Culture
Written: 2011-02-08 13:48:06 / Updated: 2011-02-08 14:58:02
South Korea’s civic cultural organizations are bashing the government for its agreement with France on the return of Korean ancient books that ...
Culture
Written: 2011-02-07 07:11:06 / Updated: 2011-05-13 14:15:28
The government has ordered elementary, middle and high schools in areas where foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) has broken out to consider delaying ...
Culture
Written: 2011-02-05 11:55:34 / Updated: 2011-02-05 14:49:51
Director Park Jung-Bum’s “The Journals of Musan” has won the Tiger Award and the International Federation of Film Critics award at the 40th International ...
Culture
Written: 2011-01-30 13:49:22 / Updated: 2011-01-30 14:59:12
The government will expand its subsidy for kindergarten students starting this year.
Up until now the government has provided the full subsidy ...
Culture
Written: 2011-01-28 18:24:37 / Updated: 2011-01-28 18:54:50
The Korean Federation of Teachers' Associations has urged the government to introduce a five-day work week system at schools. The move is in line ...
Culture
Written: 2011-01-27 18:00:44 / Updated: 2011-01-27 18:55:11
New culture minister Choung Byoung-gug has vowed his efforts to create an environment favorable for artists and writers.
Speaking at his inauguration ...
Culture
Written: 2011-01-26 14:32:24 / Updated: 2011-01-26 15:41:14
The Korean Broadcasting System (KBS) has launched high-definition video-on-demand (VOD) services on its Web site.
The broadcaster began ...
Culture
Written: 2011-01-25 13:53:46 / Updated: 2011-01-25 15:18:09
Six out of ten South Koreans say television is the most important form of media.
The Korea Communications Commission’s survey on media use for ...
Culture
Written: 2011-01-25 13:43:55 / Updated: 2011-01-25 15:54:16
Internationally renowned conductor Daniel Barenboim and his West-Eastern Divan Orchestra will visit South Korea in August.
South Korea’s ...
Culture
Written: 2011-01-24 17:03:52 / Updated: 2011-01-24 18:13:22
The government will slash the number of optional subjects at high schools to 198 from the current 261.
The Education, Science and Technology ...