Art/Culture

Art/Culture

#art
Landmark national art exhibition to chronicle turbulent modern Korean history
By Park Boram SEOUL, Oct. 16 (Yonhap) -- What started as a humble national art museum with a four-person staff in the backyard of the Gyeongbok royal palace in central Seoul in 1969 has grown into ... 18:08 Oct. 16
#inter-Korea football KBS
KBS to air video of inter-Korean football match Thursday
SEOUL, Oct. 16 (Yonhap) -- South Korean public broadcaster KBS plans to broadcast a prerecorded video of an inter-Korean football match in Pyongyang for World Cup qualifier this week after its sche... 17:11 Oct. 16
BTS leader RM's special love of Korean paintings
SEOUL, Oct. 15 (Yonhap) -- When South Korea's biggest annual art show, the Korean International Art Fair (KIAF), was on its course at the COEX convention center in southern Seoul on Sept. 26, a tal... 16:07 Oct. 15
Seoul Silver Grass fest to open this week
SEOUL, Oct. 15 (Yonhap) -- The annual Seoul Silver Grass Festival is set to open later this week, offering visitors a chance to take in the golden brown autumn scene, the city government said Tuesd... 11:45 Oct. 15
(2nd LD) K-pop star Sulli found dead: police
(ATTN: ADDS photo, more info in paras 4, 10-16) SEONGNAM, South Korea, Oct. 14 (Yonhap) -- South Korean singer-actress Sulli, who suffered from online abuse, was found dead at a residence south of ... 20:52 Oct. 14
(LEAD) K-pop star Sulli found dead: police
(ATTN: UPDATES with details throughout) SEONGNAM, South Korea, Oct. 14 (Yonhap) -- South Korean singer-actress Sulli was found dead at a residence in Seongnam, south of Seoul, on Monday, police sai... 17:57 Oct. 14
#cinema regulation
(LEAD) S. Korea seeks to adopt ceiling on screen domination by big-budget films
(ATTN: ADDS more details in paras 8-12 and 15-16) SEOUL, Oct. 14 (Yonhap) -- South Korea is seeking to put a ceiling on the number of movie screens allotted for a single film in a bid to prevent a ... 17:52 Oct. 14
K-pop star Sulli found dead: police
SEONGNAM, South Korea, Oct. 14 (Yonhap) -- South Korean singer-actress Sulli was found dead at a residence in Seongnam, south of Seoul, on Monday, police said. The 25-year-old, whose legal name ... 17:34 Oct. 14
#exhibition-Buddhist monk
Exhibition of writings by Buddhist hero in Korea-Japan diplomacy to open in Seoul
SEOUL, Oct. 14 (Yonhap) -- A South Korean museum said Monday it will open an exhibition in Seoul this week that displays original calligraphical works by a renowned Buddhist monk from the Joseon Dy... 17:06 Oct. 14
#cinema regulation
S. Korea seeks to adopt ceiling on screen domination by big-budget films
SEOUL, Oct. 14 (Yonhap) -- South Korea is seeking to put a ceiling on the number of movie screens allotted for a single film in a bid to prevent a screen monopoly by big-budget blockbusters, the cu... 11:00 Oct. 14
#photography
Hungarian doctor's photos offer peek into Korean Empire
By Lee Minji SEOUL, Oct. 12 (Yonhap) -- In the summer of 1908, a 37-year-old Hungarian got on a train that crossed the Hangang Railroad Bridge and arrived at Namdaemun Station. The plaza in fron... 10:00 Oct. 12
#5G experience center
S. Korea to open 5G centers on K-pop
SEJONG, Oct. 10 (Yonhap) -- South Korea said Thursday that it will build two 5G experience centers in central Seoul to showcase K-pop and other cultural content through the latest technology. Th... 17:54 Oct. 10
#Korean art
Warsaw exhibition featuring Korean art to open this week for 3-month run
SEOUL, Oct. 10 (Yonhap) -- A Polish national museum is set to open an exhibition in Warsaw this week that shows Korean art from prehistory through the 19th century, the National Museum of Korea sai... 17:29 Oct. 10
#online crimes crackdown
Culture ministry, police to jointly crack down on online crimes
SEOUL, Oct. 10 (Yonhap) -- The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the National Police Agency (NPA) signed an agreement on Thursday on bilateral cooperation in cracking down on various onli... 17:12 Oct. 10
#K-beauty fair Dubai
Seoul's Gangnam Ward holds medical and beauty fair in Dubai
SEOUL, Oct. 10 (Yonhap) -- Seoul's Gangnam Ward hosted a medical and beauty fair in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), this week to promote South Korean medical services and beauty products in ... 11:41 Oct. 10
#coffee
(Yonhap Feature) Gangneung, Korea's bustling 'coffee capital' with refreshing sea aroma
By Lee Chi-dong GANGNEUNG, Gangwon Province, Oct. 10 (Yonhap) -- Neil Vasdev, a University of Toronto professor, took an unforgettable seaside coffee break on a visit here for an international conf... 09:00 Oct. 10
#art
(LEAD) Statue symbolizing former wartime sex slave returns to Japanese art show
(ATTN: UPDATES throughout; CHANGES dateline) By Park Boram SEOUL/NAGOYA, Oct. 8 (Yonhap) -- A South Korean statue symbolizing Japan's sexual enslavement of women from Korea and elsewhere in Asia wa... 18:25 Oct. 08
#Cheongju Craft Biennale
Cheongju opens int'l craft biennale
CHEONGJU, South Korea, Oct. 8 (Yonhap) -- An international craft festival has opened in the central city of Cheongju featuring about 2,000 works by leading and emerging artists that show the tradit... 15:51 Oct. 08
#art
Statue symbolizing former wartime sex slave to return to Japanese art show
By Park Boram SEOUL, Oct. 8 (Yonhap) -- A South Korean sculpture symbolizing Japan's sexual enslavement of Korean and Asian women will be put back on display Tuesday at a major Japanese art show in... 11:25 Oct. 08
#Cho Kuk writers
About 1,300 writers, poets issue statement in support of Cho Kuk
SEOUL, Oct. 7 (Yonhap) -- About 1,300 figures in the nation's literary circles issued a statement Monday expressing their support for embattled Justice Minister Cho Kuk and calling for reforming th... 16:08 Oct. 07