a radio DJ at KBS World Radio. KBS World Radio announced on Tuesday that “Wonder Hours with Hyerim” will begin its broadcast for listeners worldwide beginning on January 29 as a follow up to singer Lena Park's “One Fine ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Tue, 23 Jan 2024 15:37:19 +0900 Culture The government has announced measures aimed at promoting the nation's comic book and webtoon industries as the next leading K-content. Under the plan put forth by the culture ministry on Tuesday, the government will provide foreign market information and consulting for domestic companies seeking a ...

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