Culture
Written: 2009-08-06 09:41:18 / Updated: 0000-00-00 00:00:00
A minority tribe in Indonesia has chosen to use Korea’s “Hangeul” as its official writing system. It is the first case of the Korean alphabet being ...
Culture
Written: 2009-08-04 18:00:47 / Updated: 0000-00-00 00:00:00
The South Korean disaster movie “Haeundae” has lured over five-point-two million viewers since its opening on July 22nd.
Film distributor ...
Culture
Written: 2009-07-31 08:05:06 / Updated: 0000-00-00 00:00:00
UNESCO has included a series of Joseon Dynasty books on traditional Korean medicine on its world heritage list.
The U.N. Educational, Scientific ...
Culture
Written: 2009-07-30 14:27:08 / Updated: 0000-00-00 00:00:00
The 2009 Radio and Broadcasting Expo has opened at the BEXCO convention center in Busan for a three-day run.
The fair is hosted by the Korea Radio ...
Culture
Written: 2009-07-28 14:04:52 / Updated: 0000-00-00 00:00:00
The Korean blockbuster film "Haeundae" will open in China next month.
The big-budget film on a Korea threatened by tsunamis has drawn two million ...
Culture
Written: 2009-07-28 13:43:00 / Updated: 0000-00-00 00:00:00
The government will soon begin accepting applications for the Young Talent Award, given to the nation’s most gifted high school and college students. ...
Culture
Written: 2009-07-26 12:56:41 / Updated: 0000-00-00 00:00:00
A North Korean weekly says linguists from the two Koreas will begin compilation of a joint Korean-language dictionary.
The Tongil Sinbo, or ...
Culture
Written: 2009-07-24 16:30:53 / Updated: 0000-00-00 00:00:00
The government is mulling decreasing the number of subjects taught at elementary, middle and high schools as early as the 2011 school year.
The ...
Culture
Written: 2009-07-23 13:06:28 / Updated: 0000-00-00 00:00:00
The Culture Ministry and the Korea Communications Commission have begun devising follow-up measures to a media reform bill railroaded through ...
Culture
Written: 2009-07-21 18:01:08 / Updated: 0000-00-00 00:00:00
The Ministry of Education, Science and Technology will invite 830 ethnic Korean students for an annual homecoming program.
This year’s program ...